Bring Your Own Model: The Federal AI Architecture Principle That Procurement Officers Need to Understand
Federal agencies face a paradox when procuring AI-enabled software. They need AI capabilities now — for drafting, classification, summarization, and routing. But their approved AI investments are specific: a particular version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a specific on-premise model, a government-managed LLM endpoint. Procurement officers cannot simply authorize whatever model a software vendor embeds in […]