Find what could disqualify you
before you read the whole
package.
For small contractors bidding public work. Upload any bid package (city, county, state, federal, or a GC's invitation to bid) and get back a kill sheet of the requirements the documents state: set-asides, bonding, licensing, site visits, insurance, prevailing wage and more, each with its page number so you can check it yourself.
| Gate | Criterion | Status | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Set-aside “restricted to … Small Local Business Enterprises (SLBE)” | RESTRICTED | p.4 |
| 02 | Bonding “bid bond … not less than 10% of the total bid” | REQUIRED | p.6 |
| 03 | Licensing “a valid California Class A or C-8 license” | REQUIRED | p.5 |
| 04 | Clearance / background check Not specified | NOT SPECIFIED | — |
| 05 | Experience minimums “The City may require … three (3) projects of similar scope” | UNCLEAR | p.11 |
| 06 | Pre-bid site visit “Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is optional.” | NOT REQUIRED | p.4 |
| 07 | Insurance “Commercial General Liability … $1,000,000 per occurrence” | REQUIRED | p.38 |
| 08 | Prevailing wage “California prevailing wage rates apply” | REQUIRED | p.5 |
| 09 | Other requirements “with its own organization … at least 50 percent of the Contract Price” | REQUIRED | p.9 |
The disqualifier is always on page 112.
Bonding the spec demands. A set-aside that restricts who can bid. A mandatory site visit that happened last Tuesday. You find out the slow way — by reading the whole thing.
BidDibs reads it first. The requirements that could disqualify you, pulled into one short report with the page number for each, so you can check them against the source yourself.
- — Estimator hours burned on bids you can't win.
- — The disqualifier found after the takeoff, not before.
- — No fast way to check a package before committing an evening to it.
The solicitation, specs, every addendum, and wage determinations — PDFs or a zip, from any agency or a GC's invitation to bid. Skip the plans and drawings: BidDibs reads the written documents, not pictures.
We read your package and check it against 9 gates — set-asides, bonding, licensing, clearances, past-performance minimums, mandatory site visits, insurance, prevailing wage, and any other stated disqualifier. Pages with no readable text, like most scans, are listed as unread — never guessed.
A short PDF report. Every finding cites its page number so you can check it against your documents. If we didn't find something in what you uploaded, it says "Not specified" — we never guess.
Bidding is restricted to City-certified Small Local Business Enterprises (SLBE) — read PDF p. 4 first.
What exactly do I get for $49?
A short PDF kill sheet: nine hard gates (set-asides, bonding, licensing, clearances, experience minimums, site visits, insurance, wage determinations, and other disqualifiers), key facts, a submission-requirements checklist, and any conflicts between documents — every value with a page citation so you can check it against your own package. See the sample above for the exact format.
What will the charge look like on my statement?
BidDibs is a product of SMB Spark LLC, so the $49 charge appears on your card statement as SMB SPARK - BIDDIBS (your bank may shorten or reformat it). If you see a charge you don't recognize, reply to your delivery email before disputing it — we'll sort it out fast.
Does BidDibs tell me whether to bid?
No — and that's deliberate. BidDibs reports what the documents require, with page references. Whether you meet a requirement is your call; you know your qualifications, we don't pretend to.
How fast will I get it?
Within 24 hours of payment, guaranteed. Normal-size packages are ready in minutes; very large ones can take longer.
What if my package has scanned pages?
We tell you. Pages with no readable text, like most scans, are listed by page range in the kill sheet's Limitations section so you know exactly what to read yourself — we never guess at what an unreadable page says.
What does "Not specified" mean?
We didn't find that item anywhere in the documents you uploaded. It doesn't mean the requirement doesn't exist — it may live in an amendment or attachment that wasn't included. We report only what's in your documents, never what's "typical."
What if a value on my kill sheet is wrong?
Reply to your delivery email and tell us which value doesn't match your documents. We'll recheck it against the source, free. If the kill sheet misreported what your documents say — a wrong number, a wrong date, a requirement the documents don't contain — we refund your $49 in full. (The guarantee covers our accuracy against your documents; it doesn't cover items that only exist in amendments or attachments that weren't uploaded.)
What happens to my uploaded documents?
They're stored privately, used only to produce your kill sheet, and never shared with other users or published. Details in our Privacy Policy. You can ask us to delete them any time.
Made in Burbank, CA
BidDibs is built by SMB Spark, a Burbank company that makes tools for small businesses and the organizations that support them. Questions, or a package that won't upload? Email hello@biddibs.com. I read every message.
Daniel Ing, founder · smbspark.com