Legal, contracting & IP RFP Questions

Questions on the contract terms that outlast the deal: ownership of your data, the vendor's IP and AI-generated output, indemnities, use of your data for training, liability, governing law and dispute resolution.

99 questions to put to a software vendor, each with the reason to ask it, what a good answer looks like, the red flags and the follow-ups. Delivered as an Excel workbook that scores the answers for you.

Inside the Workbook

• 32 RFI questions for the long list
• 36 RFP questions for the shortlist
• 31 deep-dive questions for the finalists
• An evaluator guide on every question: why it matters, good-answer signals, red flags and follow-ups
• A weighted scorecard that totals each depth and each section from your 0–5 scores
• An RFP cover template in Word, to send with the questions

Sections

• IP ownership: customer data, vendor IP, AI output (22)
• Indemnification scope, caps & AI-specific coverage (25)
• Customer-data use for model training (22)
• Governing law, venue & dispute resolution (30)

How the Questions Were Checked

A language model drafted the questions and a second model critiqued them. They were then audited in three passes for wrong citations, outdated standards, invented thresholds and unsupported claims. The audit made 142 changes, and the workbook lists every one with the old and new text.

Built For

IT, security and procurement teams running a software selection, and consultancies running one for a client. The Consultancy License covers use with any number of clients.