6. Rd1 Review & Sign-off

Every expert knows their move, and the deadline for it.

Review & Sign-off assigns questions to the right experts, tracks every review against its due date, and ends with a sign-off chain so the response that leaves is the one your leaders approved.

Review & Sign-off26 assigned
Legal Thu
Q9.1Indemnity cap
Q9.4Termination for convenience
Q9.6IP ownership of deliverables
Security Wed
Q6.2Encryption at rest
Q6.5Pen test frequency
Q6.9Incident notification window
Presales Fri
Q3.3Solution architecture
Q4.1Migration plan
Final sign-off: Bid Director3 of 4
  • Per-question ownerswith their own due dates
  • Remindersbefore deadlines, not after
  • Sign-off chainbid owner, legal, finance
  • Audit trailevery approval recorded
3 moves How it plays

Review & Sign-off, move by move.

a2

Assign by topic, in bulk

Send all security questions to Security, all contract clauses to Legal, and the solution sections to Presales in one step. Each reviewer sees only what is theirs.

  • Assign by section, tag or confidence
  • Reviewer view without the noise
  • Reassign in one click when someone is away
Review & Sign-off26 assigned
Legal Thu
Q9.1Indemnity cap
Q9.4Termination for convenience
Q9.6IP ownership of deliverables
Security Wed
Q6.2Encryption at rest
Q6.5Pen test frequency
Q6.9Incident notification window
Presales Fri
Q3.3Solution architecture
Q4.1Migration plan
Final sign-off: Bid Director3 of 4
b3

Deadlines that run backwards from submission

Set the submission date and Winarswg proposes review deadlines that leave time for sign-off and formatting. Late items surface on the bid owner's board.

  • Back-planned review dates
  • Daily digest per reviewer
  • Late items escalated to the bid owner
Reviewer status26 assigned
ReviewerAssignedApprovedDue
Legal85Thu
Security119Wed, 1 late
Presales74Fri
FinancePrice sheet1Fri
c4

A sign-off nobody can skip

Before export, the response, compliance matrix and price sheet go through your sign-off chain. Each approver signs with a note, and the record stays with the bid.

  • Configurable approval order
  • Comments and conditions on approval
  • Locked final version after sign-off
Sign-off / IT Services RFP3 of 4
  1. 1Technical volumeApproved by Presales lead
  2. 2Contract deviationsApproved by Legal
  3. 3Price sheetApproved by Finance, margin 22.4%
  4. 4Final bid sign-offWaiting on Bid Director
+ In the box

What else comes with Review & Sign-off.

Comments in context

Discuss a sentence where it sits, not in a separate email thread.

Smart reminders

Nudges timed to each reviewer's due date.

Delegation

Hand a review to a colleague with the history intact.

Read-only reviewers

Leaders can read and approve without editing.

Version lock

The signed-off response cannot be changed without a new approval.

Submission checklist

Forms, signatures, EMD and formatting checked off before upload.

28. Qh7# Checkmate1-0

Your next RFP, answered in days, not weeks.

a8RFP arrives
b8Questions read
c8Answers drafted
d8Experts review
e8Matrix mapped
f8Price set
g8Signed off
h8Answer your next RFP free

One full RFP free. Bring the real one sitting in your inbox.

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