Get a legal check on your RFP response before submission

An RFP response can create problems before any final contract is signed if it overpromises on scope, delivery, staffing, service levels, pricing assumptions, or responsibility for third-party inputs. We look for legal and commercial issues in the submission materials you provide, including unclear commitments, statements that may be hard to deliver in practice, and responses that do not line up neatly with the request documents. It gives you a clearer view of the legal issues that matter most, with final risk management depending on the surrounding facts and business practices. or promise that a bid will succeed.

This consultation is commonly used by businesses submitting a proposal that carries meaningful contractual or operational risk, especially where the customer's request documents are detailed or the opportunity is commercially important. It can also be useful if your team has prepared the response internally and wants an external legal sense-check before lodgement. Because this is a one-off consult, it suits businesses that want focused feedback on one submission rather than end-to-end bid management, negotiations, or a full rewrite of the proposal.

It is usually most helpful to provide the RFP or request documents, your draft response, and any key attachments or schedules that form part of the submission. If there are particular clauses, assumptions, or customer requirements you are worried about, flagging those in advance can help us focus the review. The quality of the advice will depend on the materials available and how complete the draft is. If major documents are missing, we can still discuss the likely issues, but the review will necessarily be more limited.

You may need a broader scope if the proposal is part of a large procurement process, if there are multiple draft rounds, or if the customer documents need detailed contract negotiation alongside the submission. The same applies where your response requires substantial redrafting, sector-specific compliance analysis, or review of several linked documents beyond the main proposal set. This service is intentionally narrower than ongoing bid support. It is best suited to a single submission review and consultation, rather than managing the whole tender process from start to finish.

After the consultation, you should have a clearer view of the main legal and commercial pressure points in the submission and what changes may be worth making before lodgement. In many cases, the next step is for your team to revise the proposal internally using the feedback from the review. If the opportunity progresses and you need help with contract review, negotiation support, or further proposal work, that would usually be a separate service. Ongoing representation is not included in this one-off consult.

Submit an enquiry on this page or click 'Get started'. One of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to understand what you need.

Your consultant will then email you a fixed-fee quote setting out the cost, scope and timing. If you're happy with it, you can accept the quote and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you've accepted, one of our Australian-qualified lawyers will work with you to complete your project. They'll contact you by email or phone if they need anything.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Request For Proposal RFP Submission Advice service, pricing starts from $200.00.

After you enquire, a legal consultant will confirm what is included, the expected timing and whether any extra work is needed before you engage us.

We work online, so we can help wherever you are in New Zealand. Our team works remotely, mainly from Australia.

Your work is done by our Australian-qualified lawyers, who hold Australian practising certificates and specialise in business law. None of them are New Zealand lawyers or hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

Sprintlaw NZ Limited is a legal consultancy, not a law firm, and is not regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. We don't act in court or tribunal matters, conveyancing (including leases and business sales) or other reserved areas of work. Communications with Sprintlaw are unlikely to be protected by legal professional privilege. We still keep everything confidential under our engagement letter.