Contractors ready for federal work — before day one
Federal Sub Academy trains contractors nationwide to become vetted subcontractors for federal prime contractors. Our graduates already understand the paperwork and the process on federal contracts — so they are easier to hire than competitors, and they make the prime's life easier from the first week.
Two sides of the same problem
Federal contracts run on paperwork. Most contractors who want the work have never seen it. Federal Sub Academy closes that gap for both sides of the table.
For subcontractors
Learn the forms, the daily reporting, the certified payroll, and the compliance habits primes actually require. Graduate with a working knowledge of the exact paperwork you will sign and file on a federal job — and stand out as someone who needs no hand-holding.
For prime contractors
Hire subcontractors who already understand federal subcontract paperwork and process. Fewer onboarding questions, cleaner daily reports, and certified payroll that is right the first time. Federal Sub Academy graduates are built to make your life easier.
What a graduate actually knows
Not theory — the real documents and the real sequence of a federal subcontract.
SF 1413
The Statement and Acknowledgment that every subcontractor signs — who fills each part and why it matters.
Daily reports
How to complete a contractor daily report the way a prime expects to receive it.
Certified payroll
Weekly certified payroll and the statement for personally performed work, done correctly.
Labor standards
Davis-Bacon, the Copeland Act, and the overtime rules written into federal subcontracts.
The subcontract flow
From award to closeout — the documents and deadlines at each step.
Prime expectations
What primes check when they vet a subcontractor, and how to pass that check.
The point of the Academy
The selling point aimed at the prime is simple: a Federal Sub Academy graduate makes the prime's life easier. That graduate has already been walked through the paperwork and the processes of federal contracts, so the prime spends less time correcting reports and chasing missing signatures — and more time running the job.
For the contractor, the Academy is the fastest way to become the subcontractor a prime wants to hire again.
From the blog
Plain-English guidance on federal subcontracting, written for the people doing the work.
The Paperwork Subcontractors Must Master to Win Federal Work
The core federal subcontract paperwork every subcontractor should master — SF 1413, daily reports, certified payroll, and releases — in one checklist.
How Prime Contractors Vet Subcontractors (and How to Get Hired Faster)
What federal prime contractors actually check before they hire a subcontractor, and how a trained, paperwork-ready subcontractor moves to the front of the line.
Davis-Bacon Act Basics for Subcontractors
What the Davis-Bacon Act requires, what prevailing wage means for a subcontractor, and how it connects to certified payroll and SF 1413.