CON · Department

Contracts, Compliance & Risk

The paper that defines obligation and protects payment: contracts, insurance, bonds, waivers, notices, and wage compliance.

14 objects documented in this department.

Foundation

  • Prime Contract CON 101 · Foundation · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The master agreement between owner and contractor that fixes scope, price, schedule, and risk allocation — and governs every subordinate document on the project.
  • Subcontract CON 102 · Foundation · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The agreement by which a general contractor delegates a portion of the work to a trade contractor — and the instrument that must faithfully flow down the prime's obligations.
  • Purchase Order CON 103 · Foundation · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The commitment document that authorizes a vendor to furnish specified materials or equipment at agreed prices and terms — and the anchor of the three-way match.

Practitioner

  • Master Service Agreement CON 201 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The umbrella agreement that fixes the legal terms once, so individual work orders and task orders can be issued quickly without renegotiating risk each time.
  • Certificate of Insurance (COI) CON 202 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The one-page evidence of a party's insurance coverage — proof that a contractual risk-transfer requirement has actually been met, subject to the policies it summarizes.
  • Surety Bond CON 203 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    A three-party guarantee in which a surety promises the owner that the contractor will perform and pay — backed by the contractor's own indemnity, not insurance.
  • Lien Waiver CON 204 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The signed release by which a party gives up its mechanic's lien or bond-claim rights in exchange for payment — conditional or unconditional, progress or final.
  • Preliminary Notice CON 205 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The early notice that preserves a party's future right to file a mechanic's lien or bond claim — often a strict statutory precondition to getting paid.
  • Vendor Onboarding & W-9 CON 206 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The intake process and IRS form that establish a vendor's legal identity, tax status, and compliance documents before the first payment can be made.
  • Retainage CON 207 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The portion of each progress payment withheld until the work is substantially or finally complete — security for performance that ties up a contractor's thinnest margin.
  • Warranty CON 208 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The contractor's and manufacturers' promise to correct defects in workmanship and materials for a defined period after completion — a post-completion obligation with its own clock, scope, and paper trail.
  • Closeout Package CON 209 · Practitioner · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The complete set of deliverables that documents the finished project and unlocks final payment and retainage — the last, and often most neglected, contractual obligation.

Advanced

  • Certified Payroll (WH-347) CON 301 · Advanced · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The weekly, certified record proving that workers on a covered public project were paid at least the required prevailing wage and fringe — a legal compliance filing, not just a payroll report.
  • Prevailing Wage Determination CON 302 · Advanced · Contracts, Compliance & Risk
    The government-published schedule of minimum wage and fringe rates by labor classification and locality that must be paid on a covered public project — the yardstick certified payroll is measured against.

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