Supplier/Vendor Screening

You probably spend time considering the prices and services provided by potential vendors and suppliers, but what about other crucial factors that could be deeply embarrassing or otherwise pose a threat to your everyday operations? Potential liabilities like criminal records, financial troubles, or disreputable business relationships cannot always be identified through an in-house procurement process.

Kroll can conduct detailed screening of both potential and current suppliers to provide insight into their backgrounds, integrity, and financial standing. We can also customize the intensity of our screening to accommodate a wide range of supplier types – from simple service providers like cleaning crews to those companies like management consulting firms that are more heavily integrated into your business functions and may have access to confidential data or internal processes.

Kroll can examine the various components involved in supplier relations – individual employees, principals or owners, and business entities – to help you prevent problems that could have a negative impact on your organization’s revenues, reputation, or workplace safety.

Supplier/Vendor Employees

To complement a background screening program for your own employees, you should also consider screening those individuals who will work on your property, alongside your personnel, or with your clients. Kroll can work with you to implement a screening program for these supplier employees or contracted workers who have access to your facilities and internal data. We can mirror your existing screening standards, giving you an extra layer of protection from possible risk.

Supplier/Vendor Principals or Business Owners

Before engaging in a business relationship, it’s crucial that you fully understand the integrity of the people with whom you will be involved. You don’t want to risk association with key representatives who may have red flags in their histories. To assist you with making informed decisions on supplier selection, Kroll has customized screening packages to help you fully understand the histories of principals or business owners. These services can identify potential liabilities, like over-statement of qualifications or disreputable corporate affiliations, that could negatively affect your own organization or venture.

Entity-level Screening

Kroll can also provide entity-level screening services to offer you a robust supplier vetting program. Designed to hold vendors to ethical standards set by your company, our business-level screening program helps you better understand whether a supplier or vendor can meet its promises and obligations.

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