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The '''Open Contracting Data Standard''' is a standards development initiative issued by the [[Omidyar Network]] and the [[World Bank]] which commenced in November 2014. It sets out the key documents and data which should be published at each stage of the process of letting a contract for the [[Government procurement|procurement]] of goods and services for the [[public sector]]. Adoption of the standard requires publishers to release data under an open license, because "publishing data under an open license is an important part of open contracting. Without this, restrictions on re-use can prevent many of the important use cases for open contracting information being realized."<ref>[http://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementation/licensing/?highlight=license Open Contracting Data Standard: Publish], text reproduced under [[Apache License, Version 2.0]], accessed 6 February 2021. Original states that "publishing data under an open {{sic|licenses}} is ..."</ref> Publishers are encouraged to use a scale of publishing complexity, from basic which features just tender notices, to advanced and extended data, which features contract award notices, contract details and persistent URIs.<ref>http://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementation/levels/</ref>

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The '''Open Contracting Data Standard''' is a standards development initiative issued by the [[Omidyar Network]] and the [[World Bank]] which commenced in November 2014. It sets out the key documents and data which should be published at each stage of the process of letting a contract for the [[Government procurement|procurement]] of goods and services for the [[public sector]]. Adoption of the standard requires publishers to release data under an open license, because "publishing data under an open license is an important part of open contracting. Without this, restrictions on re-use can prevent many of the important use cases for open contracting information being realized."<ref>[http://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementation/licensing/?highlight=license Open Contracting Data Standard: Publish], text reproduced under [[Apache License, Version 2.0]], accessed 6 February 2021. Original states that "publishing data under an open {{sic|licenses}} is ..."</ref> Publishers are encouraged to use a scale of publishing complexity, from basic which features just tender notices, to advanced and extended data, which features contract award notices, contract details and persistent URIs.<ref name="auto">http{{Cite web|url=https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementationguidance/levelspublish/quality/|title=Assessing data quality — Open Contracting Data Standard 1.1.5 documentation|website=standard.open-contracting.org}}</ref>

The Open Contracting Partnership, a not for profit organisation promoting openness in contracting, argues that the use of the standard will reduce costs,<ref>https://openopps.com/blog/post/21/why-good-procurement-data-does-more-than-fight-corruption/</ref> create more competitive contracting, and prevent fraud and [[corruption]].<ref>http://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementation/levels/</ref><ref>https://openopps.com/blog/post/11/why-the-open-contracting-data-standard-matters/</ref>

The Open Contracting Partnership, a not for profit organisation promoting openness in contracting, argues that the use of the standard will reduce costs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openopps.com/blog/post/21/why-good-procurement-data-does-more-than-fight-corruption/|title = Blog - Why good procurement data does more than fight corruption| date=12 August 2016 }}</ref> create more competitive contracting, and prevent fraud and [[corruption]].<ref>http: name="auto"//standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/implementation/levels/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openopps.com/blog/post/11/why-the-open-contracting-data-standard-matters/|title=Blog - Why the Open Contracting Data Standard matters|date=12 January 2016 }}</ref>

==Origins==

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Pilot implementations are underway in the following countries:

* [[Canada]]

* [[United Kingdom]] - see [[UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-open-government-national-action-plan-2016-18/uk-open-government-national-action-plan-2016-18 UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18] published 12 May 2016, accessed 18 May 2016</ref> The UK Government initially committed to using the standard for contracts administered by the [[Crown Commercial Service]] and for [[High Speed Rail 2]].<ref>Cabinet Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-contracts-to-be-open-to-public-for-the-first-time Government contracts to be open to public for the first time], published 12 May 2016, accessed 6 February 2021</ref>

* [[Mexico]]

* [[Romania]]

* [[Moldova]]

* [[Ukraine]] - public e-procurement system [[Prozorro]] <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/05/19/ukraine-looks-to-unmask-corruption-with-prozorro-e-procurement/|title=Ukraine Looks to Unmask Corruption with ProZorro E-Procurement|last=Stein|first=Mara Lemos|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref>

[[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Paraguay]] have also expressed interest in adopting the standard.<ref>World Bank, [http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/open-contracting-data-standard-better-data-better-decisions Open Contracting Data Standard: Better Data for Better Decisions], published 12 April 2014, accessed 19 May 2016</ref>

Private sector companies using the standard:

* [https://OpenOpps.com OpenOpps.com].<ref>{{Cite web | title=About - never miss an opportunity | url=https://openopps.com/about/#faqs | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918043514/https://openopps.com/about/ | access-date=2025-04-27 | archive-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>

* [https://ocdsanalytics.com/ OCDS Analytics].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ocdsanalytics.com/blog/integrations-prozorro-ai.html|title=AI integrations - Prozorro_AI library|newspaper=Ocds Analytics Saas }}</ref>

==See also==

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==External links==

Project website: [http://standard.open-contracting.org/ http://standard.open-contracting.orgProject website]

==References==