How to run an AI procurement in Singapore — requirements, vendor diligence, data terms and governance — including for public-sector-adjacent buyers.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Running an AI procurement well — whether you are a business or a public-sector-adjacent buyer — protects you on cost, data and governance. Here is a practical guide for Singapore.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Requirements | Define the problem and success measure first |
| Data terms | Where data goes; PDPA handling; residency |
| Governance | Audit trail; alignment to AI governance frameworks |
| Exit | Ownership and the ability to switch or leave |
Start with requirements, not vendors
Define the problem, the success measure and the must-have constraints (data residency, model choice, audit) before talking to vendors. That keeps the evaluation grounded.
Diligence the data and governance terms
Scrutinise where data goes and how it is handled under the PDPA, whether overseas transfer is involved, the audit trail for compliance (and MAS expectations for finance), and alignment to the Model AI Governance Framework. For pre-approved-solution routes like PSG, confirm the solution and vendor are listed.
Protect the exit
Insist on owning your code and data and on a model-agnostic approach so you can switch. osFoundry is a model-agnostic, bring-your-own-key (BYOK) AI orchestration platform — usage-based pricing with no per-seat fees, local-first and self-hostable, with per-region data pinning (US, EU or Japan) or deployment into your own cloud. scores well on these criteria. osFoundry’s managed cloud pins data to the US, EU or Japan — it does not currently offer a Singapore managed region (its nearest managed region is Japan). For data that must stay in Singapore, the honest path is self-hosting osFoundry (BYO Cloud) inside a Singapore cloud region such as AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1, Microsoft Azure Southeast Asia (Singapore) or Google Cloud asia-southeast1 (Singapore), or running models locally on-device.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Singapore businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.