SUCF Contracts: Capital Project Spending and Vendor Details

New York State's State University Construction Fund (SUCF) capital contracts for design, construction, and associated services from 1995 onward. The dataset includes contract amounts, expended and remaining balances, vendor details, and MWBE participation. Columns suggest tracking of procurement type, award dates, project numbers, and geographic information for contracts.

Use Cases

• Tracking minority and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) participation in public contracts using the 'MWBE' and 'MWBE Proposals' columns.
• Analyzing capital project spending over time using 'Contract Award Date', 'Contract Amount', 'Expended Amount LTD', and 'Remaining Balance'.
• Mapping contract locations and vendor addresses using 'Address Line 1', 'City', 'State', 'Zip Code', and 'Georeference' columns.
• Assessing procurement competition and methods via 'Number of Bids', 'Procurement Type', and 'Award Type'.
• Monitoring contract status and lifecycle with 'Status', 'Contract End Date', and 'Project Number'.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term view of public spending with data beginning in 1995.
• Includes detailed financial tracking with columns for original contract amount, year-to-date and lifetime-to-date expenditures, and remaining balance.
• Contains geospatial references ('Georeference', 'Counties') enabling location-based analysis.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov suggests official dissemination and importance.

Limitations

• Conflicting 'last updated' dates between sources (2026-05-01 on Socrata vs. 2026-04-04 on Data.gov).
• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are not provided on any platform.
• The dataset description is identical across platforms but lacks documentation on update frequency or data collection methodology.

Provenance

Source

State University Construction Fund (SUCF), via data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from contract management systems.

Time Range

Beginning 1995

Freshness

2026-05-01 07:03:07 (from Socrata)

Geography

New York State, with columns for State, City, Counties, Zip Code, and NYS Municipal Boundaries