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IDB Project procurement bidding notices and notification of contract awards dataset

By Operations Financial Management and Procurement Services Office (VPC/FMP/FMP)

This dataset compiles procurement notices and notifications of contract awards for projects financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It brings together, in one place, the public procurement notices—general and specific procurement notices, expressions of interest, and related announcements—along with the notices of contract awards for IDB sovereign-guaranteed operations.

What the data describe

When the IDB finances a project, the goods, works, and services required are procured through open, competitive processes. This dataset records the resulting procurement opportunities and outcomes: the bidding notices that announce upcoming opportunities and invite participation, and the award notifications that record which contracts were ultimately awarded. Together these provide a transparent, structured view of procurement activity across the Bank's portfolio of sovereign-guaranteed operations.

Why this matters

Open procurement information underpins transparency, accountability, and competition in development finance. By publishing bidding opportunities and award results as open data, the IDB makes it easier for suppliers and contractors to find and compete for business, and for researchers, journalists, and oversight bodies to analyze how public resources are allocated through Bank-financed projects.

What the resource contains

The dataset is provided as a single CSV file of procurement notices, suitable for filtering, searching, and analysis in spreadsheet software and standard data tools.

Intended uses

Suppliers and contractors can use the data to discover bidding opportunities and expressions of interest; researchers and analysts can study procurement patterns, competition, and contract awards across countries and over time; and transparency and accountability practitioners can use it for monitoring and oversight. The data support the IDB's public-sector, economy, and financial-sector agendas.

Access and citation

The data are openly available through IDB Open Data under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits broad reuse with attribution. A persistent DOI is provided for stable referencing; please cite the dataset when reusing it (see the citation question below).

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Metadata & use

Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/ujna8y43
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Citation

Inter-American Development Bank (2026). IDB Project procurement bidding notices and notification of contract awards dataset. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/ujna8y43
Published date 2025-07-16
Modified date 2026-09-18
Tags/Keywords Procurement Notices · Bidding Opportunities · Expression of Interest · Open Bidding · Notices of contract award
Language
  1. English
Temporal coverage 2000-2025
Country
Argentina
Bahamas
United States
Uruguay
Guyana
Venezuela
Belize
Bolivia
Chile
Mexico
Colombia
Costa Rica
Panama
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras
Iraq
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Barbados
Paraguay
Brazil
Peru
Sierra Leone
Suriname
Tunisia
Ecuador
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Inter-American Development Bank
Data collection type Administrative Data
Statistical type Cross-sectional Data
Data structure Structured Data
Data notes

What does this dataset contain?

It compiles procurement notices—including general and specific procurement notices and expressions of interest—and notices of contract awards for IDB sovereign-guaranteed operations. The data are provided as a single CSV file.

What types of notices are included?

The dataset includes procurement notices such as general and specific procurement notices, expressions of interest, and open-bidding announcements, alongside notices of contract award.

What are sovereign-guaranteed operations?

Sovereign-guaranteed operations are IDB-financed projects that are backed by the guarantee of the borrowing country's government. The procurement activity recorded in this dataset corresponds to these operations.

Which countries and time period are covered?

The dataset's recorded temporal scope spans 2000 to 2025 and covers a wide range of countries where IDB projects operate, including IDB borrowing member countries across Latin America and the Caribbean as well as other locations associated with Bank-financed activity.

Who can benefit from this dataset?

Suppliers and contractors looking for bidding opportunities, researchers and analysts studying procurement and competition, and transparency and accountability practitioners monitoring how public resources are allocated through IDB-financed projects.

What format is the data in?

The dataset is provided as a single CSV file of procurement notices, which can be opened in spreadsheet software and processed with standard data tools for filtering and analysis.

How does this support transparency?

By publishing bidding opportunities and contract-award results as open data, the IDB enables open competition and lets researchers, journalists, and oversight bodies analyze how public resources are allocated through Bank-financed projects.

Under what license can I use the data?

The dataset is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed), which permits broad reuse, adaptation, and redistribution with appropriate attribution.

How do I cite this dataset?

Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (2026). IDB Project procurement bidding notices and notification of contract awards dataset. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/ujna8y43 (publisher: Inter-American Development Bank).

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