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Rung one · priced per sub, no call required
Sub roster check, priced per sub
License, DIR registration, insurance, debarment. Every sub read against the public registries that decide whether he can legally stand on your job, then handed back as a dated, sourced scorecard you can file. $175 per sub, commercial scope. $425 per sub, public-works scope. Three-sub minimum.
A short form and the list itself. No account, no call to book. Would rather just send an email? hello@aeternusdynamics.com works too.
Why it matters
A sub whose DIR registration lapsed two months ago looks exactly like a sub whose registration is current. He looks that way right up until the awarding body pulls the roster. Your CSLB license does not cover him. Your own DIR registration does not extend to him. Every tier on the job carries its own.
How it runs
Four steps
You send the list
Company names, and license numbers if you have them handy. A spreadsheet, a PDF, or the names typed into an email all work. We do not need your job costing, your contracts, or access to any system.
We confirm scope and price, in writing
Commercial or public works, sub count, and the total at $175 or $425 per sub. You approve it before the check starts. No surprise invoice.
We check every sub against four public sources
CSLB, DIR public-works registration, insurance and workers’ compensation currency, and the two debarment and exclusion lists. Each result is captured with the source and the date it was pulled, because a compliance record without a date is not a record.
You get the scorecard
One page per sub, one summary sheet, findings ranked by what would stop the job first. A person reads every line before it reaches you. Then nothing happens unless you make it happen. No follow-up sequence. No call.
What is in the scorecard
What the check covers
What we verify
- CSLB license status, classification and expiry, and whether that classification actually covers the scope you plan to hand them
- DIR public-works contractor registration under Labor Code §1725.5, with the registration number and current status
- Workers’ compensation coverage and certificate currency, down to the endorsement detail most checks skip: additional insured, waiver of subrogation, primary and non-contributory
- DIR debarred-contractor list and federal SAM exclusions
- The source and the pull date for every single line, so the scorecard stands up in your file months later
What it is not
- Not an opinion on whether a sub is any good at the work. We report what the registries say, not who to hire.
- Not an insurance-adequacy opinion. We report what the certificate says and what is missing against your own subcontract requirements; whether the limits are right is your broker’s call.
- Not legal advice, and not a legal conclusion about anyone’s compliance status.
- Not a credit report, a financial statement review, or a safety-program audit.
- Not ongoing. It is a photograph, not a film. Anything on it can lapse the day after we pull it, which is what rung two exists for.
A sample scorecard
Ten subs in, a scorecard back
A synthetic ten-sub roster, checked exactly the way yours would be, every flag naming the record it came from.
Submitted
- Sub •01
- Sub •02
- Sub •03
- Sub •04
- Sub •05
- Sub •06
- Sub •07
- Sub •08
- Sub •09
- Sub •10
Scorecard
- FLAG Sub •04: DIR public-works registration lapsed §1725.5 ↗
- FLAG Sub •07: CSLB license inactive, classification does not cover scope
Pricing
Pricing
Priced per sub and published rather than settled in a sales conversation: $175 per sub commercial scope, $425 per sub public-works scope, three-sub minimum, back inside 48 business hours. Applied to everyone the same way.
| What you get | Unit | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub Roster Check · commercial scope | per sub | $175 | Three-sub minimum |
| Sub Roster Check · public-works scope | per sub | $425 | Three-sub minimum. Adds DIR registration, apprenticeship registration, and debarment screening |
| Standing one-time vetting · pre-award due diligence on a single sub, no monitoring | per sub | $175commercial | Three-sub minimum |
| Standing one-time vetting · public works | per sub | $425public works | Three-sub minimum |
Our $175 is per sub, three subs minimum, with no annual commitment and no setup fee, and it adds the CSLB check and the endorsement-level certificate detail that a generic prequalification review does not include. The public-works scope (CSLB, DIR registration, apprenticeship status, the skilled-and-trained cross-reference and debarment in one scorecard) is priced on its own scope at $425. Pass-through fees, if any, are billed with the receipt attached and never marked up.
Priced plainly, per sub. No trial that converts to talk to anyone, and no follow-up sequence if you never reply.
Rate card effective 2026-08-27Scope and license, stated plainly
Aeternus Dynamics LLC holds no CSLB contractor license. This page is not an offer or advertisement to perform construction, repair, improvement, or the supervision of means and methods, and it may not be read as one (Business and Professions Code §§7027.1, 7028). The Sub Roster Check is verification and documentation only, reporting the presence, absence, and dates of publicly verifiable credentials against a named, dated checklist.
On work we perform for you, you are the bidder of record and the contractor of record: we never sign your bid, never sign as your contractor of record, and never perform, direct, schedule, or supervise any physical work. We do not opine on insurance adequacy, do not represent anyone before DIR or DLSE, and do not issue legal conclusions. Aeternus Dynamics is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. See our Terms & Disclosures.
Questions
Before you send the list
Why priced per sub instead of a flat package?
Because the work scales with the roster. Three subs and thirty subs are not the same job, and a flat price either overcharges the small roster or undercharges the large one. Per sub, three-sub minimum, keeps the price honest at either end.
Do I have to get on a call?
No. Fill in the request form or email the list, and the scorecard comes back. There is no call to book, no account to create and no card to enter. If you never reply after that, nothing happens.
What if a sub comes back with a problem?
The scorecard tells you what the registry says, what it means for that sub’s eligibility on public work, and what document would resolve it. What you do about it is your call. We do not contact your subs without your written instruction.
Do you contact my subcontractors?
Not for this check. Everything comes from public records. If you later engage monitoring, we draft chase and renewal correspondence for you to send under your own name; we do not email your subs as you.
What happens to my sub list afterwards?
It is business information about your trade partners and it is treated that way. We do not sell it, share it, or use it to market to the companies on it. See our Privacy Image credits page.
How is this different from a prequalification network?
Those networks charge your subcontractor, not you. Neither of the two networks we checked publishes a rate, so we will not quote one; what is not in dispute is who pays, and it is your sub, every year. They also score generic safety and financial data, with no California DIR, CSLB or debarment layer. This check costs your sub nothing, because we never contact him.
Is the scorecard good for anything after the day it is issued?
As a dated record of what was true when you checked, yes, and that is genuinely useful in a file. As current status, no, because licenses and certificates lapse. If you need it to stay true, that is roster monitoring.
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Aeternus Dynamics uses AI-assisted tools to help prepare and check compliance documents; all deliverables are reviewed by a qualified human before submission or use. Aeternus Dynamics is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Prices on this page are the current published rates for the Compliance Desk, effective 2026-08-27, and govern where they differ from older per-line rates listed elsewhere on this site. See our Terms & Disclosures.
Send the roster
We confirm sub count, scope, and price the same day, then the scorecard follows. Every submission is reviewed by hand, not by software.
Start a roster checkOr email it to hello@aeternusdynamics.com · Back to the compliance desk