UN-OCDS-OPEN-CONTRACTING

Open public contracting data standard.

Definition

OCDS v1.1.5 (stable release, v1.2 in progress) defines the contracting process composed of releases linked by OCID (Open Contracting ID). Fields: planning, tender, awards, contracts, implementation, parties, documents, amendments. ~50 countries publish in OCDS including UK, Ukraine, Moldova, Paraguay, Indonesia. Extensible via Extensions Registry.

Origin

OCDS v1.0 published 2014 by Open Contracting Partnership (funded by Hewlett, Omidyar, Open Society, World Bank).

Example in context

The UK Contracts Finder portal publishes all central public contracts in OCDS JSON ; each OCID traces tender > award > contract > payments.

Related terms

• EU eForms — European twin.