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Figure 16: CCE Director announces the launch of the Aggregated Buying Tool on March 25, 2020;
image source: CCE Twitter

Guidance for buyers emphasized that contract information must be published openly including:

• a clear description of goods, services or works with technical specifications, quantity and quality
required;

• the unit price and total value of goods or services contracted;
• who signed and approved the contract; and

• how the contract would be supervised.

To ensure they were searchable online, the term “COVID-19” had to be used in the title of any
contract associated with buying during the pandemic.

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