Subcontract
Subcontract is one of Demiton's published registers for Australian civil construction. The subcontract itself: the instrument, not the subcontractor or the claim. Demiton keeps it current from the systems a contractor already runs and publishes the record's shape as a versioned JSON Schema, so the same question works whichever system produced the record.
Part of Contracts in the register catalog.
- Register ID
subcontractUse this name to ask for the register. The API calls it a shelf ID.- Status
- PlannedDefined ahead of the connector that will fill it.
- Data
- OrganisationPrivate to each organisation's own workspace.
- Version
- v2 (2.0.2)Current version.
Standards
This register's contract was designed against these standards and laws. Holding these records does not by itself certify compliance.
- AS 4000General Conditions of Contract (construct only)
- AS 4902General Conditions of Contract for Design and Construct
- Security of paymentAustralian state and territory Security of Payment Acts (NSW 1999, QLD 2017, VIC 2002, WA 2021, SA 2009, TAS 2009, ACT 2009, NT 2004)
- Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 286Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - financial records, 7-year retention
- Directive 2014/24/EUDirective 2014/24/EU on public procurement
- NZ CCA 2002Construction Contracts Act 2002 (NZ), 2002 No 46, as amended 2015 and 2023
- NZ Government Procurement RulesNew Zealand Government Procurement Rules
- HGCRA 1996 Part IIHousing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, Part II (as amended by LDEDCA 2009)
Connectors
Connected today
Demiton keeps this register current from these systems now.
No system fills this register yet.
On the roadmap
Systems in the planned connector rollout that can fill this register. Partial means the system holds only some of its fields.
None planned yet.
Fields
21 fields: 4 required, 17 optional.
Required
Every record carries these fields.
- statusText
The subcontract's lifecycle state.
Example:
active- projectText
The project the subcontract is let on.
Example:
BWG-2025-001- external_idText
The source system's own subcontract id.
Example:
SC-3021- subcontractorText
The party the work is let to.
Example:
Central Highlands Traffic Control Pty Ltd
Optional
Present when the source system records them.
- titleText
The subcontract's title.
Example:
Traffic control services- numberText
The subcontract number.
Example:
SUB-1001- currencycurrency
The currency of the amounts.
Example:
AUD- executedTrue or false
Whether the subcontract has been signed.
Example:
true- line_itemsList
The subcontract's itemised scope.
- total_paidMoney amount
What has been paid to date.
Example:
112000- descriptionText
The scope of the subcontract.
Example:
Provision of traffic management and control for the Emera…- contract_sumMoney amount
The original subcontract sum.
Example:
186000- delivery_dateDate
When the subcontract works are due.
Example:
2026-11-30- payment_termsText
The payment terms agreed.
Example:
30 days end of month- pending_changesMoney amount
The value of change orders not yet approved.
Example:
0- percentage_paidDecimal number
The share of the sum paid.
Example:
56.4- approved_changesMoney amount
The value of approved change orders.
Example:
12500- remaining_balanceMoney amount
What remains unpaid.
Example:
86500- retention_percentDecimal number
The retention rate withheld from payments.
Example:
5- revised_contract_sumMoney amount
The sum after approved changes.
Example:
198500- actual_completion_dateDate
When the subcontract works were completed.
Example record
A sample from Bridgeworks Group, Demiton's demonstration company. The values are illustrative; the shape is exactly what the contract describes.
{ "approved_changes": 12500, "contract_sum": 186000, "currency": "AUD", "delivery_date": "2026-11-30", "description": "Provision of traffic management and control for the Emerald Street Rejuvenation works.", "executed": true, "external_id": "SC-3021", "number": "SUB-1001", "payment_terms": "30 days end of month", "pending_changes": 0, "percentage_paid": 56.4, "project": "BWG-2025-001", "remaining_balance": 86500, "retention_percent": 5, "revised_contract_sum": 198500, "source_system": "D365_BUSINESS_CENTRAL", "status": "active", "subcontractor": "Central Highlands Traffic Control Pty Ltd", "title": "Traffic control services", "total_paid": 112000}Version history
- v2 (current)
- v1
Use this contract
The contract is a standard JSON Schema (draft 2020-12) document, so any JSON Schema validator can check a record against it. Keywords starting with x-demiton- add Demiton's own meaning, such as units and requiredness, and validators ignore them.
https://docs.demiton.io/registers/subcontract/v2.jsonShow the full JSON Schema
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