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Upload an ITB, an RFP, or a specification section. We return a written conformance read within one business day. Free, and it does not oblige you to bid anything with us.

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What comes back

Not a sales letter. A short working document, the kind you would have to build yourself before evaluating bids, written by people who read lift specifications for a living.

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Conformance matrix

Each substantive clause against two or three candidate models across brands, marked conforms, conforms with note, or does not conform. Every call cites its source.

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Ambiguities

Clauses that read two ways, with both readings written out. Ambiguity found after award is a change order; found before, it is a Q&A question.

3

Gaps

What the spec does not say and probably should: slab requirements, power at the bay, removal of the old lift, who performs the initial inspection.

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Questions to ask

Draft language for your Q&A period, ready to paste into the addendum request.

How it works

  1. Upload the document. PDF, Word, or a ZIP of the whole package. 25 MB limit.
  2. We read it. A Liftnow equipment specialist reviews it against manufacturer specifications, ALI certification listings and our own installation standards.
  3. You get the review. A PDF from gov@liftnow.com within one business day, built to be forwarded inside your agency.
  4. Your call from there. Use it to tighten the solicitation, evaluate bids, or ask us to quote. All three are fine outcomes.
What happens to your document
  • It is stored in an access-controlled system, never in a public folder, and never published or shared outside Liftnow.
  • It is retained for 12 months for reference against the eventual solicitation, then deleted. Ask sooner and it is deleted sooner.
  • If your document is part of a live solicitation with a no-contact or blackout rule, we will say so and decline the review rather than put your process at risk.
  • Reviewing it costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Common questions

Why would a vendor do this for free?

Honestly: because reading specifications early is how we find projects worth bidding, and because a specification that is clear and complete is easier for everyone to bid, including us. You get the review either way, whoever you buy from.

Can you review a competitor’s specification?

Yes. A spec written around another manufacturer’s product is exactly where a conformance read earns its keep: it shows which requirements are real performance floors and which are one brand’s catalog copy.

We have not written anything yet. Can you still help?

Start with the Specification Library: complete draft specifications in ITB language you can edit freely. Send us your draft afterwards and we will review that too.

Who actually reads it?

A Liftnow equipment specialist. We use our own bid-analysis tooling to speed the clause work, and a person makes every conformance call before anything is sent.

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On its way

Your review lands within one business day, from gov@liftnow.com. If the bid closes sooner than that, call 1-800-LIFT-NOW and say so; we triage by due date.

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