Bidder App Data Sources

Data Sources And Responsible Use

The platform uses public-sector and open datasets, transformed by MapHorizon into evidence layers, scores and visual indicators. Data should be treated as decision-support evidence, not as legal, procurement or planning advice.

Bidder evidence and delivery-context sources

The Bidder App combines public-sector indicators, open datasets and MapHorizon-transformed delivery-context records to support bid evidence gathering.

  • English Indices of DeprivationIMD overall, income, employment, education, health, crime, living environment and geographical barriers indicators used for local need and context layers.
  • ONS Census and labour-market statisticsPopulation, community, diversity, employment and local-area context indicators used in mapped evidence layers.
  • Department for Work and PensionsBenefit, claimant and disability-related indicators used as local evidence proxies where relevant to outcomes.
  • Department for Education and education provider datasetsSchool, college, further education and skills-provider location/context datasets.
  • Department for Transport Journey Time StatisticsPublic-transport accessibility indicators for employment, education and everyday services.
  • NHS and public-service location datasetsGP surgeries and other public-service locations used as delivery context layers.
  • Police recorded crime dataCrime and community-safety indicators used to support local evidence context.
  • Defra, Natural England and local environmental constraint datasetsEnvironmental, air-quality and planning-context layers used where relevant to social value outcomes.
  • Companies House and curated organisation datasetsBusiness, CIC, employer, charity, infrastructure and partner-location datasets used in paid Bidder delivery-context views.

Map and postcode context

  • Postcode and statistical geography lookupUK postcode, LSOA, LAD and boundary-derived spatial references used to locate evidence around the entered postcode.
  • OpenStreetMap / CARTO / MapLibre map backgroundBasemap and map rendering context used for visual navigation only.