Hoover must document the basis for his decisions regarding the transaction, including documenting the account paperwork with the date and his signature.
The output specification is the document on which the private sector will base its tender but is also the basis for the technical specification in the final contract document.
"Although the actual arbitration proceedings are the subject of confidentiality, as night follows day what's in that legal document at the High Court will form the basis for the legal argument at the arbitration, " said Cramer.
"All this document is trying to do is to demonstrate that they now believe they have a basis for pushing forward on the resolution of those outstanding issues, " Rice said.