Minimum viable evidence

Evidence-first procurement is the approach of collecting and reviewing the actual supplier documents before advancing a commercial conversation, rather than requesting them after selection.

Risk-based due diligence is the practice of scaling the depth of supplier review to the risk that supplier presents, rather than applying the same checklist to every third party.

An evidence pack is a bundled set of supplier documents assembled for a specific audience - a client audit, a tender response or an insurer review - and shared as a single trustworthy artefact.

The documents to include in a client evidence pack for due diligence, procurement or audit and how to keep the pack always current.

How a purpose-built supplier document platform compares to Google Drive, SharePoint and Dropbox, with a fair read on where each is genuinely better and why most teams end up using both.

Why single-purpose upload links have overtaken email attachments for collecting supplier and subcontractor documents, with a fair look at what recipients actually prefer.

A tidy starter list of the documents most teams should hold for a new supplier. Tick them off, copy or download.