I am sure there must be precedents, but, unfortunately, none comes to mind. I feel sure that there have been precedents with specific national defence contracts, for example, but they probably go back to before I was appointed. The people who have been in the office longer than me probably have a better idea of precedents like that. If they are listening, they are probably yelling specific examples at their screens, but I can't hear them.
Of course it affects my work, because it makes the accountability and transparency a little more difficult. It is difficult to determine whether the government got a good price for the purchases it has made or intends to make. It prevents me from giving you information and analyses, which clearly are of great interest to you.