Procurement Intelligence Governance

Why This Exists

This document defines governance for the Procurement Intelligence Practice.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Governance ensures opportunity intelligence is explainable, source-referenced, aligned to customer goals, and useful for pursuit decisions.

Governance Scope

Procurement Intelligence governs:

• Tender source monitoring operations.
• Discovery review procedures.
• Tender indexing quality review.
• Requirement analysis standards.
• Matching and qualification review.
• Recommendation explanation quality.
• Bid/no-bid decision support.
• Risk assessment and escalation.
• Handoff standards to Bid Management.

Governance Boundaries

Area	Procurement Intelligence role	Source owner
Opportunity records and lifecycle	Review and operationalize.	Opportunity Domain
Organization fit context	Use and interpret for matching.	Organization Domain and Business Analysis Practice
Compliance readiness	Use for qualification and risk.	Compliance Domain and Compliance Practice
Bid workspace	Handoff pursuit context.	Bid Domain and Bid Management Practice
AI analysis	Use as support, not source of truth.	Intelligence Domain
Deadline and briefing reminders	Request reminders.	Notification Domain
Performance reporting	Provide operational inputs.	Analytics Domain

Governance Workflow

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    Tender[Tender discovered]
    Review[Nova review]
    Match[Match and qualification]
    Risk[Risk assessment]
    Decision[Bid/no-bid support]
    Handoff[Bid handoff or watchlist]

    Tender --> Review
    Review --> Match
    Match --> Risk
    Risk --> Decision
    Decision --> Handoff

Governance Rules

• Recommendation outputs must cite source facts and assumptions.
• Tender-specific risks must identify severity and business impact.
• Pursuit handoff must include deadline, briefing, compliance, scope, and qualification context.
• Opportunity facts must change through Opportunity-owned workflows.
• Executive Office coordinates priority conflicts and major pursuit decisions.