A working prototype of a service that allows council officers, journalists, and local climate groups to find and monitor climate-related local authority tenders, in the UK. It uses Contracts Finder ODCS data, via mysociety/procurement_data.
The original static prototype was built as part of mySociety’s April 2022 prototyping week for reducing local authority emissions through procurement.
You will need Docker installed.
Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:mysociety/contract-countdown.git
cd contract-countdown
Add a MAPIT_URL and MAPIT_API_KEY to a file at .env. You can get a free MapIt API key here. A sample .env file is provided in `env.sample'.
Start the Docker environment:
docker-compose up
(If Python complains about missing libraries, chances are the Python requirements have changed since your Docker image was last built. You can rebuild it with, eg: docker-compose build web.)
To load contracts data, get a bash shell inside the web container:
docker-compose exec web bash
Due to a bug, you currently need to create an empty directory at data/procurement_data. Inside the shell, run:
cd data
mkdir procurement_data
cd ../
The first time round you should run:
./manage.py import_councils
which will make sure there's a complete list of UK councils in the app.
Then, still inside the shell, run:
./manage.py import_tenders
The import will take a while!
Finally, to import the climate councillors and officers, run:
./manage.py import_climate_representatives
For this to work, ensure you have comeval_councillors.csv and comeval_officers.csv in data/procurement_data. These can be downloaded from here.