New Jersey State Agency Purchasing and Vendor Transactions

Purchasing data from New Jersey's state procurement system includes obligations and payments to vendors across executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The dataset tracks transactions by fiscal year, department, vendor, and commodity sector. It is published by data.nj.gov and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spending trends by DEPARTMENT_AGENCY_DESC and COMMODITY_SECTOR_DESC across FISCAL_YEAR.
• Identify top VENDOR_NAME entities by aggregated YTD_AMT for contract analysis.
• Monitor procurement obligations and expenditures through the FY_THROUGH_DATE for fiscal period reporting.

Strengths

• Covers all three branches of state government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
• Includes multiple data points per transaction: fiscal year, department, vendor, commodity, and amount.

Limitations

• Data may fluctuate until transactions for a reporting period are finalized, as noted in the description.
• Authority purchasing data is explicitly stated as unavailable, limiting full scope.
• Sample data, total row count, and specific temporal coverage are unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.nj.gov

Collection Method

Records from the state's purchasing system for procurement of goods and services.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

State of New Jersey, USA