Contracts and Procurement Data Transparency Portal FAQs
This portal was created by the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP), under the leadership of Mayor Muriel Bowser, as a public clearing house for all information related to the District Governments contracting and procurement efforts. This portal is broken down into 6 modules, they are as follows:
The forecast module provides information of agencies in which they project a procurement need, this may not turn into an actual solicitation, this is merely a forecast done prior to the actual need being requested.
In the Solicitations module you will find current open solicitations, and archived solicitations for DC Government agencies. There are various options to sort and filter the data you are looking for.
In the Contracts module you will find awarded contracts for DC Government agencies. The data historical goes back 6 years. There are various search filters and sort options.
The Purchase Order module will provide information for the total amount on purchase orders, the agency issuing the purchase order and the vendor the purchase order was provided too; for all DC Government agencies.
In the Payments module you will find payment details made to all of DC Governments vendors. The data historical goes back 6 years.
This module provides al list of all non OCP Agencies, in which their solicitations is not published on OCP’s website. These agencies, either have their own website or you must contact them directly or their solicitations information.
The information you see on this website is compliant with the District of Columbia 2-361.04 “Transparency in Contracting” law and FOIA
One centralized location to obtain DC Governments Contracting and Procurements efforts.
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Please report any inaccuracies to OCP Help Desk at [email protected] or call at 202-724-4477 Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm to describe your concern, when applicable upload screenshots.
The Procurement Center of Excellence is available to assist with navigating the website or questions you may have. Please contact us at [email protected] or call at 202-724-4477 Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.