How to use this guidance

This guidance can help you no matter where you are on your AI procurement journey. For example, you may refer to this guidance when you’re:

• Helping buy a technology solution with AI features
• Developing your procurement strategy for a specific AI solution
• Upskilling yourself on procuring AI

Each piece of content in this guidance is designed to stand alone. This means that you are welcome to review this guidance from top to bottom, or jump around. We assume that you are familiar with the procurement process and have some knowledge of good IT procurement practices.

Several sections also feature key questions to ask, which are summarized in the Key questions section at the end of this guidance. You will note that these questions include both aspects for procurement and non-procurement staff to consider. This is because successful AI procurement is a team effort, and understanding generally what questions need to be asked, and when, can help you facilitate internal conversations and ensure that the right experts are involved in decision-making.

This guidance is for consulting alongside your existing government policies, and frameworks. This is not legal advice.

Applying these tools in your organization

If you are a member of leadership, we’ve created additional resources to help you deploy this guidance in your organization.

• Buying AI training webinar: This video training walks through the material.
• Slides: You are welcome to reuse our guidance in slide format with attribution.
• Agenda template: This customizable in-person agenda template outlines key information for an AI procurement staff training.