Third-party lifecycle management for global companies operating in Mexico
Last updated: August 19, 2026
Verdana is a third-party lifecycle management platform built for global companies — headquartered elsewhere — that source from, contract with, or run a subsidiary in Mexico, and need supplier and contractor compliance to roll up into one system rather than live in a local process nobody at headquarters can see.
The 2021 labor reform prohibits personnel-only outsourcing and requires any provider of specialized services outside a company's core business to register with REPSE (Registro de Prestadoras de Servicios Especializados) and stay current with SAT, IMSS, and INFONAVIT; contracts with such providers must cite the registration number, and a company that hires an unregistered or non-compliant provider can face joint liability toward that provider's workers. Verdana tracks REPSE registration status and its renewal cycle the same way it tracks any other expiring document, with an alert before it lapses rather than a discovery after.
LFPIORPI requires identifying counterparties in defined "vulnerable activities" and, above set thresholds, filing notice with the authorities — and since a 2025 reform, retaining identification records for ten years rather than five. Separately, a 2022 reform to the Código Fiscal de la Federación requires companies to obtain and retain beneficial-ownership information and produce it to SAT on request. Verdana's document retention and audit trail are built to hold that record for as long as it needs to be produced.
Mexico sits alongside the rest of Latin America, the United States, and Europe in the same platform: the Mexican counterparty uses a Spanish-language portal designed for the way they actually work, while headquarters gets one consolidated, English-language view across every market.
Frequently asked questions
What is REPSE and does it apply to our contractors in Mexico?
REPSE is the mandatory registry for providers of specialized services or works that fall outside a hiring company's core business, created by the 2021 labor reform. If your contractors provide such services, their registration status is what determines whether your company avoids joint liability for their workers.
What happens if a contractor's REPSE registration lapses mid-contract?
The hiring company can face joint liability toward that contractor's workers for as long as the provider is unregistered or non-compliant — which is why tracking the registration's validity period as an expiring document, not a one-time check at signing, is the operational point.
Do we need to screen Mexican suppliers for beneficial ownership?
Since a 2022 tax code reform, companies operating in Mexico must obtain, retain, and be able to produce beneficial-ownership information to SAT on request — this is a retention and production duty rather than a public filing, so the record needs to exist and stay current even though it isn't published.