State of California

Purchase Order

Purchase orders made by the State of California government, for values over $5,000, tracked through the State Contract and Procurement Registration System. Each record includes the vendor's business name, address, and zip code.

Example records
Namelegal entityZIP CodeaddressFull AddressgeospatialCreation DatetemporalPurchase DatetemporalFiscal YeartemporalLpa NumberregistrationPurchase Order NumberidentifierRequisition NumberidentifierAcquisition TypeclassificationSub-Acquisition TypeclassificationAcquisition Methodclassification
Happy Valley Fire Protection District9600796007 (40.456408, -122.315294)10/9/20139/9/20132013-20142ui3L262NON-IT ServicesContracts with Local GovernmentsEmergency Purchase
Merritt Business Supplies9563095630 (38.670213, -121.147592)1/14/20141/14/20142013-2014P1300614NON-IT GoodsFair and Reasonable
CONFIDENTIAL - Information Withheld9581695816 (38.57219, -121.467691)8/14/20147/20/20112014-201510A1343NON-IT ServicesExpert WitnesesServices are specifically exempt by statute
Use cases

Estimating a vendor's government revenue footprint

A fintech lender underwriting a small business loan aggregates all purchase orders issued to that vendor across fiscal years to estimate its recurring government revenue, assess customer concentration risk, and validate the business's stated income.

NameTotal PriceFiscal YearDepartment NameAcquisition Type

Flagging sole-source awards for vendor due diligence

A compliance team screening third-party vendors for a financial institution identifies suppliers that consistently win contracts through emergency or sole-source methods rather than competitive bidding, which may indicate unusual procurement relationships worth investigating.

NameAcquisition MethodSub-Acquisition MethodTotal PriceSupplier Code

Building a prospect list of active government suppliers by commodity

A B2B sales team targeting vendors that supply a specific product category to state agencies uses UNSPSC codes to filter for relevant commodity segments, then ranks vendors by total spend volume to prioritize outreach to the highest-revenue accounts.

NameNormalized UnspscCommodity TitleTotal PriceZIP Code