Review moderation
Only verified reviews should contribute to score confidence. Unverified inputs can inform follow-up questions but should not raise trust weighting on the visible shortlist surface.
Governance
Publication, moderation, and routing decisions stay reviewable.
CVC is positioned as an evidence-first marketplace. This page makes the operating rules explicit so sponsors, vendors, and internal reviewers can see what is allowed onto the live surface and what stays pending review.
Operating controls
What is governed today
This is the current static policy shell for the live prototype lane.
Vendor publication
Profiles may appear with partial proof, but unscored or incomplete entries must remain visibly flagged so sponsors can distinguish review-ready options from intake backlog.
Hard-gate policy
Critical compliance, data integrity, audit-readiness, or governance concerns must remain visible and must not be masked by strong aggregate scoring.
Routing rules
How intake should move through the product
- Sponsor contact is for shortlist support, compare-board work, or RFP readiness triage.
- Vendor contact is for profile claims, evidence updates, or qualified visibility review.
- Sign-in remains an access-routing shell until auth wiring is implemented and approved.
- Homepage compare and proof surfaces may show derived data, but moderation and score provenance must remain visible.
Publication guardrails
When something should not go live
Do not publish a vendor as launch-safe when scoring is still pending, when evidence notes are missing for a claimed recommendation, or when hard-gate posture is unresolved.