Enter your numbers. See the real cost of NCRs, documentation labor, and compliance risk — against the cost of Enterprise.
Federal Contract Risk
Contract termination for cause = debarment from federal contracting. One NCR costs more than 3 years of Enterprise. One termination costs everything.
With Sitemark Enterprise
NCR resolution cost of $15,000 includes rework, government oversight time, schedule impact, and administrative overhead. Documentation savings assume Sitemark eliminates manual report compilation, reduces RMS data entry time, and eliminates end-of-project closeout scramble. Actual results vary by project and organization. Enterprise plan at $399/mo includes unlimited users and projects.
Military and federal construction operates under UFC 3-700-01, which mandates a three-phase QC inspection process: preparatory, initial, and follow-up phases for every definable feature of work. Each phase requires documented inspections, and Noncompliance Reports (NCRs) must be generated, tracked, and formally closed. This isn't optional documentation — it's a contract requirement enforced by the USACE or other contracting agency.
An NCR on a federal project triggers a chain of events: mandatory written response, corrective action plan, re-inspection, and sometimes a stop-work order while the NCR is open. The average cost of resolving a single NCR — including rework, re-inspection, and the internal time of the QC manager and superintendent — is $10,000–$25,000. On a multi-year federal contract, preventing five NCRs pays for years of Sitemark Enterprise at $399/month.
The highest-stakes risk is contract termination for default. USACE and other federal agencies have the authority to terminate a contract for failure to maintain an adequate QC program. A termination for cause results in debarment proceedings that can end a contractor's access to all federal work — not just the affected contract. The financial exposure from a single termination is orders of magnitude larger than any documentation tool investment.
The calculator above models the financial return from preventing NCRs and documentation-related delays. Use the inputs to match your federal contract portfolio and see your actual exposure.