Dutch Government Procurement Expenditure Data for 2019

Annual purchasing expenditure data from the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security for the year 2019. The dataset is compiled by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations to inform the House of Representatives and government category managers. It is used to report on government procurement and the share of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending distribution across suppliers based on annual procurement expenditure.
• Track the share of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on the reporting purpose.
• Benchmark procurement categories for government-wide purchasing strategies based on the description of category manager use.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a CC0-1.0 public domain license, allowing unrestricted reuse.
• The dataset serves a specific annual reporting function to the Dutch House of Representatives.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from purchasing expenditure reports submitted by ministries and departments.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Data is for the year 2019; update frequency is likely annual.

Geography

Netherlands