An Application for Payment is a formal request for payment for some or all of your contract value.

1. From your Dashboard, select the project and then double-click the contract.
   If the Billing Period is open and if the Schedule of Values (SOV) is completed correctly, the Ready To Bill banner appears.
2. Select Edit bill.
   The contract SOV appears.
3. Using the This Period, Materials Stored, and % columns of the SOV, enter the values you want to invoice.
4. In the Editing invoice banner, select Save.
5. In the Ready To Bill banner, select Review and submit bill.
6. If your general contractor requires compliance documentation, you must upload it in order to proceed. See Upload Compliance Documents.
7. Choose one:
   • If the general contractor is requiring you to report lower-tier information, an informational dialog box appears. Select Continue and provide the relevant information. For detailed steps, see Add a Lower-tier Subcontractor. Proceed to step 8.
   • If your general contractor isn't requiring you to report lower tiers, skip to step 10.
8. If you have estimated payment amounts to enter for your lower-tier sub(s), enter the values in the Estimated payment (this period) field. For detailed steps, see Enter Lower-tier Estimated Payment Amounts.
9. Select Review and submit bill again.
10. Trimble Pay generates some of your required documents. E-sign all generated documents:
    1. Enter your four-digit pin.
       Note: If you don't know your PIN, select Reset pin and use your password to create a new one.
    2. Select Sign Document.
       Note: If you are prompted, enter missing values. Trimble Pay uses existing data to populate most fields, but some cases require you to obtain and enter information which Trimble Pay does not have.
11. If any documents require notarization, enlist the help of your Notary. For additional information, see E-Notarize a Document.
12. If a wet signature is required, see Create and Upload a Wet-Signed Document.
13. If prompted, upload documents. Required documents are indicated with a red icon.
    Tip: To see a document sample provided by your general contractor, select Click to download template.
    1. Select the document name.
       If it is a document you must upload, the Browse button appears.
    2. Select Browse.
    3. Navigate to and select the file.
    4. Repeat for each document for which the Browse button appears.
14. Select Submit.
15. Confirm your submission by selecting Yes.