contract
Contract / bid audit
Review one agreement with its proposal, specifications, and allowance schedules, or compare two to five separate bids. I show what the readable documents say and give you questions to send before you decide.
PDF or text, up to 40MB per file and 80MB total. Up to 5 bids. First check free, then $9.
What does a construction contract review check before you sign?
A construction contract review looks at whether the file is a bid or a contract, how the price is structured, what the deposit and draws require, how extras can start, and what is silent — allowances, holdback or retainage, sitework, and permits. I quote the paper. I do not hire anyone for you.
Upload a construction contract, a bid, or up to five bids. I walk the money, the allowances, the change-order power, holdback or retainage, and what the paper does not say. The document's title alone does not decide what terms apply. First completed analysis is free. Another look is $9.
What this review can help you ask
- What is this document: a proposal, estimate, signed agreement, specification, or allowance schedule? Nico separates one agreement and its attachments from a comparison of separate bids.
- Which scope items are included, excluded, or left to an attachment that was not supplied? A missing referenced exhibit is a question, not a claim that the work is excluded.
- Do allowance amounts say whether installation, tax, delivery, quantity, and selection deadlines are included? An amount alone may leave those questions open.
- When are deposits and progress payments due, and what work or documents support each milestone? Nico quotes the stated terms without deciding whether the payment is fair.
- Who can request and record a change, what price information is expected, and what happens to the completion date? These are separate questions.
- For separate bids, Nico shows supported price, scope, exclusion, allowance, and deposit passages side by side. An empty cell means the quote was not found in the readable file.
Questions people ask this check
- Is a construction bid the same as a contract?
- The title alone does not settle that. A proposal may become part of an agreement if accepted or attached. I show the stated price, scope, expiry, signature terms, and referenced documents so you can confirm which version governs with the other party.
- What should a contractor contract checklist include?
- Parties (legal names, not only a trade name), who pulls the permit, insurance certificates, a dated scope, allowances with amounts, deposit and draw rules, written extras, substantial completion, warranty start, and holdback or retainage. Silence on those is a finding, not a hiring score.
- Can I compare construction bids here?
- Yes. Choose compare mode and upload two to five separate bids. I show quoted prices and terms side by side and mark fields I cannot read. I do not normalize missing allowances into a false common total or pick a winner.
- Do you read Canadian holdback and US retainage the same way?
- I use both words. I record what the paper says about amount, start, and release. I never assert a named statute on your PDF. If a Canadian file is silent or waives holdback, that is a lawyer question.
- Is the first construction contract review free?
- The first completed analysis is free. Another look — same tool or another — is $9. You see the full result before any signup wall.
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