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Which suppliers should you check first?

You can't research every supplier at once. List yours with their share of spend and what you know about each, and see where your FEOC exposure sits and which three to check first.

Your suppliers

Spend can be dollars or each supplier's share; only the proportions matter. What you know: evidence on file (filings, registries, a checked ownership chain), the supplier's word only (a certification or questionnaire), or nothing yet. Warning sign: anything public that suggests covered-nation owners, lenders or technology licenses. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

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Your priorities

A ranking on your answers: share of spend times how little is known, with any warning sign counted as knowing nothing. Not legal or tax advice.

Why spend and uncertainty, together

Under the material assistance rules, a product counts against your cost ratio if it was made by a prohibited foreign entity, so a large supplier you know little about can move the ratio more than several small ones. And a supplier's word only goes so far: a buyer may not rely on a certification it has reason to doubt. Start where the most spend meets the least evidence.

Next: see what your unknowns do to the ratio with the cost ratio calculator, or go through a supplier's paperwork with the certification checker.