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AI Procurement & Vendor Assurance

Helping organisations buy AI responsibly, and helping providers meet the requirements buyers now demand.

About this service

What we do

Governance becomes real at the point of purchase. We help organisations acquire AI responsibly, with the frameworks, questionnaires, and independent assessment that separate a trustworthy system from a risky one before anything is signed.

We also help providers meet those requirements, closing the gaps a buyer's due diligence will find before it finds them. Because we do not sell the AI systems in question, our assessment sits on the side of trust rather than the side of the sale.

What is included

Inside AI Procurement & Vendor Assurance

AI procurement frameworksHow an organisation buys AI: risk gates, required evidence, and clear decisions.
Due diligence questionnairesInstruments and scoring that let a buyer evaluate an AI vendor consistently.
Independent vendor assessmentVerifying a system's claims before award, across technical and privacy lenses.
Provider readiness assessmentPreparing a provider to meet buyer requirements and pass due diligence.
Procurement contracts and clausesThe terms that protect a buyer: transparency, deletion, audit rights, and more.
Our approach

How we work with you

1

Frame

We establish what good looks like for this purchase or this offering.

2

Assess

We test the system or the documentation against that standard.

3

Close gaps

We identify what must change and help remediate it.

4

Decide or submit

A clear determination for the buyer, or a ready submission for the provider.

Why clients trust us

Trusted to get this right

We wrote national AI policy

Our team led the drafting of a national AI policy, so we bring lived experience of turning principle into rule, not just commentary on it.

Independent by design

We advise on AI and assure it. We do not sell the systems we assess, which is what makes our judgement worth trusting.

Grounded in law and data protection

Our foundation in law, data protection, and recognised AI standards means our advice holds up where it counts.

African realities, global standards

We understand the context our clients operate in, and we hold our work to international standards. Both, not one or the other.

Certified expertise

We hold credentials in the international AI management system standard, and we keep current as the field and its rules evolve.

Practical, not theoretical

We deliver frameworks, checklists, and templates your team can use immediately, not abstractions that sit on a shelf.

Let us help with ai procurement & vendor assurance.

Tell us what you are working on and we will show you how we can help. Email us directly at:

info@pacfaie.org
Pan-Africa Center For AI Ethics - Pacfaie
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