OCDS-TOOLS

OCDS Tools public procurement / BIM standard detailed.

Definition

OCDS Tools refers to the set of open-source tools maintained by Open Contracting Partnership OCP to facilitate OCDS implementation + validation + analysis: OCDS Data Review Tool (online OCDS validator + analyzer), OCDS Kingfisher (data collection + storage tool), OCDS Spoonbill (data conversion CSV/Excel/XML to OCDS JSON), OCDS Documentation Generator, multiple language SDKs (Python, Ruby), foundational for government implementations + civil society + journalists + analytics platforms OCDS consumption. Multi-stakeholder standardisation + governance process publication open standards documentation + implementation guides + reference implementations + community contributions + maintenance iterative versions updates + interoperability conformance testing + alignment regulations EU + national level + adoption tracking measurement adoption + impact assessment outcomes.

Origin

OCDS Tools maintained by OCP since OCDS launch 2014 ; OCDS Kingfisher production-grade since ~2017 ; OCDS Data Review Tool widely used by implementers.

Example in context

Journalist investigating government contracts uses OCDS Kingfisher to download OCDS data from 50+ countries publishing portals into local PostgreSQL database, runs SQL queries to identify suppliers receiving multiple contracts across countries detecting cross-border patterns + potential corruption red flags ; analyzes via Python data science tools + publishes investigative journalism findings.

Related terms

• OCDS Schema — validated against.