Build the tenderer's compliance and departures matrix
Key facts
- Human involvement
- GreenLawyer review
- How AI is used
- Extract every mandatory requirement, condition for participation, schedule, declaration and format rule from the request documentation into a numbered matrix, map each to the place in the draft response that answers it, and list what is unanswered. Do not draft the departure wording and do not decide whether a departure can be made or how it will be received.
- What the lawyer must review
- Settle each departure and its wording, confirm the matrix captures every mandatory requirement including those added by addenda, and check every declaration against what the client can actually and truthfully declare.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Extract every mandatory requirement, condition for participation, schedule, declaration and format rule from the request documentation into a numbered matrix, map each to the place in the draft response that answers it, and list what is unanswered. Do not draft the departure wording and do not decide whether a departure can be made or how it will be received. |
| Lawyer | Settle each departure and its wording, confirm the matrix captures every mandatory requirement including those added by addenda, and check every declaration against what the client can actually and truthfully declare. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- Settle each departure and its wording, confirm the matrix captures every mandatory requirement including those added by addenda, and check every declaration against what the client can actually and truthfully declare.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Sources
- https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-10/Commonwealth-Procurement-Rules-2025.pdf · 2026-09-27
- https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/643197/qld-gov-procurement-policy-2026-accessible.pdf · 2026-09-27
- https://www.procurement.act.gov.au/secure-local-jobs-code · 2026-09-27
- https://help.tenders.gov.au/getting-started-with-austender/information-made-easy/how-the-government-buys/ · 2026-09-27
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.