MGMT 2605 Dalhousie Who Is Receiving Public Tenders in Nova Scotia Questions

Governments in modern liberal democracies are not only required to hold free and transparent electionsbut must also take steps to be accountable and transparent in their operations. In an effort to providetransparency, the Government of Nova Scotia publicly posts all if its procurements (a.k.a. “public tenders”)online (Nova Scotia, 2021). 

These tenders are almost always released publicly so that companies andindividuals can bid on the contracts in a fair manner.

One of the consequences of releasing public tenders online is that it means that members of the publiccan also assess which companies are being awarded the tenders. 

Using this data, we can attempt to learnwhether the government has preferences for certain companies or whether the government is awardingcontracts fairly. 

To make it easier for us, Nova Scotia has kept a record of its tenders and has posted it toits open data portal (Open Data, 2021).

 This data consists of a CSV file and is provided in your capstone2 folder on Brightspace, and each row represents a tender. Its features are summarized below