In January 2020, 21 more competition notices were published than in the previous month. January's announcements represent a 121.5% increase in expected expenditure, with a positive variation over the same period in 2019, both in the number of procedures (+212) and in relation to the expected expenditure (+571 M €). A further 1,047 contracts were reported to the BASE portal than in December 2019. An increase was thus seen both in the number of contracts (+ 8.1%) and in terms of contracted expenses (plus 320 M €). In year-on-year terms (compared to the same month of the previous year), in January 2020 another 2,130 contracts and an additional 334 M € were reported to the BASE portal than in January 2019.