Audiences
Build once. Scale everywhere.
MCDS gives software companies a worldwide route to MCDS-aligned institutions — without rebuilding integrations for every campus. Sign the Vendor Licence, embed MCDS in your product, and use the MCDS Logo to signal alignment.
01 What vendors get
Five reasons to align.
One integration, many institutions
Stop building bespoke connectors.
When your product speaks MCDS, every MCDS-aligned institution becomes a candidate without months of bespoke integration work per customer.A trust signal that procurement respects
The MCDS Logo as proof.
The MCDS Logo is licensed for use on your product, marketing, and proposals. Procurement teams use it as a shorthand for "this vendor speaks our standard."Worldwide territory
One licence. Global market.
The Vendor Licence covers worldwide use of the standard within your product. No region-by-region negotiations as you expand.A direct path to institutions
MCDS-Aligned Vendor listing.
MCDS-Aligned Vendors are listed publicly on this site, in InfoCAPS, and in peak-body channels — visible to procurement and IT decision-makers across the sector.Ecosystem leverage
Founding Vendor status.
Founding Vendors fund the neutrality of the standard at a critical formative stage and are recognised accordingly. Strategic positioning that compounds.
02 What's expected of you
A clear, contractual relationship.
The Vendor Licence sets clear expectations on both sides. We are explicit so the relationship is durable.
Alignment
Implement to the standard.
You commit to building your product against the published MCDS schema and reference data, and to engaging with public draft windows for upcoming releases.Transparency
Annual reporting & audit rights.
MortarCAPS may verify alignment through reasonable, business-hours reporting and audit rights. You hold the MCDS Logo because you earned it.Contribution
Constructive feedback into the standard.
On request, you provide enhancement feedback to MortarCAPS so the standard keeps evolving in line with what vendors and institutions actually build.Logo usage
Within the brand guide.
The MCDS Logo is licensed for use within your product, marketing, and proposals — within the brand guide we publish alongside the licence.
Ready to align your product to MCDS?
The Vendor Licence is a standard agreement. We can walk you through it in a 30-minute call.