TRACEGov
For DPOs & Compliance Officers

Standardize AI VendorDue Diligence

The Scenario

Your procurement team is evaluating three AI vendors for a critical business process. Each vendor provides different documentation formats, different claims about compliance, and different levels of transparency. You need a consistent, comparable way to assess every vendor's AI governance posture — before you sign the contract.

Before
Ad-hoc vendor questionnaires
Every vendor evaluation starts from scratch. Your team sends custom questionnaires, gets inconsistent responses, and has no standardized way to compare answers across vendors.
No common metric for comparison
Vendor A claims 'robust governance.' Vendor B says 'AI Act ready.' Without a shared scoring framework, these claims are meaningless — you can't compare apples to oranges.
Manual gap tracking in spreadsheets
Compliance gaps identified during vendor assessment are tracked in spreadsheets. Items fall through the cracks, and nobody knows which vendor has actually remediated their issues.
Unclear remediation paths
When you find governance gaps in a vendor's AI systems, there's no structured way to track remediation. Vendors promise fixes, but follow-through is impossible to verify.
After
Standardized TRACE scoring for every vendor
Every vendor assessed against the same 5-dimension framework. Consistent methodology means you can genuinely compare governance posture across vendors.
5-dimension side-by-side comparisons
TRACE scores for each vendor displayed side by side. See exactly where each vendor excels and where they fall short — by dimension, by article, by requirement.
Automated gap reports per vendor
Each vendor assessment generates a detailed gap analysis. You see exactly what's missing, which articles aren't satisfied, and what remediation looks like.
Tracked vendor remediation with evidence
Vendor action items tracked with deadlines and verification. When a vendor claims they've fixed a gap, TRACE re-scores to confirm — with SHA-256 verified evidence.
Vendor evaluationWeeks → Hours

Your Workflow, Step by Step

Here's how you assess AI vendors consistently — from documentation submission to tracked remediation.

01
You do

Submit vendor AI documentation

You get

TRACE ingests vendor-provided model cards, compliance documentation, and technical specs — automatically mapping to EU AI Act requirements

02
You do

TRACE scores vendor against EU AI Act

You get

Each vendor gets a 5-dimension governance score with per-article breakdown. Gaps identified automatically with specific remediation guidance

03
You do

Review comparative gap analysis

You get

Side-by-side vendor comparison showing TRACE scores, gap counts, and risk areas — a clear basis for procurement decisions

04
You do

Track vendor remediation progress

You get

Assign action items to vendors with deadlines. TRACE re-scores after vendor updates to verify gaps are genuinely closed

Here's What That Means for You

Weeks
Hours
Vendor evaluation time
Subjective
Standardized
Vendor comparison method
Manual
Automated
Gap tracking and remediation
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The features behind this workflow

TRACE Protocol
5-dimension scoring for consistent vendor evaluation
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Governance Library
50+ frameworks for comprehensive vendor assessment
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Audit Trail
SHA-256 verified evidence of vendor assessments
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Deep Research
AI-powered analysis of vendor documentation
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Assess Your First AI Vendor in Hours

Submit vendor documentation and get a standardized TRACE score — no credit card, no commitment.

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