The operational owner evaluates evidence and escalates: Before award, who should verify that evidence matches
The operational owner assesses use-specific evidence; procurement and independent reviewers support rather than replace that accountability.
The question
A public-benefit agency is procuring a vendor’s eligibility-ranking AI. The agency owns the decision, while procurement negotiates terms and the vendor supplies performance evidence. Before award, who should verify that evidence matches the intended population and use, then escalate gaps to the agency’s accountable decision owner?
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- The operational owner evaluates evidence and escalates limitations ✓The operational owner connects evidence to intended use, documents limitations, and escalates unresolved risks to accountable authority.
- An independent reviewer replaces the operational owner’s procurement decision entirelyIndependent challenge is valuable, but it does not transfer the operational owner’s responsibility for use-specific evidence and escalation.
- The vendor determines whether its evidence is sufficientThe vendor can explain methods and limitations, but cannot independently establish the agency’s acceptance threshold or accountability.
- Procurement validates the vendor’s submitted benchmarkProcurement can collect evidence, but benchmark validation against operational population and use requires substantive risk ownership.
The trap
Match the handoff to who understands the intended use and owns the deployment risk. How to remember it
The operational owner assesses use-specific evidence; procurement and independent reviewers support rather than replace that accountability.
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