Vendor Management

Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO)

Improving Operational Efficiency With B2Gnow's Vendor Management Software

Explore this case study to see how manual processes and fragmented tracking were eliminated for Houston METRO’s Office of Economic Business Opportunity (OEBO) by implementing B2Gnow’s Vendor Management software.

To achieve these goals, METRO worked with B2Gnow and shifted its OBEO team from administrative tasks to strategic leadership initiatives.

Download this case study to learn more about METRO’s success with:

  • Sustained Diverse Participation: More than 90% minority and women-owned business participation on contracts despite being a race-and-gender-neutral program.
  • Program Integrity: Ensures Primes are held accountable to the Contractor Utilization Plan (CUP) and meet prompt payment standards.
  • Operational Efficiency: More free time with the B2Gnow’s dashboard focus on key indicators, allowing for staff to respond faster to stakeholder requests.
  • Enhanced Compliance Confidence: Ensures consistent, accurate reporting on compliance and eligibility for critical funding opportunities.

 

Revolutionizing Construction Compliance: The Launch of eComply FieldReporter

Despite the risks, construction compliance has long relied on paper-based daily logs for tracking employees’ attendance on the jobsite. Lost or incomplete records create administrative headaches, gaps in oversight, and make it harder to resolve issues when questions arise. For agencies and contractors on publicly funded projects, daily employee attendance logs are essential, yet the continued reliance on paper sign-in sheets severely compromises both transparency and accountability.

B2Gnow delivers the highly-anticipated solution with eComply FieldReporter, a mobile module that brings labor compliance directly to the jobsite. It replaces manual sign-in sheets with a secure digital kiosk that captures real-time employee sign-in and out digitally at the source, reducing unauthorized entries and eliminating illegible handwriting issues. The result is accurate, verifiable electronic records that support agency oversight and help contractors stay aligned with labor requirements throughout the project.

The High Cost of Manual Processes

Relying on paper-based data collection creates inefficiency and risk across a project.

  • Human Error: Manually entering handwritten notes and sign-in sheets into a computer is a slow, error-prone process.
  • Missed Discrepancies: If site data does not match the Certified Payroll Report (CPR), penalties may result if not caught immediately.
  • Fraud Risks: Manual logs make it easier for employees to sign in or out for others or record incorrect hours.
  • Administrative Burden: Jobsite managers lose time typing handwritten data into spreadsheets instead of managing the project directly.

Meet eComply FieldReporter: Your Onsite Digital Solution

The eComply FieldReporter module replaces outdated tools with a secure, mobile-friendly application that tracks worker activity in real time. Part of the B2G suite of solutions, eComply provides a unified system that connects the field to the back office.

Labor compliance is shifting from retrospective reporting to proactive monitoring. FieldReporter supports this shift by providing verified electronic data from the source, ensuring accurate payroll entries and automatically flagging discrepancies against CPRs.

Key Features That Drive Compliance

FieldReporter is built to handle the complexities of large-scale construction sites and multiple jobsites simultaneously.

  • Mobile Kiosk and Digital Sign-In: Onsite managers use a 4-digit PIN to activate a kiosk-style interface on a mobile device for employee check-ins.
  • Worker Identification: Employees sign in using the last four digits of their SSN.
  • Validation and Verification: To confirm their identity and prevent fraudulent sign-ins, employees capture a selfie photo when checking in.
  • Geolocation Technology: The system captures exact latitude and longitude coordinates, allowing contractors to verify that employees are on the project site.
  • Real-Time Discrepancy Alerts: The module is fully integrated with eComply to notify the General Contractor by email if digital sign-in data does not match the CPR.
  • Security and User Access: Role-based access control by project or contractor protects sensitive data and complies with data protection regulations.

Tangible Benefits for Construction Teams

By digitizing daily activities, agencies and contractors can transform operations.

  • Enhances Efficiency: Saves time and eliminates duplicate data entry and paper logs.
  • Improves Accuracy: Automating data collection and employee verification minimizes errors and ensures accurate payroll entries.
  • Reduces Administrative Effort: Streamlined workflows let staff focus on higher-value tasks rather than on manual filing.
  • Ensures Accountability: Provides a verified account of daily activities, including hours and job roles.
  • Monitors Utilization: Workforce usage is compared against project goals in real time, with discrepancies flagged immediately for the contractor.
  • Audit Readiness: All data is available and attached to the project, providing evidentiary data for audits or legal proceedings.

Secure, Scalable, and Seamless

FieldReporter is a web-based SaaS solution accessible via browser on tablets, laptops, and smartphones. It is a fully integrated add-on module that syncs in real time with the eComply solution, making it easy to track progress and prepare for audits with all documentation at your fingertips. Whether documenting project status, staffing, or resources used, FieldReporter ensures your data is audit-ready from day one.

Protect your project from compliance risks and eliminate time-consuming manual data entry with eComply FieldReporter. By digitizing onsite activity, this solution saves you administrative time and automates discrepancy alerts, ensuring every record is audit-ready.

Take the next step toward digital accuracy today.

