BAA · Buy America · BABA — one platform

Stop chasing certs on every project.

Build America collects BAA, Buy America, and BABA certs across every supplier tier — once. So, audit packages assemble in minutes, not weeks.

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Designed for federal requirements Multi-tier provenance by design Privacy-first architecture Purpose-built for BABA
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Projects / I-35 Corridor Widening / Phase 2
I-35 Corridor Widening — Phase 2
Project ID TX-I35-P2-2026 Funding IIJA §11301 Grantee State DOT
BABA compliant · ready to file
BOM line items
1,284
across 47 suppliers
Certs collected
1,284 / 1,284
↑ 100% verified
Supply chain tiers
4
ore → mill → fab → install
Audit-ready in
00:47s
last regenerated 2h ago

Provenance chain · Rebar, ASTM A615 Gr 60

SKU RB-615-60 · Lot LN-20261118-A
Tier 0 · Buyer
Cardinal Civil Group
Prime · State DOT
Tier 1 · Fabricator
Harlan Steel Fab
Austin, TX · cert 11/18
Tier 2 · Mill
Lone Star Mill
MTR matched · 100% US
Brazos Steel Co.
MTR matched · 100% US
Tier 3 · Melt source
Scrap pool · TX
Melted & poured US
Scrap pool · LA
Attestation re-up 12/02
Verified Pending re-attestation Requested ↳ 4 tiers, 6 nodes, chain-of-custody signed
3
Federal regimes unified in one workspace
Up to $1.2T
IIJA infrastructure spend subject to BABA
93yr
of Buy American paper-trail finally digitized
3×
False Claims Act treble damages at stake
Built with practitioners

Shaped by conversations with primes, subs, suppliers, and compliance practitioners.

The problem

Compliance runs on email, spreadsheets, and institutional memory.

Every federally-funded project needs domestic content certs from every supplier, at every tier. Today, that means re-collecting the same paperwork from scratch — on every single job.

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Cascading email chaos

A single cert request triggers dozens of emails across 3–5 tiers. Weeks pass before a package assembles.

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Fragile audit packages

Certs live in scattered inboxes and SharePoint folders. When the auditor arrives, assembling proof is a scramble — and gaps mean liability.

/compliance/TX-I35/428 MB
certs_final_v3.zip88 MB
certs_FINAL_v3_actual.zip94 MB
MTR_missing_README.txt1 KB
email_exports_Q3/212 MB
scan_from_print_room.pdf33 MB
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Rebuilt every project

Same suppliers, same products, same certs — collected from scratch every time. Nothing carries forward.

Supplier Harlan Steel — certs collected
I-35 '24
US-290 '24
SH-130 '25
I-10 '25
I-35 '26
> Same 18 MTRs re-sent 5 times.
Platform

The compliance chain, built once — queried forever.

Build America creates a persistent provenance graph across your entire supply base. Certifications assemble automatically because the chain already exists.

01 · Ingest
Upload a BOM. We do the rest.

Drop in SKUs, lot numbers, and quantities — or clone a prior project as a template. The platform fans requests out across every supplier tier automatically.

02 · Automate
Structured cert requests, one click.

Every request carries project reference, SKU, lot, and quantity — no ambiguity, no back-and-forth. Suppliers respond in a portal, not an inbox.

SKUMaterialQtyCert
RB-615-60Rebar, #6 Gr 6042,000 lb✓ signed
HSS-8x8HSS, 8×8×½1,180 lf✓ signed
CU-500Copper bus, 500A360 lf⏱ awaiting
AGG-57Coarse aggregate #571,400 ty✓ signed
03 · Assemble
Multi-tier chain assembly, automatic.

When upstream suppliers are on the platform, their certs auto-link to downstream requests. Temporal matching suggests the right MTRs based on lot numbers and shipment dates — no human crosswalk required.

SHIPMENTLot LN-20261118-A · 42,000 lbNov 18
MTR WINDOWBrazos Steel · heat 78442Bmatched ✓
CERT DATEAttested Nov 14 · valid thru May 14182d
04 · Export
Audit-ready packages in a click.

Structured certs, supporting documents, and chain-of-custody logs as a single binder.

audit_TX-I35-P2.zip428 files · 2.1 GB
Pcover_attestation.pdf84 KB
Ccerts/ · 1,284 items312 MB
Mmtrs/ · 4 tiers deep1.4 GB
Lchain_of_custody.json3.2 MB
signed · agency format✓ ready
05 · Waiver intel
Know when a rule saves you — or sinks you.

