Probity planning & protocols
Agree on integrity rules, roles, decision controls, communication and records before a sensitive process starts.
Independent review & oversight
Protect trust in important decisions.
SIFTCON provides independent probity and risk advice for procurement, programmes and major decisions where integrity, openness and reliable records are essential.
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Risk& Probity Advisory
Download a short guide to our probity, procurement, oversight and risk services, work process, reports and private enquiry options.
The objective
Strengthen the process before concern becomes dispute.
Probity is most valuable when it is built into a process early, making expectations, risks and decision controls visible before pressure or competing interests test them.
We provide independent review and constructive questions without taking over management's decision. This helps leaders find integrity concerns and keep a reliable record.
Core capabilities
Protect integrity throughout the decision process.
Scope can cover a complete process, selected high-risk stages or an independent review after concerns have emerged.
Procurement & tender oversight
Provide independent review during planning, evaluation, clarification, negotiation and award decisions.
Conflict-of-interest assurance
Assess declarations, relationships, recusals, information barriers and the treatment of actual or perceived conflicts.
Governance & compliance review
Examine whether mandates, approvals, criteria, records and conduct align with applicable policy and oversight expectations.
Operational & enterprise risk
Help leaders understand important uncertainty, control risk and assign owners for major programmes or decisions.
Independent reporting
Record observations, exceptions, unresolved concerns and recommended actions in a clear report.
When to engage
Decisions where trust in the process is part of the outcome.
Independent oversight is particularly valuable where financial value, stakeholder expectations or competing interests increase the consequence of procedural weakness.
High-value procurement
Major buying or disposal processes where openness, fairness and clear records are critical.
Contested or sensitive tenders
Processes facing complaints, bidder challenge, public scrutiny or heightened integrity concerns.
Major programmes & transactions
Transformations, partnerships or strategic decisions involving complex interests and risk.
Regulated decisions
Activities where process evidence, governance discipline and independent challenge support accountability.
Conflicts & related parties
Actual, potential or perceived conflicts that require structured disclosure, treatment and oversight.
Fixes & independent review
An independent review of a past process, failed control or serious concern.
Advisory method
Provide independent review while keeping responsibility clear.
A clear method keeps probity advice timely, recorded and separate from the decision it supports.
Define
Agree on the scope, integrity rules, risk points, decision controls and reporting needs.
Observe
Review important stages, records and conduct without taking over the decision.
Challenge
Raise concerns early, check how exceptions are handled and support timely action.
Report
Provide a clear record of the work, observations, unresolved matters and conclusions.
Independent role
SIFTCON observes, advises, challenges and reports within the agreed mandate. We do not make the underlying procurement or governance decision, and any required legal advice remains the responsibility of the organisation's appointed counsel.
Target outcomes
Create trust that lasts after the decision.
Effective probity support strengthens behaviour, documentation and accountability while there is still time to protect the process.
Open process
People can understand the rules, controls, decisions and how important exceptions were handled.
Reliable record
A clear record shows how the process was managed and why decisions were made.
Earlier action
Integrity concerns can be found and handled before they damage the process or result.
Clear responsibility
Roles, conflicts, approvals, exceptions and remaining risks stay visible to leaders.
Who this service is for
Decision-makers who must protect confidence in both process and outcome.
Independent oversight is adapted to the governance structure, process stage and people accountable for the final decision.
Boards, executives & governance committees
Leaders accountable for high-consequence decisions, oversight and the treatment of material departures.
Procurement & supply-chain leadership
Teams managing tenders, evaluations, negotiations and awards where fairness and transparency are critical.
Public institutions & regulated entities
Organisations operating under heightened procedural, stakeholder and reporting expectations.
Programme & transaction sponsors
Responsible owners of major initiatives, partnerships or decisions involving complex interests and risk.
Strengthen decision integrity
Engage independent oversight before the critical stage.
We can agree on the probity scope, identify risk points and set a clear review and reporting process.
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