USE CASE
Driving Speed, Accuracy, and Cost Savings in Government Contractor Due Diligence with Indago
Executive Summary
An analyst team supporting enhanced due diligence for a federal agency was responsible for vetting potential and existing contractors for national security, compliance, and reputational risks. Their mission was high-stakes: ensure no firm with ties to adversarial regimes, financial fraud, or integrity risks slipped through the cracks. Yet their workflow was hampered by outdated tools, slow manual processes, and inconsistent documentation.
Indago transformed the process—reducing research and reporting time by over 70%, improving report quality, and enabling standardized, audit-ready outputs across the board. The result: substantial time and cost savings without compromising analytical rigor.
About The Analyst
The analyst conducts enhanced due diligence on U.S. government vendors, subcontractors, and affiliates. Reports focus on ownership structure, foreign influence, regulatory risk, litigation history, and media exposure. Outputs feed into contracting decisions across defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure sectors.
The Challenge
Slow Report Turnaround: Legacy processes took 3–5 days per subject, delaying procurement timelines and adding cost.
Inconsistent Outputs: Report structure and depth varied across analysts and contracts, complicating reviews.
Manual Verification: Source citations, entity disambiguation, and risk flagging were time-consuming and error-prone.
Impact of the Problems
Cost Overruns: High labor intensity raised the cost per report, limiting scale.
Procurement Delays: Decision-making bottlenecks created friction across federal acquisition cycles.
Risk of Oversight: Inconsistent risk scoring and missing links increased exposure to security and compliance failures.
Results
OVER 70% TIME SAVINGS
Report completion time reduced from days to hours.
ESTIMATED $2,000 SAVINGS PER REPORT
Lower labor costs with improved throughput.
STANDARDIZED, AUDITABLE REPORTS
Reports meet OIG and GAO audit standards with traceable sourcing.
IMPROVED RISK VISIBILITY
Faster turnaround allows for real-time red flag identification ahead of contract awards.
Tailored Needs
The team needed a platform that could:
Automate core sections of EDD reports with clear sourcing and transparent methodology.
Integrate public records, news sources, and sanctions data in one workspace.
Standardize outputs to meet internal QA, audit, and compliance requirements.
Deliver measurable time and cost savings without reducing due diligence depth.
Indago’s Solutions
Automated Risk Profiling: Indago pre-populates key sections—ownership, litigation, PEP exposure—based on OSINT and structured data ingestion.
Source-Cited Summaries: Every fact is traceable, with automated link-back citations and bias scoring built-in.
Custom Report Templates: Analysts generate standardized outputs for contracting officers, legal teams, and audit reviewers.
Workflow Optimization: Collaboration tools and review workflows cut handoff delays and QA loop times.
Looking Ahead
The EDD team plans to expand Indago usage to pre-award screening, subcontractor review, and CFIUS-related assessments. With federal procurement cycles under increasing scrutiny, Indago is becoming the go-to tool for fast, defensible, and cost-efficient contractor due diligence.
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