Openness for government
and business

The Contracting Five (C5) is a voluntary collaboration between
innovators in governments who are working to foster openness,
innovation, integrity and better business and civic engagement
in government contracting and procurement.

Open Contracting
Data Standard

The Open Contracting Data Standard is a global, non-proprietary data standard structured to reflect the complete contracting cycle. The standard enables users and partners around the world to publish shareable, re-usable, machine-readable data; to join that data with their own information; and to create tools to analyze or share that data.

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Global
Goals
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Uniting governments
to share knowledge and
best practices

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Consolidating efforts to
promote open contracting
at the global level

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Supporting each other
in open contracting
and transparency

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Data
Standard
Data
Standard

Open data is a powerful tool for tracking contracting processes and gaining insights into how they are working. When data and documents on contracting are available in a structured, re-usable form, new opportunities for analysis and engagement are unlocked.

Impact
Contacts
News
June 16, 2018 Every year, local governments spend huge sums of money through contracts, on everything from pencils and paper to major infrastructure projects.