Ready to see how modern solutions can transform your compliance process? Learn more and schedule a demo to discover how eComply can help your organization streamline compliance, reduce risk, and stay audit-ready.

Datasheet: eComply FieldReporter

Digitize Onsite Sign-In and Strengthen Payroll Compliance

Learn how eComply FieldReporter provides agencies and contractors with a secure, mobile-friendly way to capture daily onsite sign-in and sign-out activity in real time. Using a kiosk-style interface accessible on any mobile device, employees log hours, capture selfies or digital signatures, and record required project details, eliminating paper and manual data entry.

The web-based SaaS module validates worker identity, captures geolocation, and compares sign-in data with Certified Payroll Reports (CPRs), automatically flagging discrepancies and incomplete logs. With real-time reporting, audit-ready documentation, and seamless integration with eComply Compliance Management and FieldInspector, FieldReporter helps ensure accurate payroll reporting, stronger oversight, and defensible compliance records.

Navigating the USDOT Interim Final Rule (IFR): A Practical Guide for Program Leaders Driving Compliance

Navigating the USDOT Interim Final Rule: A practical guide for program leaders to understand new requirements and achieve IFR compliance

On-Demand Webinar: Adapting to What’s Next: Modern Prevailing Wage Practices for California Public Agencies

Stay ahead of evolving California prevailing wage laws with on-demand insights to strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and protect agency funding.

State Compliance Guides: Certified Payroll Reporting and Labor Compliance Resources

Certified Payroll Reporting and Labor Compliance Resources

Vendor Management

SamTrans Strengthens Contract Compliance and Vendor Engagement

How SamTrans Uses B2Gnow to Improve Contract Oversight, Reporting, and Outreach

Discover how the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) uses B2Gnow to manage contract compliance, certification, and outreach more efficiently. By centralizing contract and vendor data, automating alerts, and simplifying communication, SamTrans has reduced administrative burden while improving visibility into compliance and reporting activity.

  • Favorite Feature: The ability to manage contracts, vendors, audits, and payment reporting in one centralized system, making it easier to track activity, configure reporting requirements, and identify issues early.
  • Feedback: Vendors find the platform intuitive and appreciate the ability to report payments, respond to audits, and communicate directly through the system, reducing confusion and follow-up questions.
  • Additional Highlight: B2Gnow’s outreach tools enable SamTrans to conduct targeted engagement with certified firms, track participation, and refine outreach efforts based on engagement insights.

Make compliance easy. Make a difference in the community.

Discover how our vendor management, prevailing wage labor compliance, and grant management software solutions help you streamline processes and allow you to deliver greater impact to your community.


Days of B2G 2025 – Day 5: Coming Soon and 2026 Vision

The Days of B2G is our annual series celebrating a year of innovation, progress, and meaningful enhancements across our solutions, spotlighting updates that help our entire community work more efficiently and transparently.

As we wrap up the Days of B2G 2025 celebration, we turn our attention to the year ahead. In 2026, we will continue our commitment to modernizing the platform and enhancing the tools that support certification, compliance, and vendor engagement. These updates reflect our long-term vision of delivering a unified, intuitive, and AI-assisted experience for all customers.

Stronger Integrations Across Solutions

We expanded single sign-on (SSO), enhanced data connections, and began building combined reporting capabilities across B2Gnow, eComply, and BlackCat. These improvements help customers streamline workflows, reduce duplication, and centralize key compliance and contracting data in a single location.

As we continue to align our solutions, customers using more than one B2Gnow product will benefit from more seamless transitions, more consistent data management, and future combined reporting across compliance and labor workflows.

Modernized Online Applications Coming in 2026

The B2Gnow Online Application module, a core component of our Vendor Management solution, already streamlines vendor certification with online document upload, automated workflows, and real-time status tracking for both applicants and staff. 

In 2026, we will further modernize this experience. The redesigned interface will be more intuitive and efficient, focusing on clarity, simplicity, and accessibility to help applicants navigate complex requirements with greater confidence. 

These improvements lay the foundation for a more supportive application experience, helping to reduce errors and improve processing quality.

AI Support for Vendors Throughout the Application Process

As part of the modernization of the B2Gnow Online Application module, optional AI will guide vendors through the application workflow by:

  • Suggesting answers or clarifications based on uploaded documents
  • Proactively flagging inconsistencies
  • Explaining complex questions in plain language
  • Helping applicants understand what is needed at each step

These features are designed to simplify the application process, leading to improved application completeness and greater vendor satisfaction. With AI assisting applicants at every stage, agencies can expect higher-quality submissions and more efficient reviews.

A Modern Certification Management Experience for Certification Teams

The Certification Management module is a core B2Gnow module that tracks the entire certification lifecycle, from application to renewal, by automating workflows with checklists and centralizing all supporting documentation in one location. 

In 2026, we will introduce a modernized version of this module. This update will streamline review workflows, help staff manage large caseloads, reduce repetitive data checks, and provide clearer visibility into decision pathways.