Live database of agency waivers across 12+ federal agencies. Contextual alerts when a product on your BOM has an active, expiring, or withdrawn waiver.

Nov 22FTA waiver extended — electrical componentsACTIVE
Dec 02FHWA waiver — manganese fittings expiring12d
Dec 18EPA BABA waiver — small-dia valves withdrawnWITHDRAWN
06 · Privacy by design
Your supply chain stays yours.

Suppliers control what each buyer sees. Upstream supplier identities are masked unless explicitly disclosed. Per-customer encryption keys. Competitive intelligence stays protected.

Buyer view
SKURB-615-60
Domestic100% US
Supplier view
SKURB-615-60
Domestic100% US
Upstream millBrazos Steel
Scrap poolPool B
07 · Supplier portal
Suppliers respond in minutes.

Structured cert templates, saved company data, e-signatures. No more reformatting for every buyer.

Request receivedPrime · Cardinal Civil Group · TX-I35-P2
SKUs matched to libraryRB-615-60, HSS-8×8, CU-500
Attesting3 certs auto-filled · e-sign pending
Chain-of-custody signedAuto-releases to buyer
08 · Expirations
Nothing expires on your watch.

Cert validity windows, auto re-attestation triggers, and alerts the moment an upstream cert in any active project chain changes or is withdrawn.

Who it's for

Every tier in the compliance chain.

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Prime contractors

Instant audit packages assembled from pre-built supplier chains. One dashboard across every federally-funded job.

Primary customer
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Subcontractors

Scope-level certs with automatic downstream documentation flow. Respond once, propagate everywhere.

Primary customer
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Manufacturers & suppliers

Free persistent product library visible to every contractor on the platform. Get discovered, stop re-filing.

Free forever
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Federal & state agencies

Real-time compliance dashboards across all grantees and projects. Evidence on demand.

Agency tier
Coverage

Three regulatory regimes.
One coherent workspace.

Build America unifies the three domestic-content frameworks — so you never have to figure out which rules apply, or maintain parallel workflows.

FAR 52.225 · 1933
Buy American Act
Direct federal procurement

Domestic content thresholds rising to 75% by 2029. Applies to all manufactured goods sold to the federal government.

Domestic threshold, 202665%
By 202975%
DOT · 1982
Buy America Act
Federally-funded transportation

100% domestic iron and steel. Applies to highways, transit, rail, airports, and ports — every federally-funded DOT program.

Iron & steel100%
Manufactured productswaiver-based
IIJA §70914 · 2021
Build America, Buy America
All federally-funded infrastructure

Iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials. The broadest domestic content law ever enacted.

Iron & steel100%
Manufactured products55%
Pricing

Tailored to your compliance footprint.

Pricing is based on project volume, team size, and compliance requirements. Tiered plans for contractors of every size.

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Contractor

For primes and specialty subs managing federally-funded projects.

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Enterprise

For large firms and multi-state operations with portfolio compliance needs.

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Agency

For federal and state agencies monitoring grantee compliance.

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Free for suppliers

Free forever.
No exceptions.

Suppliers and manufacturers use Build America at no cost — ever. Maintain your product library once, respond to cert requests from any contractor in minutes, and get discovered by new buyers through our directory.

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    Persistent product library

    Upload certs and MTRs once. They auto-attach to every future request.

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    One interface, every customer

    Respond to every contractor through the same portal. No more juggling formats.

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    Supplier directory

    Get discovered by contractors searching BABA-compliant domestic manufacturers.

Your product library12 items · all verified
RB
Rebar, ASTM A615 Gr 60
SKU RB-615-60 · 4 cert types
✓ Verified
HS
HSS, 8×8×½ A500 Gr B
SKU HSS-8X8 · 3 cert types
✓ Verified
CU
Copper bus bar, 500A
SKU CU-500 · 2 cert types
✓ Verified
AG
Coarse aggregate, #57
SKU AGG-57 · 1 cert type
✓ Verified
+ 8 more · visible to every contractor on the platform

Stop assembling compliance packages.
Start querying them.

See how Build America turns your supply chain into a verified, queryable provenance graph — in a 30-minute walkthrough.

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