Your wage determination changed. Did your contract price keep up?
We help federal service contractors determine whether a wage-determination change may support an SCA price adjustment, calculate the supported cost increase from verified contract and payroll records, and organize the evidence behind the request.
No payroll upload or sales call required to start.
Synthetic example for illustration only.
Supported adjustment
- Contract Verified
- Wage determination Verified
- Payroll records Verified
- WC supportReview required
The wage determination is the starting point—not the adjustment amount.
A higher wage or fringe requirement can increase the cost of performing an SCA-covered contract. But the supportable adjustment depends on what became applicable, what changed in actual employee pay and fringe costs, which covered hours were affected, and what related employer costs can be supported by the records.
A defensible price-adjustment request requires more than multiplying the difference between two wage determinations by projected hours.
Illustrative synthetic example. Not an official wage determination or customer payroll record.
What changed
Identify the applicable wage determination, contract event, and affected wage or fringe requirements.
What did it actually cost?
Measure supported changes using the employees, rates, fringe costs, and covered hours reflected in the underlying records.
What can be supported?
Connect the calculation to the contract, wage determination, payroll, and other evidence behind the adjustment.
What the recovery review determines
We bring the contract event, wage determination, workforce records, and supporting cost data together to determine what changed and what adjustment can be supported.
Contract and timing
Confirm the relevant contract or option event, applicable wage determination, effective timing, and facts that affect the adjustment analysis.
Affected workforce and hours
Identify the employees, labor categories, and supported covered hours associated with the change.
Wage and fringe impact
Compare verified before-and-after wage and fringe information to calculate the supported increase reflected in the records.
Applicable employer-cost effects
Evaluate accompanying employer-cost effects where the required inputs are available and supportable.
Evidence and unresolved items
Trace material inputs back to supporting records and identify missing or uncertain facts that need review before they are included in the calculation.
Keep your existing payroll and accounting systems.
You do not need to replace your payroll provider, ERP, accounting system, or contract-management process.The review works from records you already use to support contract performance and payroll.
No direct payroll integration is required to start.
From contract change to documented adjustment
Check the contract
Evaluate your contract change and what you know about the wage determination, option, or modification.No payroll upload is required for the initial check.
Confirm fit and scope
We review the contract context, identify the records needed, and flag situations that may require additional legal or technical review before proceeding.You receive the scope and fee before the full analysis begins.
Analyze the supporting records
Verified contract, wage, fringe, payroll, and related cost information is used to calculate the supported adjustment.Missing or uncertain inputs are identified rather than assumed.
Receive the documented analysis
Receive the documented calculation and supporting materials for internal review and preparation of your price-adjustment request.
See the adjustment—not just the answer.
Receive a documented adjustment calculation, employee-level support, a cost-impact breakdown, an evidence index, and clear review items organized around the records.
Illustrative synthetic example. Not a real contractor, contract, wage determination, claim, Government decision, or recovery result.
Built for traceability, not black-box estimates.
The review keeps supported inputs, deterministic calculations, and unresolved items visible so the adjustment can be examined against its records.
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Verified inputs first
Calculations are based on supported contract, wage-determination, payroll, and related records.
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Rules-based calculation
Adjustment amounts are calculated from defined rules and verified inputs—not generated estimates.
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Evidence stays connected
Material inputs retain a connection to the supporting records used in the analysis.
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Unsupported facts are not guessed
Missing or uncertain inputs are identified for review instead of being silently assumed.
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Complexity has boundaries
Cases involving unusual contract terms or unresolved legal or factual questions are identified for additional review rather than forced through a standard calculation.
Built first for straightforward SCA price-adjustment cases.
The initial service is best suited to federal service contractors with identifiable SCA-covered labor, a relevant wage-determination or contract event, and payroll records that can support the affected workforce and hours.
Common starting points
- Custodial
- Facilities
- Grounds
- Maintenance
- Other federal support services
Additional review may be required
- Collective bargaining / Section 4(c) issues are involved
- Unusual clauses or deviations affect the adjustment
- Applicability is disputed
- Critical payroll/supporting evidence is incomplete
- Material employer-cost inputs cannot yet be verified
You don't need to send payroll to find out whether a review makes sense.
The initial contract check asks for limited contract and adjustment-event information. If a full analysis proceeds, we'll provide a separate secure method for submitting the payroll and supporting records needed for the review.
Limited initial data
The first step focuses on contract context and the adjustment event—not employee-level payroll.
Separate records process
Sensitive payroll and supporting records are requested only if the full analysis proceeds.
Browser-local preliminary check
The preliminary check runs locally in your browser. Questionnaire answers are not transmitted to or stored on our servers. If you want further review, you may voluntarily contact hello@awardtrueup.com.
Frequently asked questions
No. The preliminary contract check requires no payroll files, employee names, SSNs, or accounting documents. It asks for limited contract and adjustment-event information to review whether a review makes sense.
Find out whether the contract is worth reviewing.
Check basic contract context through our preliminary contract check. No payroll upload or sales call required.