Contracts register, ACT Government, to 2017
liveA copy of the ACT Government Contracts Register held on the ACT open data portal, last changed in July 2017. Most rows were executed from 2012 to June 2017 and a few reach back to 2003. Contracts made under a panel are mostly from before July 2016, and other contracts mostly from after it. Each row carries the contract number, title and description, the contract and procurement types, panel details, the procurement method, the contractor's name and ABN, the original and contract amounts, GST treatment, execution and expiry dates, confidentiality flags, up to three UNSPSC classifications, the directorate, and flags for prequalification, small to medium enterprises, whole of government contracts, exemptions, active certification and industrial relations obligations. The publisher's free-text reason for an exemption is left out.
Also called: ACT Government Contracts Register, ACT Government contracts awarded, Canberra government contracts list.
Part of ACT Government contracts and invoices, 2 tables the publisher releases together: Notifiable invoices register, ACT Government.
- What is in each row?
- One contract an ACT Government directorate or agency entered, with the contract number, title and description, the procurement method and type, the contractor and ABN, the original and current amounts, the execution and expiry dates, and flags for confidential text, prequalification, small and medium enterprises and exemptions.
- Why does it stop in 2017?
- The portal's copy was last changed in July 2017 and holds contracts executed up to June 2017, with one dated October 2017. The publisher keeps the current register on the Tenders ACT website, which this table does not cover.
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Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 33 fields, count and filter across all 2,374 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Procurement ACT's attribution. No key.
Then ask it: What does Contracts register, ACT Government, to 2017 hold, and what changed in the newest version?
claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcpOne command. No key, no account, no sign-up.
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Query APIFilter and count from a URLaggregate?group=directorate&metric=count
Contracts by directorate: 632 Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, 368 Education Directorate, 364 Health Directorate, 216 Transport Canberra and City Services.
Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 6 more formats
Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.
In your own tools
Use it in Excel, R, Python and more
Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.
The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/latest/ redirects to the newest version.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/latest/data.csvIn Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/latest/data.csvIn Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.
library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("act-contracts-register-2016-2017")
pd_attribution(df)install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("act-contracts-register-2016-2017")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/v/2017-07-25/data.duckdb' AS act_contracts_register_2016_2017 (READ_ONLY);
SELECT contract_number, count(*) FROM act_contracts_register_2016_2017.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).
const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/aggregate?group=directorate&metric=count");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.
What is in it
Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. The publisher's header is kept beside every field in schema.json. Rows were left alone.
| Field | Type | Publisher's header | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| contract_number | string | Contract Number | |
| contract_title | string | Contract Title | |
| brief_description_of_contract | string | Brief Description Of Contract | |
| contract_type | string | Contract Type | |
| panel_contract_number | string | Panel Contract Number | |
| anticipated_panel_amount | number | Anticipated Panel Amount | |
| panel_total_amount | number | Panel Total Amount | |
| rfx_number | string | Rfx Number | |
| procurement_methodology | string | Procurement Methodology | |
| social_procurement | string | Social Procurement | |
| procurement_type | string | Procurement Type | |
| contractor_name | string | Contractor Name | |
| abn | string | Abn | As the publisher gives it, without spaces. |
| original_amount | number | Original Amount | |
| contract_amount | number | Contract Amount | |
| gst | string | Gst | |
| execution_date | date | Execution Date | |
| expiry_date | date | Expiry Date | |
| confidential_text | string | Confidential Text | |
| confidential_text_brief | string | Confidential Text Brief | |
| confidential_text_other | string | Confidential Text Other | |
| unspsc_classification | string | Unspsc Classification | |
| unspsc_classification_2 | string | Unspsc Classification2 | |
| unspsc_classification_3 | string | Unspsc Classification3 | |
| directorate | string | Directorate | |
| prequalification_requested | string | Prequalification Requested | |
| prequalification_code | string | Prequalification Code | |
| infrastructure_or_goods_services | string | Infrastructure Or Goods Services | |
| small_to_medium_enterprise | string | Small To Medium Enterprise | |
| whole_of_government_contract | string | Whole Of Government Contract | |
| exemption_from_quotation | string | Exemption From Quotation | |
| active_certification | string | Active Certification | |
| ire_obligations | string | Ire Obligations | Industrial relations and employment obligations, as the publisher flags them. |
Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json.
