Dutch Government Procurement Expenditure and SME Share

Since 2012, this data has been used to inform the Dutch House of Representatives about government procurement and the share of small and medium-sized enterprises. It details annual purchasing expenditures by the national government on goods and services from suppliers. The information is compiled by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from all ministries and departments.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in government procurement expenditure based on annual reports
• Evaluating the share of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Informing category managers for state-wide purchasing decisions
• Monitoring compliance and transparency in public spending as reported to parliament

Strengths

• Data has a consistent annual reporting cycle since 2012, providing a multi-year time series.
• It is published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for unrestricted reuse.
• The dataset originates from an authoritative source, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as column names, row count, and file size are unknown, hindering usability.
• The last update date is unspecified, making data freshness unclear.
• The description is repetitive across sources, suggesting potential documentation gaps.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands)

Collection Method

Annual information on procurement expenditures submitted by all ministries and departments to the Minister.

Time Range

Data is reported annually; the specific dataset references the year 2021, with a reporting system in place since 2012.

Geography

Netherlands (national government)