For most of the last decade, procurement regulation lagged behind procurement technology. That has reversed. Three major jurisdictions are now demanding — simultaneously — the exact properties that open, governed procurement networks provide.
United Kingdom — Procurement Act 2023
The Procurement Act 2023 mandates digital-first transparency and structured contract data. SIGNET's OCDS-aligned data model generates the required transparency notices as a byproduct of normal operation, not as an additional compliance burden.
European Union — ViDA
The VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) regulation mandates structured e-invoicing across all member states, with cross-border B2B from July 2030. SIGNET's EN 16931 and PEPPOL foundation is the structural basis for that alignment: a SIGNET invoice projects to Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 without loss of a mapped term, and the projection runs in CI on every commit. Compliance itself is a determination a tax authority makes about a taxpayer, not a property of a data model — convertible is not compliant, and the projection is the strong claim. eForms is already mandatory for TED notices.
United States — FAR overhaul
The Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul moves federal procurement toward machine-readable compliance. SIGNET's rules-as-code engine and verifiable credentials map directly onto these emerging requirements.
Compliance as architecture
The pattern is consistent: regulators want transparency, interoperability, and machine-readability. Closed platforms treat these as features to be bolted on. SIGNET treats them as architecture. Building on open standards converts a compliance cost centre into a structural advantage.