Is this teaming partner safe to commit to before you sign?
A teaming partner, a JV member, a sub-tier — what looks clean on the contract can hide a parent, a control chain, or a sanctions or screening exposure one or two ownership tiers down.
Settled as the Teaming Evidence PackIndependence checks lean on what a counterparty declares. The tie that matters — the ultimate owner, the adverse control, the screening exposure — usually sits a tier or two below the name on the page, where a self-declaration never reaches.
Who you’d really be committing to.
Typical reader: a programmes or partnerships lead.
Who controls your partner is a live question.
On 8 December 2025 Boeing and Airbus closed their carve-up of Spirit AeroSystems — who controls airframe work packages, and the make-versus-source decision behind them, changed at sites across the chain. And the National Security and Investment Act annual report (22 July 2025) recorded Defence as the most-screened sector, with 56% of all notifications and a sharp rise in conditions and unwinding orders. Who controls your teaming partner is a live question, not a formality. See what changed →