OpenTED Browser: Insights into European Public Spendings

TL;DR

The OpenTED browser is an interactive web tool that visualizes European public procurement data, enabling users to explore contract awards, identify major suppliers, and analyze procurement trends across the EU from 2006 to 2015.

Contribution

It introduces an open-source, user-friendly web application that provides detailed insights into European public spending through curated procurement data.

Findings

Curated dataset of 4.2 million contract notices from 2006-2015.

Enables filtering and visualization of procurement relationships.

Facilitates analysis of procurement trends and major suppliers.

Abstract

We present the OpenTED browser, a Web application allowing to interactively browse public spending data related to public procurements in the European Union. The application relies on Open Data recently published by the European Commission and the Publications Office of the European Union, from which we imported a curated dataset of 4.2 million contract award notices spanning the period 2006-2015. The application is designed to easily filter notices and visualise relationships between public contracting authorities and private contractors. The simple design allows for example to quickly find information about who the biggest suppliers of local governments are, and the nature of the contracted goods and services. We believe the tool, which we make Open Source, is a valuable source of information for journalists, NGOs, analysts and citizens for getting information on public procurement data, from large scale trends to local municipal developments.