§ FOR — PUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENT
Stamped verification on every supplier in the framework. Defensible against challenge.
PCR 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 expect documented supplier due diligence — every bid, every award.
For: procurement officers, framework managers, audit
★ COUNTERSURE ★GBPUBLIC-SE2026-09-24VERIFIED
§ 02 — THE FLOW
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Bidder submits VAT and EORI on tender
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Countersure verifies live against HMRC
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Stamped record filed with bid pack
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Re-stamped on contract award and annually thereafter
§ RISK NOTE
Procurement challenges increasingly cite weak supplier verification as a procedural failing.
“We needed an evidence trail that survived legal challenge. Countersure was it.”
— Public Sector Procurement, anonymised