Vendor & Procurement

Executive Brief

Pillar 6 — Vendor, Procurement & Technology

Pillar 6 governs the vendor side of legal AI: the Vendor Index, the AI BoM (Bill of Materials) discipline, the procurement contract framework, and the substitution and lock-in posture that determines whether the function controls its tooling estate or is controlled by it. Pillar 6 is the pillar that turns vendor relationships into institutional assets rather than dependency liabilities.