AI in procurement refers to using generative and analytical AI to automate structuring, drafting and analysis across the sourcing process.
S2C applications. Turning requests into a scope of work, generating tender documents, proposing evaluation criteria, drafting supplier answers, normalising pricing sheets, flagging outliers.
Downstream. Spend classification, invoice validation, contract analysis.
What it does not do. Category strategy, supplier relationships, negotiation, the award decision.
Prerequisites. Structured data, human-in-the-loop approval points, resolved data protection questions.
Regulatory position. The EU AI Act does not generally classify procurement AI as high-risk.