Run smarter procurement, from RFP to award.
Procurement cycles are slow and opaque — drafting RFPs, chasing sign-off across teams, and comparing proposals by hand can stretch a sourcing decision to months. Every extra week delays savings, weakens negotiating leverage, and increases the risk of an award decision that can't be defended if it's challenged.
Value in weeks — measurable impact in months.
First RFP category live in 6–10 weeks
Procurement-wide rollout in 3–5 months
- AI-drafted RFPs aligned to company goals and requirements
- Structured proposal comparison against the RFP, not gut feel
- Transparent vendor scoring and dashboards that hold up to audit or challenge
Faster cycles alone typically pay for the platform within the first sourcing category.
Capabilities.
Runs on our governed AI platform.
Nova Procure is built on Nova Cortex — our data fabric, concept graph, governed inference, and multi-agent runtime — so it inherits enterprise security, auditability, and the ability for your teams to extend it.
Where it delivers.
Built for your sector.
Enterprise-grade by design.
| Deployment | Private VPC or on-prem — your data never leaves your perimeter |
|---|---|
| Data privacy | No training on your data; no calls to public LLM APIs |
| Access & audit | Policy-based access control (PBAC) and immutable audit logs |
| Model strategy | Model-agnostic — open-weight, commercial, or your own fine-tuned models |
| Integration | RESTful APIs & connectors: AWS, Azure, GCP, SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Snowflake |
| Accuracy & control | RAG + guardrails + human-in-the-loop; deterministic numeric paths, no fabricated numbers |
Nova Cortex is model-agnostic. It runs self-hosted open-weight models (Gemma, Qwen, GLM-class) and can route to commercial or your own fine-tuned models — so you are never locked into a single vendor and can swap models as the market evolves.
- RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) grounded in your data
- Pre- and post-inference guardrails
- Bias and drift monitoring
- Human-in-the-loop on high-stakes decisions
- Deterministic numeric paths — no fabricated numbers
- Every prompt, retrieval, and answer logged and reproducible
A disciplined path to production.
Discovery & Data Audit
We align on your goals, map your data and constraints, and define the highest-ROI use case.
Core Configuration
We stand up your governed Nova Cortex core — data fabric, concept graph, and guardrails — in your environment.
Pilot (Proof of Value)
A working system on your real data, validated against your success metrics and security sign-off.
Scale in Production
Hardened rollout across your operation, with governance, observability, and ongoing support.
A copilot, not a replacement.
Our AI is a copilot, not a replacement. It absorbs the repetitive, administrative work so your people apply judgment, build relationships, and do the work only humans can. We include enablement so teams adopt it with confidence, not fear.
30%+ — faster sourcing cycles.
Priced on value, not seats.
Flexible, transparent licensing — priced on the value you use (data volume / usage), with scalable annual contracts and a private-deployment option. No per-seat lock-in. We scope Total Cost of Ownership with you before you commit.
Architecture & Security Whitepaper
The deployment, governance, and compliance detail your CIO, CISO, and architects need — in one document.
Frequently asked questions
Does it write the RFP for us?
It drafts the RFP from your goals and requirements, then routes it to the right teams — you stay in control and approve.
Does AI make the award decision for us?
No. Nova Procure scores and ranks proposals against your RFP criteria, but the award decision — and the judgment behind it — stays with your procurement team. Every score comes with a documented rationale you can defend.
Can this be used for public-sector procurement with strict compliance rules?
Yes. The platform produces an immutable audit trail and documented scoring rationale for every decision, built to withstand a bid protest or compliance review — not just a summary dashboard.
How does Nova Procure prevent bias in vendor scoring?
Scoring runs against the weighted criteria you define in the RFP, not subjective impressions — and every score is traceable to the specific requirement it's based on, so reviewers can see exactly why a vendor ranked where it did.
How does this integrate with our existing procurement tools (SAP Ariba, Coupa, ERP)?
RESTful APIs and connectors for major procurement and ERP platforms — RFPs, proposals, and vendor data flow into the systems your team already uses, with no duplicate data entry.
Is our RFP and vendor bid data kept confidential during an active sourcing event?
Yes. Data is processed and stored under governed controls in a private VPC or on-prem, with policy-based access control — no vendor sees another vendor's proposal, and no data trains a public model.
How quickly can we go live, and what does a pilot look like?
First RFP category live in 6–10 weeks, with procurement-wide rollout in 3–5 months. Pilots typically start with one sourcing category before expanding.
Does this replace our procurement or sourcing team?
No — it removes the manual work of drafting, routing, and comparing proposals so your team spends its time on negotiation and vendor strategy, not paperwork.
Can Nova Procure weight qualitative criteria, not just price?
Yes — RFP criteria and weightings are fully configurable, so quality, delivery timeline, past performance, and other qualitative factors score alongside price, exactly as your policy requires.
How do we measure ROI?
We target 30%+ faster sourcing cycles, and we baseline your current RFP-to-award timeline with you before the pilot starts, so ROI is measured against your data, not ours.
How is Nova Procure priced?
Priced on the value you use — RFP volume and usage, not per seat — with scalable annual contracts and a private-deployment option. We build the TCO case with you before you commit.
Can this scale across multiple categories or business units?
Yes. The platform is built for enterprise scale, and rollout is phased by category so you can expand across business units without disrupting active sourcing events.
What happens if a vendor challenges an award decision?
Every score and ranking has a documented, traceable rationale tied to your RFP criteria — the same audit trail that supports the award also supports defending it if it's challenged.
What's required from our team to get started?
A sourcing sponsor to define RFP criteria and weightings, an IT/security contact for procurement-system integration, and one active or upcoming RFP category to pilot. We handle configuration and rollout from there.
Does Nova Procure work for complex, multi-stakeholder RFPs?
Yes — automated routing tracks sign-off across every internal stakeholder, so multi-department approvals don't stall in someone's inbox.
See Nova Procure in your operation
Schedule a 30-minute call with our team. We'll show you real deployments, discuss your challenges, and map out a path to results.
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