Governments of Canadian territories and other countries have diverse procurement processes that allow local and foreign vendors to provide goods and services to fulfill government needs. Governments post relevant information regarding this and other processes on their official websites. In this way, they ensure transparency and data availability for those interested in analyzing it and being informed of any process.

This series of blog posts will transform you into a data detective, using the Yukon Government’s (YG) awarded contracts as our case study. We’ll explain the general process from stating the problem to the final insightful report. Get ready to see how data analytics empowers us to dissect a real-world scenario, one step at a time.

But before we embark on this analytical case study, let’s set the stage.