The terms a firm wins on are the terms its bills are checked against.
Send an RFP to your panel, compare the proposals side by side, and award the work. The award becomes the fee arrangement, the matter budget and the approved rates, so every invoice from the winning firm is reviewed against what it promised.
Included in Professional and in the 14-day free trial.
From request to reviewed invoice
Most RFP tools stop at the award. In CounselAudit the award is where invoice review begins, because the same system that picked the firm reads its bills.
Invite firms with a link
Each firm gets a secure link and responds from it. No firm account, no portal, no login.
Compare proposals on one basis
Fixed fees, caps and hourly estimates are added up the same way for every bid, so the proposals line up side by side.
Award the work
The winning proposal sets the matter budget, becomes the fee arrangement when it reduces to one fixed, capped or blended figure, and loads the proposed team and rates as approved timekeepers.
Draft the engagement letter
A draft engagement letter PDF is produced from the award for you to review. Nothing goes to the firm automatically.
Check every bill against the award
Invoices from the winning firm run through 50+ checks plus the awarded terms: off-roster timekeepers, rates above what was proposed, fees above the cap, spend past the budget.
Questions about RFPs
Do law firms need an account to respond to an RFP? expand_more
No. Each firm gets a secure link and submits its proposal from that link, without creating an account or logging in.
What happens when I award an RFP? expand_more
The award sets up the matter for review: the winning fee terms become the matter's fee arrangement when the proposal reduces to one fixed, capped or blended figure, the proposal sets the matter budget, and the proposed team and rates become the firm's approved timekeepers. Every invoice the firm sends on that matter is then checked against those terms.
How are proposals compared? expand_more
Side by side, on the same basis. The comparison value adds fixed fees, caps and hourly estimates, and the savings figure is the average of the other bids minus the winning bid.
Does CounselAudit draft the engagement letter? expand_more
It produces a draft engagement letter PDF from the award for you to review and edit before anything goes to the firm. Nothing is sent to the firm automatically.
Which plans include RFPs? expand_more
Legal RFPs are part of the Professional plan and the 14-day free trial.
Pick the firm. Hold it to the terms.
Start a free 14-day trial. Legal RFPs are included in Professional.