by NATEX AIDon't lose a public bid on a form.
NIX reads the invitation, instructions to bidders, specs and every addendum, then lists what an agency can treat as non-responsive: addendum acknowledgments, bid security, bonds, DBE and wage forms, subcontractor listings. Each item cites its page.
One missing acknowledgment can end a low bid.
Some agencies reject a bid for a missing acknowledgment and some waive it. You will not know which until the opening. The checklist puts the requirement, its page and its status in front of you while there is still time to fix it.
Addenda
The highest addendum referenced, against the addenda you uploaded, and the acknowledgment line.
Bid security and bonds
Bid bond, performance and payment bond requirements, forms and percentages as the solicitation states them.
Forms and submission
Required forms, signatures, notarization, sealed-bid and electronic-submission rules, and the deadline.
Workforce and funding clauses
DBE, MBE and WBE goals and forms, prevailing or Davis-Bacon wages, Buy America and similar funding conditions.
Packs for the agency.
Requirements are pulled from the solicitation using a library of requirement types and agency-specific packs.
- Federal invitation for bids
- California public works
- State DOT with DBE
- Federal-funds municipal
- State affidavits
Read this before you rely on it
Verify against the solicitation. NIX flags items to confirm; it does not ensure compliance with public-bidding requirements (Terms 11.3).
Whether a defect can be waived depends on the agency and the governing law, which NIX does not decide.