Federal-construction compliance templates

Davis-Bacon, FAR, Miller Act, Buy American, SF-1413, certified payroll, prevailing wage. Every federal-construction document workflow, in one place. Built by a builder who lived it for 15 years.

Federal-construction compliance is a paperwork war. Every project means a Davis-Bacon wage decision to track, weekly WH-347 certified payrolls to review for every sub, SF-1413 acknowledgments to chase down, Miller Act bonds to verify, FAR clauses to flow down, Buy American documentation to log, and a 3-year retention obligation that starts the day the contract closes. Skip a step and you’re not just out of compliance. You’re personally liable.

Lars co-founded Contracts Connected after 15 years in federal general contracting. The templates in this lane are built from the hard-won lessons of keeping contracting officers happy and the DOL away on real federal projects.

Pick a workflow below. Every template is free. Every one of them is built from real federal-project mechanics, not legal-blog summaries or AI hallucinations.

Templates in this lane

• Certified payroll (WH-347) review checklist for primes12 things every prime must verify on each subcontractor’s weekly WH-347.
• Davis-Bacon audit prep checklistEvery artifact you need ready when DOL shows up. Sorted by what they ask for first.
• Prevailing wage rate lookup tracker (state-by-state)12-column tracker for Davis-Bacon and state mini-Davis-Bacon wage decisions. Lock-in dates, re-check cadences, and classification rates.
• SF-1413 acknowledgment template + filing checklistThe Statement and Acknowledgment form every federal-construction sub signs at award, plus the prime’s 12-step filing checklist for FAR 52.222-11.
• Miller Act bonding requirements checklist14-step bonding checklist from threshold confirmation through bond rider tracking on federal contracts.
• Federal subcontract flow-down clauses checklist18-clause flow-down checklist covering mandatory and discretionary FAR clauses for federal construction subcontracts.
• Federal subcontracting plan template (SBA)The 12-section Individual Subcontracting Plan federal-construction primes file at the $1.5M FAR 19.704 threshold.
• Audit-readiness binder checklist (federal projects)19-section federal-construction audit-readiness binder covering every audit pathway. DOL Davis-Bacon, DCMA pre-award, DCAA cost-realism, OFCCP, SBA, CMMC SPRS, IG, GAO, FOIA. FAR 4.703 retention compliant.
• Buy American compliance documentation tracker15-column tracker for domestic-content proof across FAR Part 25 Buy American and Build America, Buy America work.
• FAR clause flow-down map (prime to sub)13-column matrix mapping each FAR clause to its prescription, flow-down requirement, threshold, and mandatory-vs-discretionary status.
• Davis-Bacon weekly payroll certification checklistVerify the weekly certified-payroll Statement of Compliance, signatory, and seven-day submission window before it goes out.
• Federal small-business reporting tracker16-column running tracker that logs every subcontract award by socioeconomic category against plan goals for ISR and SSR reporting.
• WH-347 line-by-line annotated exampleWalks all 16 fields of the WH-347 in order. What each box wants, why it matters, and the single most common way each line gets kicked back.
• Pre-bid federal compliance checklist16 pre-award checks a contracting officer confirms first. SAM, reps and certs, NAICS eligibility, exclusions, bid guarantee, surety capacity, amendments, and go/no-go.
• Apprentice / journeyman wage tracker (Davis-Bacon)15-column tracker that keeps every Davis-Bacon apprentice’s registration, program rate, fringe, and daily ratio defensible.
• Fringe benefits documentation log (federal)15-column Davis-Bacon fringe log: wage-determination rate, annualized hourly credit, funded vs unfunded plan, eligibility, and cash in lieu.
• Federal change-order package checklistThe 18-step package that turns a directed federal change into a definitized, paid modification. FAR 52.243-4, SF-30, constructive changes, equitable adjustment, certified cost or pricing data, and definitization.
• Government project closeout checklistThe 16-step closeout package that releases final payment and retainage on a federal job. Final inspection, substantial and final completion, as-builts, warranties, final certified payroll, consent of surety, release of claims, CPARS, and the retained closeout binder.
• Federal lien waiver template (state-aware, federal addendum)The 13-field federal-context waiver. Payment-conditioned, limited to a through-date, with a Miller Act payment-bond addendum for federal land and a state-aware section for non-federal portions.