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This extension adds a project object to the planning object.

In OCDS, project information is nested under the planning.budget object. However, in some cases, budget management systems and project management systems are separate, and it might be important to separately specify:

  • The amount reserved in the budget for a specific contracting process
  • The project the contract relates to, and the total value of that project
  • Sector classifications
  • Additional classifications
  • Project locations, with options for gazetteer or point locations

This is particularly important in cases of Public-Private Partnerships and large infrastructure projects, where users might want to track all the contracting processes related to the large-scale project, and to understand the individual contracts in the context of their contracting process and overall project values.

Example

{
  "planning": {
    "project": {
      "title": "Example PPP",
      "description": "The Example PPP project will guarantee the installation of a wholesale shared network that allows the provision of telecommunications services by current and future operators.",
      "id": "example_ppp",
      "uri": "http://communications.gov.example/projects/example_ppp",
      "totalValue": {
        "amount": 600000000,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "sector": {
        "scheme": "COFOG",
        "description": "Road transportation",
        "id": "04.5.1"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "description": "Local Authority Area: Halton Borough Council",
          "gazetteer": {
            "scheme": "GEONAMES",
            "identifiers": [
              "2647601"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Changelog

2020-04-24

  • Add minProperties, minItems and/or minLength properties.

2020-04-16

  • Remove guidance related to the planning.budget object. See #701.

2018-05-03

  • Add additional guidance on the use of OCDS fields in the context of this extension

2017-12-29

  • Remove the repetition of OCDS fields in this extension

2017-07-08

  • Add multilingual support for Project.title fields
  • Remove multilingual support for non-existent Project.source and Project.project fields
  • Restore Budget.project and Budget.projectID fields
  • Remove obsolete mergeStrategy properties

Issues

Report issues for this extension in the ocds-extensions repository, putting the extension's name in the issue's title.