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11 October 2026News

Free Commerce: the Concert Foundation manifesto

Concert Foundation has published its manifesto, Free Commerce.

July 2026Standard

Certification opens for eAuction platforms

Concert publishes the SIGNET Auction Conformance Profile — the first product-certification path under the standard. Any eAuction platform can now demonstrate deterministic closes, tamper-evident records, and governed awards with public tooling anyone can re-run.

July 2026Standard

SIGNET specifies full source-to-pay coverage

Five new extensions enter the standard as Working Drafts — receipt & three-way match, supplier performance, contract amendments, framework agreements, and negotiation — extending SIGNET across the whole procurement lifecycle.

July 2026Governance

First Member-Proposed Extension Accepted in Principle — Commodity Risk

The Standards Committee has accepted in principle the first extension proposed by a member organisation — commodity risk — reviewed under the identical process and terms as any proposer.

June 2026Standard

Why the Harness Layer Matters More Than the Model

Agent = Model + Harness. As models converge, the leverage moves to the execution layer every model runs through. SIGNET is the procurement harness.

June 2026Regulatory

The Regulatory Case for Open Procurement Standards

Three jurisdictions are simultaneously demanding the openness, interoperability, and digital capability that SIGNET provides. The regulatory window is open.

June 2026Standard

SIGNET Specification v0.1 — Request for Comments

The initial SIGNET specification is published for community feedback — covering the five-layer architecture, the GUILD principles, and the harness primitives.

June 2026Ecosystem

Introducing Concert Foundation

Concert Foundation is the consortium steward for SIGNET — the open standard for governed procurement networks. Here is what we are building, and why.

Adopt SIGNET

Adoption is free, public, and takes one pull request. It is a statement of practice, not certification.

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