Who should use this questionnaire?

Procurement, security, legal, and data-protection teams evaluating any third-party AI product or API. It works whether you are buying a chatbot, a scoring model, or an embedded ML feature.

Does a higher risk level change the questions?

Yes. High-risk and critical use cases add deeper questions on human oversight, bias testing, incident response, and regulatory classification, because the consequences of failure are larger.

Is this a substitute for legal review?

No. It gives you a strong, structured starting point so nothing obvious is missed, but a qualified lawyer should review vendor answers and contract terms before purchase.

Why include sector-specific questions?

Regulated sectors like health, finance, and the public sector carry extra obligations (HIPAA-equivalent, FCA, public-sector transparency) that generic AI questionnaires skip. Picking your sector surfaces those.

What evidence should I expect back?

Ask for documents, not assertions — model cards, security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001), data-processing agreements, bias-test reports, and SLA commitments in writing. "Yes we do that" without proof is a red flag.

AI Procurement Questionnaire Generator

AI procurement questionnaire generator

Buying an AI system is a supply-chain risk decision. The vendor’s model, training data, security posture, and failure modes all become your exposure once the system touches your customers. This generator builds a structured due-diligence questionnaire tailored to the kind of AI you’re procuring, the risk level of the use case, and your industry — so your RFP covers the questions that actually matter instead of a generic security checklist.

How it works

You pick three things: the AI system type (chatbot, decision/scoring model, generative content, computer vision, recommendation engine), the risk level of the use case, and your sector. The tool then assembles questions across six domains — data governance, security controls, fairness and bias, explainability and transparency, reliability and SLAs, and regulatory compliance. Higher risk levels and regulated sectors unlock additional, deeper questions. The output is plain text you can copy straight into a vendor assessment or RFP.

Tips for getting useful answers

Require evidence, not assurances: model cards, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 reports, data-processing agreements, and bias-test results in writing. Treat vague or defensive answers as findings in their own right. Send the questionnaire early — before you’ve emotionally committed to a vendor — and give procurement, security, and legal each a section to score. Re-run it at contract renewal, because a vendor’s model and data practices change over time.