National Government Procurement Expenditure Overview for 2020

The Netherlands national government's complete procurement data for the year 2020. The dataset contains purchasing expenditure information from all ministries and departments, compiled annually for the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. This information is used for government-wide category management and reporting to the House of Representatives.

Use Cases

• Analyze total government procurement expenditure based on the annual overview.
• Track the share of small and medium-sized enterprises in government contracts based on the reporting purpose.
• Benchmark spending across ministries and departments based on the aggregated information.
• Inform category management strategies for generic purchasing categories based on the stated use.

Strengths

• Covers the complete national government procurement for a specific year (2020).
• Includes data from all ministries and departments, providing a consolidated view.
• Has a clear public purpose for transparency and reporting to parliament.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Annual aggregation of purchasing expenditure information from all ministries and departments.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Annual compilation; data is from 2020.

Geography

The Netherlands (national government).