Data Description: This data set contains all records of payments made to vendors by the City of Cincinnati from fiscal year 2014 to present. It includes information such as the department who paid for the service, the reason for payment, and vendor name.

Data Creation: This data is pulled directly from the City's financial software; which centralizes all department financial transactions city wide.

Data Created By: The Cincinnati Financial System (CFS)

Refresh Frequency: Weekly

Data Dictionary: A data dictionary providing definitions of columns and attributes is available as an attachment to this data set.

Processing: The City of Cincinnati is committed to providing the most granular and accurate data possible. In that pursuit the Office of Performance and Data Analytics facilitates standard processing to most raw data prior to publication. Processing includes but is not limited: address verification, geocoding, decoding attributes, and addition of administrative areas (i.e. Census, neighborhoods, police districts, etc.).

Data Usage: For directions on downloading and using open data please visit our How-to Guide: https://data.cincinnati-oh.gov/dataset/Open-Data-How-To-Guide/gdr9-g3ad

This data set contains all business opportunities posted from 09/15/2015 - 12/31/2020.

Business Opportunities has moved to https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/noncms/cmgr/business-opportunities/. Please update any browser bookmarks and contact our office at (513) 352-3209 if you have questions.

Offerors may register as a City vendor online at https://vss.cincinnati-oh.gov/vssprod/Advantage4.

The City publishes information on the City of Cincinnati Internet web site at www.cincinnati-oh.gov, which includes the Cincinnati Municipal Code (CMC) and the information concerning the rules and regulations governing the City’s Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program and Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program.