Government Spending 45% open

What data is expected?

Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level; at the level of month to month government expenditure on specific items (usually this means individual records of spending amounts under $1m or even under $100k). (Note: Just a database of contracts awarded or similar is not considered sufficient. This data category refers to detailed ongoing data on actual expenditure)

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Quality of the Data (Content): 10, all information is available in great detail. Quality of Data (Structure): 6, the data format is PDF or Excel, which are not the most user-friendly formats.

All government spending must go through the e-procurement platform (source of spending data) except salaries which are exempt from it. To get all one can search for the year only.

The search information also allows access to public information by:

• Planning release (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/precalificacion/busquedaPrecalificacionConvocante.seam)
• Tenders (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/llamado/busquedaLlamado.seam)
• Award notice (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/adjudicacion/busquedaAdjudicacion.seam)
• Suppliers (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/sipe/proveedor/busquedaProveedor.seam)
• Termination notice (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/rescisionContrato/busquedaRescisionContrato.seam)
• PAC (https://www.contrataciones.gov.py/sicp/pac/busquedaPac.seam)

The information available on the web is constantly updated. The DNCP is in the process of opening their data.