Industries / Government
Manufacturing ERP for government accountability.
FAR and DFARS procurement compliance, non-deletable audit trails across all 17 departments, and DCAA-defensible cost accounting - built natively, not bolted on. Cortrova gives government contractors and public-sector manufacturers a single system of record that an auditor can read the way they read a contract.
The challenge
- !FAR and DFARS compliance is reconstructed at audit time from disconnected procurement, quality, and finance systems
- !DCAA wants cost traceability from a timecard to an indirect pool, but labor, material, and overhead live in separate tools that never reconcile
- !Audit trails are partial or editable, so contractors can't prove who did what, when, and from where across the operation
- !NIST 800-171 and CMMC controls are tracked in spreadsheets, with no live evidence that they're actually enforced in the system handling CUI
- !Records-retention requirements under FAR 4.703 are met manually, with no guarantee the underlying record was never altered or deleted
How Cortrova answers
- ✓Procurement compliance is native, not bolt-on: FAR Parts 15, 31, 42, 45, and 52 and the DFARS clauses that govern contractor manufacturing have direct counterparts in the platform's workflows.
- ✓Every action across all 17 departments is logged with user, timestamp, IP address, and full before-and-after context - and the records are tamper-evident and non-deletable.
- ✓Contract jobs roll up the way a DCAA auditor reads them: direct labor traces to timecards, direct material traces to lots and receipts, and other direct costs flow through indirect cost pools.
- ✓DFARS 252.204-7012 is implemented against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls, with the platform itself serving as live evidence for a CMMC 2.0 Level 2 assessment.
- ✓Cortrova deploys cloud, on-premises, or fully air-gapped - so work involving CUI or classified programs can run inside your own boundary.
Audit trails
Every action logged. Every decision traceable.
Cortrova captures actions across all 17 departments with user, timestamp, IP address, and full before-and-after context. Records are tamper-evident and non-deletable - so the question is never whether the trail exists, only how fast you can hand it to an auditor.
Who, when, where
Each entry carries the acting user, the exact timestamp, the originating IP address, and the field-level state before and after the change.
Tamper-evident by design
Records cannot be silently edited or deleted, satisfying FAR 4.703 records-retention expectations with an immutable underlying trail.
Auditor-ready exports
Pull a defensible, filterable export scoped to a contract, a department, a date range, or a single transaction.
FAR and DFARS
Procurement compliance. Not bolt-on, native.
The FAR parts and DFARS clauses that govern government-contractor manufacturing have direct counterparts in the Cortrova platform - mapped to features rather than appended as a separate compliance layer.
FAR Parts 15, 31, 42, 45, 52
Negotiation, cost principles, contract administration, government property, and clauses are reflected in the procurement, finance, and property workflows.
DFARS 252.204-7012
Safeguarding covered defense information against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls, with cyber-incident reporting expectations built in.
DFARS 252.242-7004 (MMAS)
Material Management and Accounting System discipline so material is acquired, tracked, and charged the way the clause requires.
DFARS 252.246-7007
Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance flows into inbound inspection and supplier qualification.
Cost transparency
DCAA-defensible. Down to the charge.
Contract jobs roll up as DCAA auditors read them. Direct labor traces to timecards, direct material traces to lots and receipts, and other direct costs flow through indirect cost pools - under CAS 401-420 and DCAA cost-accounting standards.
Direct labor traced from timecards to the charge number and contract
Direct material traced from receiving lots and receipts to the job
Indirect cost pools and rates applied transparently for incurred-cost review
Government property (GFP) and contractor-furnished equipment (CFE) tracked for FAR Part 45 accountability
Deployment
Inside your boundary, including air-gapped.
For programs involving CUI or classified work, Cortrova runs cloud, on-premises, or fully air-gapped - so sensitive data and the AI agents that act on it stay within an accreditation boundary you control. The platform is ITAR-aware and CMMC 2.0 Level 2 ready.
Cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped deployment from the same codebase
ITAR-aware data handling for export-controlled technical data
CMMC 2.0 Level 2 readiness with the system as live control evidence
FISMA-aligned posture for federal information-system requirements
Compliance frameworks
Built in, not bolted on.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Does Cortrova produce DCAA-defensible cost accounting?
Yes. Contract jobs roll up the way a DCAA auditor reads them - direct labor traces to timecards, direct material traces to receiving lots and receipts, and other direct costs flow through indirect cost pools under CAS 401-420. Because labor, material, and overhead share one data model, the rollup reconciles by construction rather than being assembled by hand for an incurred-cost submission.
Which FAR and DFARS requirements does the platform map to?
FAR Parts 15, 31, 42, 45, and 52 have direct counterparts in the procurement, finance, and property workflows. On the DFARS side, the platform addresses 252.204-7012 (covered defense information, mapped to all 110 NIST 800-171 controls), 252.242-7004 (Material Management and Accounting System), and 252.246-7007 (counterfeit electronic part detection), among others. Compliance is native to the workflows, not a separate bolt-on module.
How does the audit trail satisfy records-retention and accountability rules?
Every action across all 17 departments is logged with the acting user, a timestamp, the originating IP address, and full before-and-after context. Records are tamper-evident and non-deletable, which supports FAR 4.703 records-retention expectations and gives contracting officers and auditors a trail that can't be quietly altered after the fact.
Can Cortrova run inside a classified or CUI environment?
Yes. Cortrova deploys cloud, on-premises, or fully air-gapped from the same codebase, so the system and its embedded AI agents can run entirely within an accreditation boundary you control. It is ITAR-aware for export-controlled technical data and CMMC 2.0 Level 2 ready, with the platform itself serving as live evidence for the NIST 800-171 controls.
Is the AI usable on contracts where data can't leave our environment?
Yes. Because Cortrova can be deployed on-premises or air-gapped, the embedded AI agents operate against data that never leaves your boundary. You get predictive cost, quality, and schedule intelligence on sensitive programs without sending controlled or classified information to an external service.
In the field
What government teams run.
Hand DCAA a defensible cost rollup that traces every direct charge back to a timecard, lot, or receipt
Prove FAR 4.703 records retention with a tamper-evident trail no one can edit or delete
Demonstrate all 110 NIST 800-171 controls for a DFARS 252.204-7012 and CMMC Level 2 assessment
Track GFP and contractor-furnished equipment for FAR Part 45 property accountability
Surface counterfeit-part risk at inbound inspection under DFARS 252.246-7007
Run the entire operation air-gapped for CUI and classified programs
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