Compare bids and accept one

What a bid contains #

Each bid is a written proposal:

• the auditor's approach to your scope, in their words,
• a milestone schedule with a deliverable and a price per milestone,
• the total price and a proposed start,
• answers to your screening questions,
• a declaration of independence: whether the auditor has worked with your company before, and in what capacity. The platform counts the engagements it already knows about between you and confirms or corrects the declaration.

Comparing bidders you cannot name #

Until a contract is funded, a bidder appears as "Auditor" with a number, not a name. Compare on what the platform vouches for:

• Rating, from reviews written after finished engagements.
• Checked credentials: certifications a reviewer verified against the issuing body, with expiry. An expired credential stops counting.
• Experience: years and roles the auditor listed, and completed engagements the platform itself recorded.
• The proposal and the answers to your questions.

Open Compare to put bids side by side. You can shortlist bids, message a bidder through the platform about their proposal (contact details in messages are masked until the contract is funded), and decline the rest with a reason.

Accepting a bid #

Accepting turns the bid into a contract with the milestone schedule from the proposal. Only one bid per posting can be accepted, and a bid the auditor has withdrawn cannot be. The other bidders are told the posting was awarded.

Nothing is owed at acceptance. The engagement starts when you fund the first milestone; see milestones and escrow.

Saving auditors for later #

From a bid you can save the auditor into a private list, so a bidder who was not right for this project is easy to find for the next posting. Lists are private to your company.