UK Government Tender Notices for September 2021

September 2021 records of public procurement notices published via the UK's Find a Tender service. The dataset contains XML files for each publication date within the month. It is provided by the Crown Commercial Service.

Use Cases

• Classify contract types using extracted XML tags like `<procurement-type>` or `<title>`.
• Analyze temporal patterns of notice publication using the `<published-date>` field.
• Extract contracting authorities and supplier information from tags like `<organisation>` or `<buyer>`.
• Model text from `<description>` fields to identify common procurement categories or keywords.

Strengths

• Data covers a complete calendar month (September 2021) of official publications.
• Structured XML format with published schemas available for validation.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month, offering no longitudinal view of procurement trends.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, preventing assessment of statistical significance.
• Data is from 2021 and may not reflect current procurement regulations or market conditions.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK's Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of procurement notices as required by UK regulation.

Time Range

September 2021

Freshness

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Geography

United Kingdom