Ownership position
Shareholding and ownership structure as recorded in business registers and available public sources.
Line one — Verification
Indigenous supplier verification, provided at no cost.
Send a business name and ABN. CIRV tests ownership and control against primary sources and returns a written answer within two business days. No fee, no obligation, and no sales call attached.
Why we do this for nothing
A register only lists the businesses that applied to be on it.
Supplier lists are not registers. On any project, some businesses describing themselves as Indigenous will not appear on Supply Nation, Kinaway or anywhere else — not because they are not genuine, but because they never applied.
Commonwealth guidance is explicit about what happens then: where a business states it is an Indigenous enterprise but is not listed, the buyer must take steps to satisfy themselves that it meets the definition. That obligation sits with you, and a directory search will not discharge it.
We would rather be the people you ring about that than sell you a report for it.
And a register tells you about the business, not the job
Registration confirms a business met an eligibility test at a point in time. It does not confirm what that business was paid on your project, how many Indigenous people it employed, how many hours they worked, or whether ownership has changed since.
That is the work we charge for. The status check is where the conversation starts.
What you get
A written answer, not a verbal maybe.
Control indicators
Directorships and decision-making structure, against the strengthened Commonwealth test of ownership and control.
Register status
Whether the business appears on Supply Nation, Kinaway or ORIC, and whether that listing is current.
Which rulebook
Whether the business would count under Victorian social procurement, the Commonwealth IPP, both, or neither — they are not the same test.
What we could not establish
Stated plainly. If the public record does not answer the question, we say so rather than guessing.
What to do next
If the answer is unclear, we tell you what evidence would settle it — whether or not you engage us to go and get it.
No feeOne supplier per request
Two business daysWritten response by email
No obligationWe will not chase you afterwards
Be clear on what this is
A preliminary status check, not a formal assurance opinion.
The free check is a desktop review of publicly available and register-held information. It is not an audit, not a certification, and not a formal verification opinion. CIRV does not certify businesses.
It should inform your own due diligence rather than replace it. Where a contract or policy requires you to satisfy yourself that a supplier qualifies, the free check is a useful input and a written starting point — but the obligation remains yours.
Where the public record cannot settle the question, a scoped paid engagement can test it properly, including direct evidence requests to the business concerned. We will tell you plainly when that is the case, and when it is not necessary.
Request a free check
Send us the business name and ABN.
One supplier per request. If you have a list, tell us how long it is and we will come back with a scope and a fixed price for the batch.
Why we ask which rules apply
A business can satisfy one jurisdiction and fail another. Victorian social procurement requires certification by Kinaway or Supply Nation to count. The Commonwealth allows unregistered businesses to count where the buyer verifies them. The same supplier, two answers.
What we do with the information
We use it to answer your question. We do not publish it, sell it, or pass it to the supplier. If you would rather we did not retain anything after we respond, say so and we will delete it.
Have a whole supplier list rather than one business?
Batch reviews are scoped and priced as a fixed piece of work. Tell us roughly how many suppliers and which rules apply.