A sample of 10 rows
From the latest version, newest first by execution date, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.
| contract_number | contract_title | brief_description_of_contract | contract_type | panel_contract_number | anticipated_panel_amount | panel_total_amount | rfx_number | procurement_methodology | social_procurement | procurement_type | contractor_name | abn | original_amount | contract_amount | gst | execution_date | expiry_date | confidential_text | confidential_text_brief | confidential_text_other | unspsc_classification | unspsc_classification_2 | unspsc_classification_3 | directorate | prequalification_requested | prequalification_code | infrastructure_or_goods_services | small_to_medium_enterprise | whole_of_government_contract | exemption_from_quotation | active_certification | ire_obligations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS.25373.300.09 | Secure Mental Health Operational Emergency Response Training Manual | Secure Mental Health Operation | contract | null | null | null | null | public | No | consultancy | Tigertail Australia | 88142299330 | 87356.5 | 87356.5 | Inclusive | 2017-10-30 | 2017-11-22 | No | null | null | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | null | Health Directorate | No | null | Infrastructure | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 2017.27500.310.01 | Schools for the Future Modernising Belconnen High | Schools for the Future Moderni | contract | null | null | null | null | select | No | works | Cockram Construction Ltd | 99004799508 | 18864337 | 18864337 | Inclusive | 2017-06-29 | 2019-01-31 | No | null | null | Building and Construction and Maintenance Services(UNSPSC:72000000) | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | Education Directorate | Yes | CB, F20 | Infrastructure | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017.28765.300 | Design & Construction Services for the Kinlyside Erosion Control Program | Design & Construction Serv | contract | null | null | null | null | single select | No | works | South East Local Land Services | 57876455969 | 212745.72 | 212745.72 | Inclusive | 2017-06-29 | 2018-06-30 | No | null | null | Building and Construction and Maintenance Services(UNSPSC:72000000) | null | null | Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | No | null | Infrastructure | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2017.27193.302 | Matilda Street Separated Cycleway Construction | To select a suitably qualified | contract | null | null | null | 27193.302 | public | No | works | CB Excavations Pty Ltd | 67008643123 | 530608.55 | 530608.55 | Inclusive | 2017-06-29 | 2018-10-04 | No | null | null | Building and Construction and Maintenance Services(UNSPSC:72000000) | null | null | Transport Canberra and City Services | Yes | R2 and F1 | Infrastructure | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2017.28518.340 | Canberra Hospital HVAC and Facade Consultancy Services | Canberra Hospital HVAC and Fac | contract | null | null | null | null | single select | No | consultancy | Arup Pty Limited | 18000966165 | 329773 | 329773 | Inclusive | 2017-06-28 | 2017-12-29 | No | null | null | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | null | Health Directorate | No | null | Infrastructure | No | No | No | No | No |
| ACTGOV2017/009 | RECRUITMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (CEOS) FOR CITY RENEWAL AUTHORITY (CRA) AND SUBURBAN LAND AGENCY (SLA) | RECRUITMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE | contract | null | null | null | null | quotation | No | consultancy | Hudson | 21002888762 | 89953.39 | 89953.39 | Inclusive | 2017-06-23 | 2017-06-30 | Yes | price | null | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | null | Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate | No | null | Goods & Services | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2017.28032.220 | Whole of Government Digimail Services | The Territory has engaged a Su | contract | null | null | null | 28032.110 | public | No | services (non-consultancy) | SEMA | 30158886741 | 2000000 | 2000000 | Inclusive | 2017-06-22 | 2020-06-26 | Yes | price | null | Printing and Photographic and Audio and Visual Equipment and Supplies(UNSPSC:45000000) | Editorial and Design and Graphic and Fine Art Services(UNSPSC:82000000) | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate | No | null | Goods & Services | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2017.29815.310.01 | City Garden Improvements | City Garden Improvements | contract | null | null | null | null | quotation | No | works | Spaseski and Associates Pty Ltd | 77126998909 | 54560 | 54560 | Inclusive | 2017-06-22 | 2018-07-31 | No | null | null | Building and Construction and Maintenance Services(UNSPSC:72000000) | null | null | Transport Canberra and City Services | No | null | Infrastructure | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| 2017.28824.210 | ACT Household Travel Survey | ACT Household Travel Survey | contract | null | null | null | null | single select | No | consultancy | Ipsos Public Affairs Pty Ltd | 70101352 | 543969 | 543969 | Inclusive | 2017-06-21 | 2018-06-20 | Yes | price | null | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | null | Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | No | null | Goods & Services | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| 10112.220 | Family Group Conference Pilot Program | The Consultant will undertake | contract | null | null | null | null | single select | No | consultancy | Curijo Pty Ltd | 22609893021 | 84180 | 84180 | Inclusive | 2017-06-20 | 2017-07-21 | No | null | null | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000) | null | null | ACT Government | No | null | Goods & Services | No | No | No | No | No |
