Start with the institutional problem.

Submitting an inquiry does not create an engagement. BlackGuard screens matters for scope, fit, conflicts, evidence availability, purchasing authority, evidence-access authority and analytical independence before accepting work.

Good fit

What makes an inquiry actionable?

A defined governance or authority problem
An identifiable commissioning party with purchasing authority or a path to approval
A clear reason the issue matters now
Enough available evidence to support useful analysis
Acceptance of evidence, confidentiality and IP boundaries

Do not send confidential files through this initial form. If the inquiry is accepted for further review, a controlled evidence-intake process can be established.

Name *

Title / role *

Organization / affiliation (if applicable)

Email *

Your role in purchasing / engagement approval *

Purchasing authority is separate from authority to grant access to a subject institution.

Budget readiness *

The standard Executive Governability Assessment and standard Independent Governance Analysis are each $7,500 within published scope. Executive work requiring materially deeper institution-authorized access may be separately scoped as an Expanded Institutional Governance Review. Independent matters exceeding standard scope are narrowed or separately rescoped and priced.

Inquiry type *

Your selection is an intake preference. BlackGuard confirms the appropriate path based on who is commissioning the work and what institutional access that party can lawfully authorize.

Can you authorize access to the subject institution's internal records or personnel? *

This answer helps distinguish the Executive and Independent analysis paths. Do not submit confidential records through this form.

What governance problem are you trying to understand? *

Why now? *

Timing *

What records or evidence already exist, and who controls access to them?

What decision or outcome should the analysis help inform?

Is the matter currently part of litigation, a regulatory proceeding or an active internal investigation?

I understand that an engagement provides bounded project deliverables and does not transfer ownership of IAD/IAGD, BlackGuard methodology, BlackGuard OS, BGMA or other underlying intellectual property or derivative rights.

Your inquiry is transmitted through BlackGuard's Namecheap-hosted website to info@blackguardgovernance.space. Do not submit confidential records or attachments through this initial form.

1. Initial screen

BlackGuard reviews fit, purchasing authority, evidence-access authority, urgency, conflicts, evidence sufficiency and whether the question can be bounded.

2. Discovery

If appropriate, a short discovery conversation confirms the commissioning posture, evidence boundary and whether a defined engagement can be proposed.

3. Written scope

No client engagement exists until the analysis path, scope, evidence boundary, deliverables, payment, confidentiality and IP terms are documented in writing.