Methodology and Lessons Learned in Canada’s Commitment to the Open Contracting Milestone 2.3

Methodology and Lessons Learned in Canada’s Commitment to the Open Contracting Milestone 2.3
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Table of contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1 Identified Constraints
  • 2.2 Sample Attributes
    • 2.2.1 High/Low Dollar Value
    • 2.2.2 Size of Enterprise
    • 2.2.3 Goods/Services
    • 2.2.4 Closed Contracts
    • 2.2.5 Contracting Type
  • 2.3 Data Sourcing
  • 2.4 OCDS Mapping and Consolidation
  • 2.5 Data Cleansing and Normalization
• 3. Lessons Learned
  • 3.1 Procurement data must be captured as structured data for all OCDS fields
  • 3.2 Contract History should not have missing original contract records
  • 3.3 Inaccessible documents and data pertinent to OCDS are to be digitized
  • 3.4 Published procurement data must have a standard and direct link to Financial System records
  • 3.5 Official Languages and published content
  • 3.6 Notice type for tenders are misidentified as Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
  • 3.7 Identified privacy and security concerns in the pilot data
  • 3.8 Contract History date periods are inaccurately published on BAS
• Appendix A – Field Analysis
• Appendix B – Acronyms