Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Controls

Last reviewed: April 2026

Funding-backed projects should be commercially sensible and procedurally defensible. SMEs do not need heavy bureaucracy, but they do need transparent decision controls.

Simple controls that work

• documented rationale for vendor selection
• clear approval authority
• records of comparisons where relevant
• declared conflicts and relationship handling
• central storage of final records

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