README.md

---
license: other
license_name: valan-evaluation-license
license_link: https://valan.io/legal
pretty_name: Valan Procurement Intelligence — Public Sample
language:
- en
tags:
- procurement
- government-contracts
- alternative-data
- finance
- quantitative-finance
- entity-resolution
- point-in-time
- tabular
- awards
- tenders
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: valan_sample_1k_fin_awards.parquet
---

# Valan Procurement Intelligence — Public Sample

**A free 1,000-row sample of the [Valan Technologies](https://valan.io) global procurement intelligence feed: point-in-time, entity-resolved government contract awards linked to the awarded company's tradable security (ticker / LEI / ISIN).**

Valan Technologies maintains one of the most comprehensive privately-held public procurement datasets in existence: **100M+ contract awards and tenders from 150+ government sources across 222 countries and territories**, in 8 languages, updated daily, entity-resolved against a 72.4-million-row global company master. This dataset is the public evaluation slice. Feed snapshot: **2026-05-30**.

| | |
|---|---|
| 📖 Full data dictionary | [DATA_DICTIONARY.md](DATA_DICTIONARY.md) · [valan.io/data-dictionary](https://valan.io/data-dictionary) |
| 🧠 Machine-readable corpus | [valan.io/llms-full.txt](https://valan.io/llms-full.txt) |
| 📚 Glossary / FAQ | [valan.io/glossary](https://valan.io/glossary) |
| 📰 Research built on this data | [valan.io/research](https://valan.io/research) |
| 🐙 GitHub mirror | [IrishJohn1973/valan-procurement-sample](https://github.com/IrishJohn1973/valan-procurement-sample) |
| 💼 Full feed access | john@valan.io |

## What's in each row

A government contract award — buyer, supplier, date, value, currency, procurement category (CPV / VPV / NAICS) — resolved to the supplier's legal entity (LEI), primary listing (ISIN, exchange, MIC), and **point-in-time ticker**:

- **`ticker_as_of`** with **`pit_confirmed = True`** — the ticker **as of the award date**, sourced from a genuine dated listing window. **Forward-bias-free. Use this for backtests.**
- **`ultimate_parent_ticker`** — the supplier's **current** parent rollup (who owns it *today*), not as-of the award. Useful for screening; look-ahead present.

The reference loader (`valan_sample_loader.py`, requires `pandas` + `pyarrow`) demonstrates PIT-correct filtering and keeps the two concepts strictly separate. The design rule across the full feed: a ticker is either genuinely point-in-time or honestly NULL — never a current value dressed as as-of.

## Scope — read first

This is a **curated investable-only slice** (`investable_flag = True` on every row). In the full universe only **~17%** of awards (12.3M of 71.9M) carry a tradable ticker — **do not extrapolate coverage from this file.** It demonstrates the schema, identity resolution, and point-in-time mechanics, not the live hit-rate.

`award_value` is in **local currency** (`currency` column; this slice spans AUD, BRL, CZK, EUR, HUF, PLN, USD). Never sum across currencies. For real obligated value use `value_type = 'award'`, positive value, and exclude IDIQ/framework ceilings (`value_is_ceiling = True`).

## Compliance (verified at export)

PII-clean (email PII removed, verified zero; business-contact phones retained as published procurement data). No PRC-sourced data (`ccgp_*` sources and `buyer_country = 'CN'` excluded). Russia/Belarus excluded on/after 2022-02-24. CUI/radioactive rows excluded from the standard feed. No sanctioned buyer or supplier present in this slice.

## The full feed

| Table | Rows | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| `fin_awards` | 71,888,513 | Financial-modelled awards (12,345,679 investable) — this sample's schema |
| `master_awards` | 71,857,265 | Text-rich awards: titles, descriptions, source URLs |
| `fin_tenders` | 24,984,433 | Open solicitations — the forward pipeline |
| `master_tenders` | 24,274,179 | Descriptive tenders |
| `entity_dim` | 312,156 | LEI-bridged company dimension |
| `subcontract_graph` | 3,311,541 | Sub→prime contract linkage with tier depth |

Daily refresh · S3 parquet delivery · SHA256-checksummed manifests · by institutional arrangement: **john@valan.io**

## License

Sample data is free for evaluation, research, and benchmarking with attribution to *Valan Technologies (valan.io)*. The loader script is MIT. Underlying records originate from publicly available government procurement portals. The full feed is licensed separately. Not investment advice.

© 2026 Valan Technologies Limited, Wicklow, Ireland (CRO 802395).