Open Data Services
We help people publish and use open data.
An introduction
Government:
seeking value
for money
Corruption hunter:
detecting fraud
& corruption
SMEs:
competing for public
contracts
CSOs:
monitoring service
delivery
Linking aid data and contract register for greater project-level insight
http://procurement-analytics.org/
https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/datos/visualizaciones
This is where OCDS comes in...
Interoperability
Quality
Field & identifier specifications
What to publish, and how to identify it consistently across the whole contracting process
JSON schema & flattened serialisations
How to publish data so that it can be read by different systems, and converted into accessible formats for different users.
Publishing patterns
Stepping stones towards best practices for sharing data on the web: improving usability.
OCDS brings together data & documents from all stages of the contracting process
Planning
Tender/ formation
Award
Contract
Implementation
Planning
Tender
Tender amendment
Award
Joining it up
OCID
- Look for existing identifiers that join up the whole contracting process
Master Road Builders Ltd
MRB Ltd
master road builders limited
MASTER ROAD BUILDERS LTD.
Maestro Camino Constructores Ltd
Or
GB-COH - 12345678
Publication Policy
Versioned | Persistence | URIs
Implementation approaches
Central
Database
API
Release & Records
XLS Data Dumps: Generated periodically for data portal
Planning
spreadsheet
Procurement
database
Contract
management
system
Conversion process
API
Releases
Mapping from existing API
Middle layer
Maintaining index of releases & generating records (inc. version history)
XLS Data Dumps
API & Visualisation
Government run
Independently administered
Implementation
examples
UK Government
(Work in progress)
Input API
Local
tender
systems
EU
TED
UK Government
(Work in progress)
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/getOCDS?noticeId={ID}
OCDS
Release
Output
Third party platform to aggregate into records
http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/vuesurlescontrats/
Mexico City: OCP Sharing & Learning project
1. Mapping existing data systems;
2. Planning updates to SAP platform;
3. Creating module to publish data
4. Working with civil society data users
Documentation and support
http://ocds.open-contracting.org
Help-desk:
data@open-contracting.org
Discussion list:
standard-discuss@open-contracting.org
http://github.com/open-contracting/
Inside the data
OCID
Globally unique identifier
Used in each release for a contracting process
ocds-{prefix}-{identifier from internal systems}
Assigned by
the helpdesk
Identified by
surveying your own systems
Master Road Builders Ltd
MRB Ltd
master road builders limited
MASTER ROAD BUILDERS LTD.
Maestro Camino Constructores Ltd
Or
GB-COH - 12345678
From organisation registration agency codelist
Registered company number
Description
Quantity
Classifications
Extension: coming in version 1.1
Delivery address
Street address for geocoding
Delivery locations
gazetteer, points and polygons
Link out to other open datasets
Company register
Project registers
Budget data
Goods & services classifications
Etc.
Data walkthrough
Identifiers
Release Tag
Organisation identifier block
Address & contact point block
Classification block
Quantities
Award status
Suppliers array
Providing all available IDs
Contract period
Reference back to award
Contract text
By Open Data Services
An introduction to the Open Contracting Data Standard