# Sovereign Source Product Brief

## Positioning

Sovereign Source is an evidence-backed supplier qualification and secure RFQ routing platform for defense, aerospace, naval, and precision manufacturing teams.

## Buyer Problem

Procurement teams often send RFQs to stale, mismatched, overloaded, or ineligible suppliers. When technical data is controlled, that wastes time and creates avoidable data-release risk.

## MVP Wedge

Controlled manufacturing RFQs where the buyer must know why a supplier is eligible before drawings are released.

## What the Demo Shows

- Facility-level supplier capability profiles.
- Evidence review by scope, source, status, and expiration.
- Buyer-side classification approval gate.
- Deterministic match results with reasons and blockers.
- RFQ invites that use data-room access instead of file attachments.
- Supplier quote, decline, and no-bid response states.
- Audit export showing who saw what, when, and why.

## Trust Language

Use "evidence valid," "buyer-approved," "manual review required," and "access suspended."

Do not use platform-certification language. The product records evidence and enforces buyer-defined gates.

## First Buyer

Defense-tech, aerospace hardware, naval component, and advanced manufacturing procurement teams that route controlled or sensitive RFQs to specialized suppliers.