Active Government Contractors in Colombia as of October 2020

Colombian government data listing active proponents (contractors and bidders) as of October 15, 2020, including renewals and new registrations. The dataset is published by datos.gov.co and was last updated on the platform in May 2026. It contains business contact and registration details for entities eligible to participate in public procurement processes.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of registered contractors using the Ciudad (city) and Origen (origin) columns.
• Linking business entities across records for network analysis using the Nit (tax ID) and Proponente (proponent name) columns.
• Building a contact directory for government vendors using the Nombre (name), Email, Teléfono (phone), and Dirección (address) columns.
• Studying registration timelines and activity types using the Fecha (date), Acto (act), and Registro (registry) columns from the 16 available columns.

Strengths

• Contains 16 distinct columns covering business identification, contact details, and registration metadata.
• Provides a snapshot of active government contractors for a specific date (October 15, 2020).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely extracted from a government registry or procurement system.

Time Range

Snapshot as of October 15, 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:54:20; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2020.

Geography

Colombia, with city-level detail suggested by the Ciudad column.