# Central Contract Register

> Number and total value of contracts a company concluded with the Slovak public sector and published in the Central Contract Register. Available by company ID through a REST API.

In Slovakia a contract with a public sector body only takes effect once it is published in the Central Contract Register. The register is therefore complete in a meaningful sense – a contract that is not in it is not in force – which makes it a reliable picture of how much a company actually earns from public money.

## What the register contains
- Number of published contracts the company is party to
- Total value of those contracts in EUR

## Fields we return

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `count` | Number of published contracts the company is party to. |
| `total_value` | Sum of contract values in EUR, or null when there are none. |

## How to request the data

```http
GET /v1/company/ico/51636549?scope=public_contracts

{
  "public_contracts_summary": {
    "count": 7,
    "total_value": 214800.0
  }
}
```

## How often we update

Daily. Contracts are added every working day and publication is a condition of effect, so any lag would distort the picture of the company revenue.

## What it is used for

The share of revenue from public contracts matters in both directions when assessing credit: it means a reliable payer, but also dependence on a single type of customer.

When vetting a counterparty, a volume of public sector contracts indicates the company went through procurement and therefore met the statutory eligibility conditions.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why a summary rather than individual contracts?

Because count and value are what can actually be used in a decision or a score. The text of each contract is publicly available in the register and forwarding it would inflate the response without adding use.

### Does this include contracts where the company is the customer?

We return contracts the company is party to according to the register. The register publishes on the side of the obliged public body, so these are normally supply contracts to the public sector.