A subcontractor with an open insolvency. A labour hire company with FWO enforcement action. A builder's licence that lapsed six months ago. Gumshoe finds all of it — live, from government registers — before you sign the contract or process the invoice.
Live licence status from state building authorities — Queensland BSA, NSW Fair Trading, Victorian VBA, SA CBS and more. Checks licence class, currency, and any conditions or suspensions.
FWO enforcement actions, underpayment findings, and court outcomes against the entity or its directors. Construction and labour hire are FWO's highest-priority investigation sectors.
ATO superannuation guarantee compliance signals. SGC underpayment is endemic in construction — Gumshoe surfaces non-compliant employers before they become your liability.
ASIC insolvency register — voluntary administration, liquidation, receivership. An open insolvency means paying their invoice may be a recoverable preference payment.
Cross-references directors against deregistered and wind-up companies. Construction phoenix operators routinely liquidate one entity and re-engage through a new ABN weeks later.
ABN status, GST registration, ASIC company status, entity type and registration date. A recently registered entity quoting decades of experience is a clear red flag.
Verify every subcontractor before they set foot on site. Licence, FWO, insurance, insolvency — confirm the basics before your procurement team executes the contract.
A subcontractor you've paid before just submitted a new invoice with new bank details. Run a Gumshoe check before you update your records — supplier fraud is rife in construction.
Labour hire company is quoting. Before you engage — check their FWO record and SG compliance. Labour hire chain liability runs up to the principal in some states.
Your construction client wants to pay a new subcontractor. Before the EFT goes out — verify the entity exists, the ABN matches, and there are no insolvency flags on the director.
Type the subcontractor or supplier's ABN (or search by name). Gumshoe resolves the entity identity against the ABR in real time.
Run licence, FWO, super, insolvency and phoenix checks. Each check sources live data from government registers — not cached or approximate.
Green-amber-red findings per check. Assurance score. Exportable PDF. Your case is saved to your Gumshoe dashboard for audit trail purposes.
No subscription required to run a construction supplier verification. Premium add-ons (Voice Verify, ongoing monitoring) are available when the risk warrants it.
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