The first row as JSON
As it appears in data.json.
GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/latest/data.json
{
"contract_number": "M16/43",
"contract_title": "Computer Information Systems Audit Services 2016",
"brief_description_of_contract": "Computer Information Systems A",
"contract_type": "contract",
"panel_contract_number": null,
"anticipated_panel_amount": null,
"panel_total_amount": null,
"rfx_number": null,
"procurement_methodology": "select",
"social_procurement": "No",
"procurement_type": "consultancy",
"contractor_name": "Axiom Associates",
"abn": "98121216662",
"original_amount": 101745.0,
"contract_amount": 101745.0,
"gst": "Inclusive",
"execution_date": "2016-06-20",
"expiry_date": "2016-09-30",
"confidential_text": "Yes",
"confidential_text_brief": "price",
"confidential_text_other": null,
"unspsc_classification": "Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services(UNSPSC:80000000)",
"unspsc_classification_2": null,
"unspsc_classification_3": null,
"directorate": "ACT Audit Office",
"prequalification_requested": "No",
"prequalification_code": null,
"infrastructure_or_goods_services": "Goods & Services",
"small_to_medium_enterprise": "Yes",
"whole_of_government_contract": "No",
"exemption_from_quotation": "No",
"active_certification": "No",
"ire_obligations": "No"
}
Query it without downloading
The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.
How filters work
Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.
| Operator | What it matches |
|---|---|
| eq.value | Equal to the value. |
| neq.value | Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match. |
| gt.value | Greater than the value. |
| gte.value | Greater than or equal to the value. |
| lt.value | Less than the value. |
| lte.value | Less than or equal to the value. |
| like.*text* | Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive. |
| ilike.*text* | The same as like, ignoring case. |
| in.(a,b,c) | Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma. |
| is.null | Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher. |
| Parameter | What it does |
|---|---|
| select | Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. |
| order | field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. |
| limit | Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. |
| offset | Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you. |
| group | On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated. |
| metric | On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent. |
| format | json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. |
Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.
The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.
https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.
What changed
One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.
- 2017-07-25 2,374 rows33 fieldsutf-8-sigd58c3fde5916
versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (140 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)
Questions
How do I download Contracts register, ACT Government as a CSV file?
Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/v/2017-07-25/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.
Can I open Contracts register, ACT Government in Excel?
Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/v/2017-07-25/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,374 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/v/2017-07-25/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.
What years does Contracts register, ACT Government cover?
The current version covers 2003 to 2015. Each release from Procurement ACT becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.
How often is Contracts register, ACT Government updated?
Procurement ACT no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.
Can I use Contracts register, ACT Government commercially?
Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.
Is this the official source for Contracts register, ACT Government?
No. The publisher is Procurement ACT, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/pfs5-8d64. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.
What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.
ACT Government contracts and invoices is 2 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.