In February 2020, 301 more competition notices were published than in the previous month. February's announcements represent a 135% increase in expected expenditure, with a positive variation over the same period in 2019, both in terms of the number of procedures (+233) and in terms of expected expenditure (+1 363 M €). 1,493 contracts were reported to the BASE portal less than in January 2020. Thus, a decrease was noted both in the number of contracts (-10.7%) and in terms of contracted expenses (minus 202 M €). In year-on-year terms (compared to the same month of the previous year), in February 2020, 884 more contracts and 144 M € were reported to the BASE portal than in February 2019.