Partners
Fairview Audit connects businesses with partner firms that review costs and contracts. Fairview performs no partner's work itself. This page explains how the network is set up, how firms join and how a request reaches the right firm.
If you run a firm and want to join, go straight to become a partner. If you are a business, how it works covers your side of the process.
The network
Two kinds of firm are in the network today. One serves larger businesses. The other serves smaller businesses. More firms will be recruited over time, so our pages cover cost categories rather than individual firms.
There is no fixed size cut-off. Fairview matches each request by hand. Partners are independent firms.
Why firms are not named here yet
No firm profile is published until the firm has approved the wording in writing. Until then, this section holds unnamed templates. Each template shows what a profile will contain once a firm supplies and approves it.
When a profile goes live, you can expect:
- A short description of the firm, written or approved by the firm.
- The cost categories the firm covers.
- The size range of businesses it serves.
- The territory it works in.
- How requests reach the firm.
- A disclosure note about how Fairview works with firms.
Anything about a firm's results, fees or history will appear only as the firm states and approves it. [CONFIRM: a partner firm supplies and approves this statement]
How firms join
A firm starts with the partner application. Fairview then asks for the details needed to place the firm correctly:
- The cost categories the firm covers.
- The size range of businesses it serves.
- The territory where it takes work.
- The channel where it wants to receive requests.
- Approved descriptions of the firm, in the firm's own words.
Fairview does not publish anything about a firm without written approval. Fairview is paid a referral fee by partner firms.
What Fairview asks of partner firms
Fairview asks firms to respond to the requests they receive and to describe their work accurately. A firm should explain its terms to a business before work begins. A firm should not make claims about savings that it cannot support.
The firm, not Fairview, performs the review. The firm also agrees its own terms with the business. Fairview is not a party to that engagement.
How requests are routed
A business picks one of three request paths: larger business, smaller business, or not sure or another need. Each path leads to its own form.
- A request on the larger or smaller path goes to the matched partner firm.
- A request on the "not sure" path goes to Fairview for manual matching.
- The business and the firm then talk directly.
After the first contact, the firm asks for documents, reviews them and reports findings. The business stays involved at each stage. Any fees are between the business and the firm under the firm's own terms.
What a business can expect from a firm
A business that is matched with a firm can expect the firm to contact it directly. The firm explains what it needs, usually the contract and any amendments, a payment history and the invoices to be tested. The firm then reports what it found.
Corrections come last. The business and the firm agree how to approach the vendor or landlord. The business stays involved, because it holds the relationship and the contract.
Browse by category
Businesses find firms by cost category. See the full list of services to understand what firms in the network are expected to cover as they join.
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