AI assistance will support certifiers by identifying risky areas, highlighting missing or inconsistent data, and providing context for regulatory requirements. These capabilities are designed to help programs maintain defensible decisions and keep pace with evolving federal expectations.

Upcoming Training to Support the 2026 B2Gnow Initiatives

We will host customer-exclusive Power Analytics Training Webinars along with a new webinar series focused on support processes and user operations.  

B2Gnow customers can register for a Power Analytics Training Webinar from the B2GnowSystem News. 

Stay tuned for registration details for the new webinar series on support processes and user operations.

DRIVE 2026 will also include expanded sessions focused on modernized modules, AI features, and best practices for certification and compliance programs.

Learn more about the B2Gnow DRIVE 2026 conference

Interested in learning more about B2Gnow solutions? Request a demo today

Days of B2G 2025 – Day 4: Ecosystem Growth and Integration

The Days of B2G is our multi-day series dedicated to showcasing a year’s worth of innovation, progress, and meaningful enhancements across our solutions, all aimed at helping agencies, organizations, vendors, and communities work more efficiently and with greater transparency.

This past year brought significant strides in integration, collaboration, and engagement across our suite of public sector solutions. Today, on Day 4, we highlight how these efforts strengthen the entire B2Gnow ecosystem and create a more unified experience for agencies, primes, and system partners.

Stronger Integrations Across Solutions

We expanded single sign-on (SSO), enhanced data connections, and began building combined reporting capabilities across B2Gnow, eComply, and BlackCat. These improvements help customers streamline workflows, reduce duplication, and centralize key compliance and contracting data in a single location.

As we continue to align our solutions, customers using more than one B2Gnow product will benefit from more seamless transitions, more consistent data management, and future combined reporting across compliance and labor workflows.

Customer Advisory Boards Continue to Grow

Our B2Gnow Customer Advisory Board has become a central voice in shaping our product roadmap. Members help us identify customer needs, validate new ideas, and guide future improvements.

We are also excited to introduce a new eComply Customer Advisory Board in early 2026. This board will focus on the needs of prevailing wage and labor compliance programs as we expand integration between B2Gnow and eComply.


Customers interested in participating can contact Customer Support.

Free Access to B2G FairSource for Prime Contractors

To help prime contractors participate more effectively in public projects, we are now offering a free access program for B2G FairSource. With B2G FairSource, Primes can search for certified vendors, document Good Faith Efforts, and streamline outreach and vendor sourcing.

You can share this enrollment link with your prime contractors to bring them into the free access program and expand engagement within your ecosystem.

A Connected Future

As we further align our solutions to better support public infrastructure and capital improvement programs, integrations and partnerships will play a vital role in creating a more cohesive experience for our customers.

Today’s updates reflect the momentum behind that vision and the continued progress toward a connected, scalable ecosystem for all B2G users.

Interested in learning more about B2Gnow solutions? Request a demo today

Days of B2G 2025 – Day 3: Support, Training, and Customer Success

Our annual Days of B2G series is our yearly celebration of the innovation, progress, and key enhancements rolled out across our solutions over the past year, all designed to help agencies, organizations, vendors, and communities work smarter and with greater transparency.

A great system is only as effective as the support behind it. Today, on Day 3, we highlight the enhancements we made this year to streamline support, expand training resources, and strengthen customer success across our platforms.

Unified Support Through the B2G Help Center

All B2G solutions, including B2Gnow, eComply, and BlackCat, now share a unified help experience in the B2G Help Center. This provides customers with a consistent, searchable knowledge base as well as a ticketing system.

The unified Help Center also allows us to deliver more targeted resources and standardize best practices across all product lines, helping agencies and primes resolve issues more efficiently.

DRIVE 2025 Recap and DRIVE 2026 Registration

DRIVE 2025 was our largest event ever, with more than 260 attendees, 10 exhibitors, and over 120 sessions. It was a major gathering of practitioners, program leaders, and partners who shared insights on certification, contract compliance, prevailing wage, reporting, and program management.

We look forward to welcoming even more customers at B2Gnow DRIVE 2026, taking place April 27 to 30 in Litchfield Park, Arizona.

New Service Partners to Support Your Program

This year, we expanded our Service Partner Program to include providers specializing in implementation support, configuration assistance, economic impact reporting, and Power Analytics development. Our partners are trained in B2G solutions and ready to help agencies meet their operational and reporting needs.

Find a B2Gnow Service Partner

Upcoming Support Webinar Series

In early 2026, we will host a three-part webinar series focused on supporting best practices, ticket submission and handling, and what is next for B2Gnow Support. These sessions will help users navigate the Help Center more effectively, understand support workflows, and make the most of the available resources.

Stay tuned for registration details.

More Ways to Learn

Explore our blog, Help Center articles, recorded training sessions, and upcoming events for additional resources designed to support your team. Whether you are new to the system or looking to deepen your expertise, there are many ways to continue learning, optimize your use of the B2Gnow solutions, and improve your program’s success.


Interested in learning more about B2Gnow solutions? Request a demo today