For head contractors
If you're the contractor running the project — the customer of the subcontractor — this is your section. All of your work happens in NetSuite (Project Financials).
What you'll do here
- Create a subcontract — set up a new subcontract on a project, including the Schedule of Values
- Approve a subcontract variation — review and approve scope changes with full delta context
- Raise a back-charge — reverse a previously-approved variation or deduct cost from a sub
- Assess a subcontractor claim — review a claim line-by-line, finalise the assessment, convert to a Vendor Bill
- Issue a payment schedule — generate and send the statutory Payment Schedule on NZ CCA subcontracts
Where head contractors work
Your work happens inside NetSuite, on the Subcontract record, the Variation record and the Claim record. NetSuite is the source of truth. Connect is the subcontractor's side of the contract, not yours — there is no head-contractor assessment surface in Connect.
Requires
- Project Financials installed and configured — see Install & configure
- The Subcontracts feature enabled for your subsidiary (opt-in — contact your FullClarity customer success contact)
- An active project — see Create a project
- The vendor exists as a Subcontractor-flagged Vendor record in NetSuite
A note on jurisdictions
The Subcontracts feature supports four compliance models — AU SOP Act, NZ CCA, UK HGCRA, and US General (plus None for projects where no statutory framework applies). Your subsidiary's Compliance Model drives the statutory response window and the jurisdiction-specific fields captured on a claim. On NZ CCA subcontracts, the Payment Schedule itself is generated and sent from the claim — see Issue a payment schedule. On AU SOP Act and UK HGCRA subcontracts, the response document (Payment Schedule / Pay Less Notice) is not generated by the system; issuing it remains your responsibility. Detail by jurisdiction is in Subcontract states.