Glossary
Approved vendor list (AVL)
An approved vendor list is the set of suppliers a buyer has qualified and permits its teams to buy from.
Where it appears in procurement
An AVL only works if it is maintained: expired certificates and changed ownership should remove or flag a supplier.
Example
Only suppliers on the AVL for "food-contact packaging, EU" may be invited to RFQs for that category.
In Complyra
The pool of administrator-approved suppliers on Complyra functions as the approved list; document expiry is tracked so lapsed evidence is visible.