Create a Subcontractor Payment application on Behalf of a Payment Application Contact

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For Procore Customers in the United States

When your company applies the 'Owners English' or 'Speciality Contractors English' point-of-view dictionary, you'll see different tool names and term changes in the user interface. Learn how to apply the dictionary options.

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This table shows the differences in tool names (bold) and terms across the point-of-view dictionaries for Project Financials. These dictionaries are available in US English only. The default dictionary is designed for main contractors, which means that you will need to work with your Procore Administrator at your company and your Procore point of contact to access the other dictionary options.

Main Contractors English (United States) - Default	Owners English (Owner Terminology V2)	Speciality Contractors English (Speciality Contractor Terminology)
Payment Applications	Payment Applications	Progress Billings
Owner	Funding	Owner
Owner/Client	Owner/Client	MC/Client
Main Contract Variation	Funding Variation	Client Contract Variation
Main Contracts	Funding	Client Contracts
Revenue	Funding	Revenue
Subcontract	Contract	Subcontract
Subcontractor	Contractor	Subcontractor
Subcontractor Bill of Quantities (SBOQ)	Contractor Bill of Quantities (CBOQ)	Subcontractor Bill of Quantities (SBOQ)

Objective

To create a downstream payment application as an payment application administrator on behalf of an payment application contact.

Background

If your company or project doesn't want to grant external collaborators access permission to your Procore project so they can submit their own payment applications, your team can collect the digital or paper payment applications from your payment application contacts outside of Procore. Once collected, payment application administrators can create them in Procore on each payment application contact's behalf.

Things to Consider

Required User Permissions
Additional Information:
- A payment application administrator can:
  - Create payment applications for all of a project's commitments.
  - Edit amounts on a Bill of Quantities when the payment application is in the Draft or Revise & Resubmit status. When multiple payment applications exist for one commitment during one billing period, you can only amounts on the latest payment application.
  - For users legally required to provide claimants with a payment programme, see Export a Payment Programme.
  - Revise the 'Payment Due Date' on the payment application for Early Pay Programs.

Prerequisites

To perform the Steps in this tutorial, the payment application's commitment must have:

A subcontracting company assigned as the 'Contract Company'. See Create a Commitment.
An employee of the 'Contract Company' assigned as the 'Invoice Contact'. See Add Payment application Contacts to a Purchase Order or Subcontract.
A status of Approved or Complete. See What are the default commitment statuses in Procore?
All line items on the Subcontractor Bill of Quantities must be in the Approved status. See Review a Subcontractor Payment application as a Payment Application Administrator. To learn how to enable the optional Subcontractor BOQ tab, see Add a Subcontractor BOQ to a Commitment.

In addition, a payment application administrator must create a billing period for the payment application. See Manage Billing Periods.

Steps

Open the New Payment application Page
Update the General Information Card
Update the Bill of Quantities Card
Update the Payment Details Card
Add Attachments
Save the Payment application
Optional: Send a Payment Application with DocuSign^©

Open the New Payment application Page

Users always create payment applications in the project's Commitments tool.

Navigate to the project's Commitments tool.
Find the commitment to create a payment application for in the 'Contracts' tab.
Click the Number link to open it.
At the top of the commitment, click Create and choose Create Payment application from the menu.

Tip
Is the 'Create Payment application' option inactive? To learn why, hover your mouse cursor over the tooltip. This option only activates when Prerequisites are met.

This opens the 'New Payment application for [Contract Number]' page so you can update the General Information card.

Update the General Information Card

In the New Payment application page, update the General Information card. Once updated, continue by updating the Bill of Quantities.

Note

The element circled in ORANGE is only available with Procore Pay.

Learn how to update the General Information card as a payment application administrator: Show/Hide

General Information Card

This table details the elements in the 'General Information' card. An payment application administrator can update this information when creating or editing a payment application of behalf of an payment application contact.

