Vendor onboarding questionnaire and compliance declaration
A single format from the Vendor Onboarding and Due Diligence pack. MSMED Act 2006, s.15 · Income-tax Act 2025, s.37(2)(g) · CGST Act 2017, s.16 · Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, s.9 · DPDP Act 2023, s.8.
- 8 pages
- 113
- Word and PDF
- 30 October 2026
- 30 October 2026
What it covers
- 1Vendor onboarding questionnaire and compliance declarationMSMED Act 2006, s.15 · Income-tax Act 2025, s.37(2)(g) · CGST Act 2017, s.16 · Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, s.9 · DPDP Act 2023, s.8
Not included
What you will still need outside this format:
- The purchase terms and vendor agreement themselves: use the general conditions of purchase and the MSME, anti-bribery and audit rights clause sets.
- Sanctions, adverse media and credit screening: run on a screening service and file the report with the workbook.
- For manpower contractors, the full contract labour due-diligence questionnaire and the monthly compliance requisition.
- For significant data processors, the full vendor data protection questionnaire and the data processing agreement.
- TDS particulars and verification of a lower deduction certificate under section 395.
- A legal opinion where a sanctions match, a land-border ownership question or a related party approval arises.
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
[Name of the buyer] · Procurement and vendor management
VENDOR ONBOARDING QUESTIONNAIRE AND COMPLIANCE DECLARATION
Return signed, with the Part 15 documents, before any vendor code, order or payment is released
Vendor code: [Vendor code] · Goods or services: [Describe the goods or services to be supplied] · Estimated annual value: Rs [Estimated annual value in Rs] · Return by: [Date for return]
Instructions. Answer every question; where one does not apply, write "Not applicable". Parts 8, 10 and 11 apply only to the vendors named in their headings. The answers will be relied on by [Name of the buyer] (the "Buyer") and form part of every purchase order and agreement with the vendor.