Our Roles
Our role is to act as the single prime contractual counterparty for institutional and public-sector procurement. This role is defined not by how work is performed, but by where authority, responsibility, and liability sit throughout the contract lifecycle.
When we are awarded a contract, we assume responsibility for execution outcomes under a single contractual framework, regardless of how delivery is structured internally.
Contractual Authority and Accountability
Upon award, we hold full contractual authority and accountability vis-à-vis the buyer. We are responsible for meeting contractual obligations, managing delivery risk, and addressing non-performance or disputes.
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Subcontractors do not have a contractual relationship with the buyer. All obligations, representations, and remedies flow through us as the prime counterparty. This ensures the buyer has one accountable entity for performance, reporting, and resolution.
Responsibility Boundaries and Risk Ownership
While delivery activities may be performed by subcontractors, contractual responsibility does not transfer. We retain responsibility for coordination, integration, and outcome alignment across all subcontracted work.
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Where issues arise—whether operational, compliance-related, or performance-based—we are responsible for remediation, escalation, and corrective action. The buyer is insulated from multi-party coordination and enforcement.
Decision Rights and Control
We retain decision rights over subcontractor engagement, continuation, escalation, and replacement in order to protect contractual obligations. This includes the authority to intervene where delivery, compliance, or risk thresholds are not being met.
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These decision rights are essential to maintaining accountability and are exercised independently of subcontractor commercial interests.
Compliance and Audit Responsibility
We are responsible for ensuring that procurement execution aligns with applicable eligibility, sanctions, ethics, and audit requirements. Documentation, records, and decision trails are maintained to support auditability and institutional oversight.
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While subcontractors are subject to compliance obligations, accountability for compliance assurance rests with us as the prime counterparty.
What Our Role Is — and Is Not
Our role is to own accountability, not to provide advisory services or technical delivery. We do not act as a broker, introducer, or consultant, and we do not delegate contractual responsibility to third parties.
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Buyers engage us to centralize responsibility, reduce coordination risk, and ensure that delivery obligations are owned by a single accountable entity.
Risk Acceptance & Engagement Boundaries
We engage selectively and only where contractual, operational, and compliance risk falls within defined acceptance thresholds. Where permitted, liability allocation and risk exposure are addressed contractually to ensure proportional responsibility aligned with scope and delivery complexity.
We reserve the right to decline to bid, engage, or continue execution where risk, compliance, sanctions, or operational constraints cannot be satisfactorily mitigated. This ensures disciplined participation, controlled exposure, and reliable performance for counterparties.
One Contract. One Accountable Vendor.
