Procurement guide
Payment Milestones and Beneficiary Check for Equipment Orders
Connect each payment to verified contracting identity, approved beneficiary details, defined deliverables and documented release evidence.
Direct answer
Do not release funds from an email instruction alone. Verify beneficiary changes through a known channel and tie milestones to objective records in the signed contract.
What to confirm
Record each item with its source, owner, current status and approval point.
Legal Identity
What evidence confirms Legal Identity, who owns it, and when must it be approved?
Beneficiary Check
What evidence confirms Beneficiary Check, who owns it, and when must it be approved?
Payment Evidence
What evidence confirms Payment Evidence, who owns it, and when must it be approved?
Change Control
What evidence confirms Change Control, who owns it, and when must it be approved?
Buyer decision record
| Item | Status | Owner | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Identity | Open | To assign | To request |
| Beneficiary Check | Open | To assign | To request |
| Payment Evidence | Open | To assign | To request |
| Change Control | Open | To assign | To request |
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