Early Access — Higher Education Procurement

Approve Vendors With Proof.
Not Guesswork.

PeopleSoft built a module to solve this. It cost $700,000 to implement. 99% of institutions passed. KAGUS delivers the same outcome for less than a monthly office supply order.

Manual vendor due diligence takes a procurement coordinator 2–3 days. Kagus does it in 30 seconds — and puts a timestamped, audit-ready PDF in your vendor file before your next meeting.

Zero IT approval P-Card eligible 30-second check E&I & Omnia approved

Approved E&I & Omnia cooperative vendor · 25 years of procurement intelligence · Access will be sent within 48 hours.

$700K

What PeopleSoft's equivalent module cost to implement. 99% of universities passed.

40%

Of total university spend goes to vendors. Almost none of it is systematically tracked.

30s

Vendor name to timestamped PDF. No login to other systems required.

IT budget required. No ERP access. No integrations. Pay with your P-card.

Why This Exists

Your Institution Tracks Employees Rigorously.
Vendors? Nothing.

You paid for Taleo or SuccessFactors to run 180-degree and 360-degree reviews on every employee from hiring to retirement. That system tracks whether a $65,000 coordinator meets their quarterly goals.

The vendor supplying $8 million in IT services? Unscored. Untracked. Renewed on a handshake because no one documented the pattern.

Vendors control 40 cents of every dollar your institution spends. KAGUS is the systematic check your procurement process never had — built by someone who spent 28 years watching this problem from inside the institutions it affects.

"I have seen hundreds of vendors fail — and in most cases, the signals were there months earlier. PeopleSoft built a module to fix this. It cost $700,000 to stand up. 99% of my clients passed on it. I built KAGUS so the other 99% finally get what they were always supposed to have."

— Sabu Varghese, Founder · Benmar Group · E&I & Omnia Cooperative Vendor · 28 years in higher education procurement

Early Access — What You're Getting

One Check. One PDF.
One Less Risk In Your Vendor File.

Here is exactly what happens when you run a check. No dashboards to learn. No system to log into.

Type the vendor name

Enter the vendor name from the PO request. Optionally add their website for higher accuracy. Takes 10 seconds. No login to other systems.

⚡ 10 seconds

KAGUS checks 15+ sources simultaneously

Federal exclusions (SAM.gov), litigation filings, headcount trends, GPO contract status, funding health, employee sentiment — all at once.

⚡ 20 seconds

Download your PDF — put it in the file

A timestamped, immutable PDF with a unique Report ID. Risk score plus plain-English explanation of every flag. That PDF is your proof you checked.

⚡ Instant download

When It Matters Most

Three Moments When You Need
A Document In The File — Not A Gut Check.

Moment 1 · New Vendor

"I've never heard of this vendor before."

A department submits a PO with a name you don't recognize. You Google them, maybe check SAM.gov, write a note. KAGUS replaces that 45-minute process with a 30-second check and a PDF already in the file.

What goes in the file if something goes wrong later?

Moment 2 · Pre-Selected Vendor

"Someone already wrote the vendor name on the requisition."

The department picked the vendor. You're expected to process it. But your signature is on the PO. If that vendor fails, the question comes back to you — not the department head who chose them.

Your signature is on it. Make sure you checked.

Moment 3 · Contract Renewal

"The contract is up. The department wants to renew."

A vendor healthy three years ago may have lost staff, changed ownership, or had financial problems since. Renewal is re-approval. A new dated KAGUS check belongs in the file.

Renewing a contract isn't approval. It's re-approval.

Approve Vendors With Proof.Not Guesswork.

✓ Low Risk — Proceed

Your Institution Tracks Employees Rigorously.Vendors? Nothing.

One Check. One PDF.One Less Risk In Your Vendor File.