Compliance Readiness Glossary¶
Executive Summary¶
This glossary defines process-specific language for the Compliance Readiness process wave.
Why This Exists¶
Compliance Readiness involves multiple Domains, Practices, Digital Professionals, approvals, reminders, and events. Controlled language prevents ownership confusion and supports AIOS reasoning.
Owner¶
The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.
Business Value¶
A shared glossary improves process consistency, onboarding, audit review, tender readiness, and cross-Practice collaboration.
Terms¶
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compliance Readiness | The operating state that indicates whether an organization has the evidence, documents, verification, and risk posture needed for procurement participation. |
| Procurement Readiness Score | Compliance-owned score representing readiness based on requirements, documents, expiry, validation, tender-specific checks, and risk. |
| SARS | South African Revenue Service context used for tax compliance evidence and readiness where applicable. |
| CIPC | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission context used for registration and company standing evidence. |
| CSD | Central Supplier Database context used for supplier registration and procurement readiness evidence. |
| CIDB | Construction Industry Development Board context used for contractor grading and registration where relevant. |
| COIDA | Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act context used for letter of good standing and worker-related evidence where relevant. |
| B-BBEE | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment evidence context such as certificate or affidavit where relevant. |
| Compliance Requirement | Compliance-owned requirement that must be satisfied for readiness or tender-specific eligibility. |
| Compliance Document | Evidence artefact used to satisfy or support a compliance requirement. |
| Validation | Compliance-owned assessment of document completeness, relevance, expiry, verification, and readiness impact. |
| Expiry Monitoring | Process of tracking validity windows and risk periods for compliance evidence. |
| Renewal Planning | Process of planning action before compliance evidence expires. |
| Tender-Specific Compliance Check | Assessment of current readiness against the requirements of a specific tender opportunity or bid. |
| Compliance Risk | Risk that compliance state may block tender eligibility, bid submission, procurement readiness, or organizational credibility. |
| Corrective Action | Tracked action to resolve missing, expired, invalid, or insufficient compliance evidence. |
| Compliance Escalation | Routing of material readiness risk to Ari, Ava, Lex, and authorized human decision owners. |
| Compliance Reporting | Analytics-owned reporting view based on Compliance-owned readiness facts. |
Cross-Reference Notes¶
- Compliance Domain owns compliance facts, requirements, readiness, validation, expiry, risk, and corrective action state.
- Organization Domain owns organization identity and profile facts.
- Opportunity and Bid consume readiness but do not own it.
- Notification owns reminder delivery, not compliance facts.
- Intelligence may analyse and recommend, but Compliance owns accepted compliance state.
- This glossary is not legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory advice.