Element	Field Type	Description	Learn More
Contract Company	Read Only	Shows the name of the subcontracting company designated as the 'Contract Company' on the commitment.	To change the company name that appears: Assign a different company to the commitment. See Create a Commitment. OR Change the company name by editing the company's record in the Project Directory or Company Directory.
Status*	Drop-down list	Accept the default status (Draft) or select a different status from the drop-down list. When a payment application is ready for review, remember to change its status to Under Review. Once reviewed, remember to change its status to Approved or Revise and Resubmit.	What are the default statuses for Procore payment applications?
Payment Application #	Alphanumeric text	Procore automatically assigns payment application numbers in sequence using its default numbering system or the custom numbering system defined for your project's payment applications.	Read Can I customise the numbering system for financial objects in Procore? before changing this number.
Billing Period*	Drop-down list	Accept the billing period that appears by default or select any billing period from the drop-down list. Note: Payment application contacts and users with 'Standard' level permissions on the Commitments tool can only select a billing period when a payment application is NOT already associated with it.	Only payment application administrators can Create Billing Periods.
Billing Date*	Calendar control	Shows the billing date for the selected billing period. You can change the date for this payment application with the calendar control.	Only payment application administrators can Create Billing Periods.
Period Start*	Calendar control	Shows the start date for the selected billing period. You can change the date for this payment application with the calendar control.	Only payment application administrators can Create Billing Periods.
Period End*	Calendar control	Shows the end date for the selected billing period. You can change the date for this payment application with the calendar control. Note: To help project managers track how payment applications impact a project's budget, the 'Billing Period' date on a payment application aligns with the work performed on a project.	Only payment application administrators can Create Billing Periods.
Billing Type: Progress Billing	Option button	Requires Procore Pay If the subcontractor is submitting progress billings for an ongoing project, choose this option.	When your company has Procore Pay, this setting works with the Payment applications Settings for Progress Conditional and Progress Unconditional lien waivers. See Enable Lien Waivers & Set Default Templates on Projects.
Billing Type: Final Billing	Option button	Requires Procore Pay If the subcontractor is submitting a one-time payment application or if this is the final payment application for an ongoing project, choose this option.	When your company has Procore Pay, this setting works with the Payment applications Settings for Final Conditional and Final Unconditional lien waivers. See Enable Lien Waivers & Set Default Templates on Projects.
Submitted Date	Calendar control	Select the date the payment application was submitted to your company by the subcontractor.	Typically, this is printed on the payment application that you received from the subcontracting company.

Update the Payment Details Card

The 'Payment Details' card appears next to the 'General Information card for payment application administrators with Procore Pay.

Payment Details Card

To change the payment due date for this payment application, select a new date from the Payment Due Date calendar.

In Beta - Early Pay Programs

When a payee is enrolled in an Early Pay Program, this card shows the payee's Early Pay Program enrollment Status, Due Date and Fee. See Review and Manage Early Pay Enrollments as a Payee. The Early Pay Program assigned to the Procore Project automatically determines the Due Date and Fee. See About Early Pay Programs.

Update the Bill of Quantities Card

Add Attachments

Scroll to the 'Attachments' section.
Choose from these options:
- Click the Attach Files button. This opens the Attach Files dialogue box, where you can upload files from your computer. Click the Attach button when finished.
  OR
- Use a drag-and-drop operation to move the files from your computer or network into the 'Attachments area'.

Save the Payment application

Click the Save button at the bottom of the 'New Payment application' page.
Note: If workflows are turned on for subcontractor payment applications, you can also choose 'Save as Draft' to save your work and stay in the same workflow step.

Optional: If your project team wants to collect signatures on your payment applications using the Procore + DocuSign^© integration, click the Send with DocuSign^© button at the top of the page. To use this button, the DocuSign^© integration must be enabled on the project (see How do I enable the DocuSign® Integration?) and the payment application must be in the Approved, Approved as Noted or Pending Approval status. To learn more about the DocuSign^© integration and preparing envelopes for signature, see DocuSign®.