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Fixed-scope advisory

AI Vendor Review

A fixed-scope review for teams who need to clarify an AI vendor's claims before those claims become workflow, contract, or institutional fact.

What this is for

If you are being asked to approve an AI tool on the strength of a smooth pitch, a clean dashboard, or a reassuring accuracy number, the real risk may still be completely unclear.

In real operational environments, failure is not evenly distributed. It clusters around ambiguity, unusual cases, vulnerable people, weak data, contested situations, and the exact points where your organisation can least afford to get it wrong.

AI Vendor Review is built for one live procurement, evaluation, or approval decision. It helps you clarify what a vendor is actually asking you to trust before the tool becomes operational dependency.

What it helps you do
  • See where the vendor story is strongest and weakest.
  • Identify what may be flattened, displaced, or hidden off-ledger.
  • Ask better questions before approval.
  • Clarify where human authority, escalation, and stop-power actually sit.
  • Decide whether to proceed, pause, probe further, or redesign the use case.

Best fit

This is for people carrying responsibility for a tool decision that is moving faster than the real scrutiny around it.

ESG and sustainability leads
Governance, risk, and compliance functions
Transformation and innovation leads
Programme owners
Procurement-adjacent decision-makers
Senior managers being asked to sign off on a tool they do not fully trust

It is especially useful when the AI use case touches:

reportinggrievance or intake workflowsmonitoring systemsreview and triage functionsclassification or risk flaggingdecision support in already messy human systems

How it works

  1. 01
    Send the material
    You send the vendor deck, proposal, or supporting material, along with a short note on the intended use case and where the decision currently sits.
  2. 02
    Review memo
    I review one vendor, one tool, or one proposed deployment and prepare a short written memo: where the real pressure points are, what is missing, and what questions need answering before approval.
  3. 03
    Focused working session
    A 60-minute session works through the memo, clarifies the implications, and defines the next move: proceed, pause, probe further, or redesign the use case.
  4. 04
    Short follow-up
    You receive a brief written follow-up capturing the key questions, decision handles, and next steps.
What you walk away with

A short memo, a focused session, and the questions to take into the next meeting.

  • A 2-3 page review memo — one vendor, one tool, or one proposed deployment, with the real pressure points and what is missing.
  • A 60-minute working session — to clarify the implications and decide whether to proceed, pause, probe further, or redesign.
  • A short follow-up email — capturing the key questions, decision handles, and next steps.
What this is not
  • - Not technical due diligence.
  • - Not code review.
  • - Not legal advice.
  • - Not a procurement process replacement.
  • - Not a broad AI strategy engagement.
  • - Not a compliance certification exercise.

This is an operational and governance review for one live decision.

The questions underneath the offer

The point is not simply to ask whether the tool works. The point is to ask what the organisation is actually being asked to trust.

Where does it fail?
What kinds of cases are likely to be flattened or excluded?
What happens when it encounters ambiguity it cannot safely parse?
What friction is being displaced off-ledger?
Who carries the consequences when the system gets it wrong?
Who can actually stop, override, or question the workflow before harm becomes administrative fact?
Scope & pricing

This is a fixed-scope, fixed-price product covering one live vendor, tool, workflow, or proposed deployment. Use the enquiry form to confirm the exact use case and request the current price before review begins.

Start here

Clarify the claim before you buy the risk.

If you need a sharper outside read before approving an AI tool, vendor, or workflow, this is the place to start.

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