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no when it was not located there.", "constraints": { "required": true, "enum": [ "yes", "no" ] } }, { "name": "evidence_locator", "title": "Evidence locator", "type": "string", "description": "Section, page or reviewed-scope locator used to find the observation.", "constraints": { "required": true } }, { "name": "review_note", "title": "Review note", "type": "string", "description": "Bounded explanation of what was or was not located without assigning a vendor score.", "constraints": { "required": true } } ], "primaryKey": [ "source_id", "control_id" ] } } ], "_posnic": { "reviewedAt": "2026-08-23", "recordCount": 144, "sourceCount": 12, "countryCount": 6, "controlCount": 12, "explicitlyObservedCount": 114, "notObservedCount": 30, "method": "Twelve official English-language public procurement records were manually reviewed against the same twelve buyer controls. A yes records at least one explicit requirement in the reviewed scope; a no means the control was not located there.", "evidenceBoundary": "The review contains nine full documents and three public notice, overview or opportunity records dated 2016 to 2026. NSW, Wellington and Telford are coded only from public pages because full tender files were not reviewed. The matrix is not a market-frequency study, legal template or current requirement for another buyer.", "rightsBoundary": "Public access does not create an additional data licence. Review the Posnic site terms and every cited source before reuse or redistribution." } }