In October 2020, 341 more competition notices were published than in the previous month. October's announcements represent a 16.5% increase in expected expenditure, with a positive variation over the same period last year.
2019, both in number of procedures (+94) and in relation to the expected expenditure (+75 M €).
116 contracts were reported to the BASE portal less than in September 2020. Thus, a decrease in the number of contracts was verified (-0.9%), however, in terms of contracted expenses, there was an increase (+62 M €).
In year-on-year terms (compared to the same month of the previous year), in October 2020, 633 contracts (-4.7%) and 112 M € (-11.2%) were reported to the BASE portal, compared to October 2019.