Forensic Analysis

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Procurement review workspace

Check suppliers and buyers before the risk becomes expensive.

Search award history, public-register context, concentration patterns, and review signals in one workspace built for procurement teams, auditors, and managers.

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Review modes

Signals

4 bands

Exports

CSV

Purpose

Review

Screen one supplier

Best for onboarding, shortlisting, partnering, or checking a named company.

Review one buyer

Best for municipalities, departments, SOEs, and awarding organisations.

Forensic Intelligence Workbench

Search awarded suppliers and awarding organizations

Start from the award data, narrow by province and buyer context, then drill into evidence. The list keeps plain-language review signals beside each result.

Unlock power functions

Compare entities

Subscription required. Available as a locked workflow in this first slice.

Buyer-supplier pair scan

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AI case memo

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Decision support

What this tool helps you decide

Use forensic analysis as a starting point for supplier due diligence, award-pattern review, escalation screening, and deeper manual audit work.

Screen suppliers faster

Check one supplier before onboarding, shortlisting, partnering, or escalating them for closer review.

Spot irregular award patterns

Review department-level concentration, threshold clustering, and repeat award behaviour that may need explanation.

Prioritize manual review

Focus audit effort on the suppliers and buying entities most likely to justify document-level verification.

Review signals

Core risk signals you can investigate

The page is built to support real procurement decisions, not abstract analytics. Start with the signal that matches your review question.

Award values near limits

Flags repeated values close to procurement thresholds that may need a manual explanation.

Linked people and entities

Highlights shared directors, addresses, and related supplier patterns where data is available.

Supplier status context

Adds CIPC and OCPO context so a review starts from verified public-register signals.

Buyer concentration

Shows whether spending is spread across suppliers or concentrated among a small group.

Plain-language workflow

When to use forensic analysis

This tool is most useful when you need a fast, explainable starting point before deeper compliance checks, manual document review, or escalation.

Screen a supplier before shortlisting, onboarding, or partnering.

Review whether a buyer repeatedly awards near control thresholds.

Trace linked companies, directors, and repeat counterparties.

Create a focused review list before manual document checks.

Connected tools

Continue the review

Use forensic analysis to identify risk signals, then move into broader company context or director verification before making a procurement decision.

Company Intelligence

Open award history, company context, and public procurement patterns.

Company & Director Lookup

Verify company registration and director relationships.

Procurement Intelligence

Track official-source alerts, audits, policy shifts, and enforcement updates.

Forensic Intelligence FAQ

What does the tender forensic analysis tool check?v

It surfaces procurement-risk patterns such as bid splitting, threshold clustering, director conflicts, shell-company signals, and unusual award behaviour that may justify closer review.

When should I use a supplier audit instead of a department scan?v

Use a supplier audit when you need to screen one company before bidding with them, shortlisting them, or investigating them. Use a department scan when you want to review broader award patterns across a municipality, department, or buying entity.

Does a high risk score mean fraud or legal wrongdoing?v

No. The score is an investigative signal, not a legal conclusion. It helps prioritize where a procurement team, auditor, or investigator should look more closely.

How should procurement teams use this tool?v

Use it for supplier due diligence, award-pattern review, escalation screening, and as a starting point before manual document checks or formal audit work.

Review note

Patterns flagged by this tool are for investigative review and professional auditing purposes only. A high risk score is a statistical indicator and does not definitively determine or imply legal wrongdoing.

All automated findings MUST be independently verified through document-level audits before any administrative or legal action is considered.

When to use forensic analysis

This tool is most useful when you need a fast, explainable starting point before deeper compliance checks, manual document review, or escalation.

Screen a supplier before shortlisting, onboarding, or partnering.

Review whether a buyer repeatedly awards near control thresholds.

Trace linked companies, directors, and repeat counterparties.

Create a focused review list before manual document checks.

Forensic Intelligence FAQ

What does the tender forensic analysis tool check?v

It surfaces procurement-risk patterns such as bid splitting, threshold clustering, director conflicts, shell-company signals, and unusual award behaviour that may justify closer review.

When should I use a supplier audit instead of a department scan?v

Does a high risk score mean fraud or legal wrongdoing?v

No. The score is an investigative signal, not a legal conclusion. It helps prioritize where a procurement team, auditor, or investigator should look more closely.

How should procurement teams use this tool?v

Use it for supplier due diligence, award-pattern review, escalation screening, and as a starting point before manual document checks or formal audit work.