What does your compliance program actually cost?
Most defense manufacturers see the consultant invoice. They don’t see the clause evaluation labor buried in quality and engineering hours. This calculator surfaces both.
External consultant spend
Mandatory clause review
Part applicability determination
FAI evaluation labor
Four cost lines. Conservative by design.
Most ROI calculators for compliance software only count the consultant invoice. That’s the line that shows up on a P&L. It misses the labor cost buried in quality and engineering hours — the work that happens at contract award, every time a regulation changes, and every time a new part number enters the program.
| Cost line | How it’s calculated | What GovComply does |
|---|---|---|
| External consultant spend | Your stated annual retainer — entered directly | Displaces the recurring retainer. Episodic consultant work may still apply for novel regulatory questions. |
| Mandatory clause review | Hours per contract × contract count × blended rate | AI Validator maps mandatory FAR/DFARS clauses at contract intake and re-runs automatically when acquisition.gov updates. |
| Part applicability determination | Hours per part × part count × blended rate | Per-line clause resolver in the PO Workbench evaluates applicable FAR, DFARS, and customer SQAR clauses for each part on upload. |
| FAI evaluation labor | Hours per part × part count × blended rate — full cycle from determination through first article documentation | FAI Workbench tracks AS9102 Forms 1/2/3 per part, auto-opens NCRs on rejection, and manages 24-month lapsed-production re-FAI triggers. |
Tier recommendation logic: Foundation (up to 10 contracts, $96K/year) · Growth (up to 25 contracts, $120K/year) · Prime (unlimited contracts, $144K/year). The ROI equation is strongest at Growth and Prime where AI Validator, clause evaluation automation, and FAI tracking displace the largest share of both consultant spend and internal labor.
These estimates are illustrative. Actual savings depend on your specific contract mix, audit exposure, part program complexity, and the degree to which GovComply replaces versus supplements your current compliance approach. GovComply is not a licensed accounting or legal advisory service. This calculator does not constitute a financial projection.
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