Vanguard International (VIS)5347

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DFARS 252.246-7007 (Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance) and related supply-chain diligence expect contractors to understand restricted-party and single-source exposure in their electronics supply base. This brief summarizes PUBLIC firm-level signals (sanctions lists, federal spending proxies, supplier graph) — not component BOM provenance.

Thesis

WATCH — Vanguard International (VIS): concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in pure play. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factors

Foreign-Origin Concentration75

Sole-Source Dependence58

Sanctions Exposure0

Downstream Criticality60

Restricted-party

Self: not flagged on tracked lists

Paths to DoD

2h · Vanguard International (VIS) → NVIDIA → Scale AI
3h · Vanguard International (VIS) → Broadcom → Furukawa Electric → GlobalFoundries
3h · Vanguard International (VIS) → Broadcom → InnoLight Technology → Marvell Technology
4h · Vanguard International (VIS) → Broadcom → Furukawa Electric → TSMC → Valens Semiconductor

Recommended actions

Run multi-node stress on this firm plus peer producers; quantify DoD-path blast before sole-source buy.
Preserve shortest DoD path strings in the auditor pack for program-office handoff.
Place on watchlist; re-score after next CSL / USASpending refresh.

Public-data screening only. Not a substitute for counsel-reviewed OFAC/BIS diligence, ownership aggregation (OFAC 50% rule), or classified program BOM review. Name-matching has known recall gaps.