---
title: "Activate subcontract"
slug: "activate-subcontract"
description: "Activate subcontracts efficiently by managing purchase orders and procurement categories in project management. Streamline your workflow today!"
tags: ["Task", "Project Control Suite", "PCS"]
updated: 2026-03-20T09:03:21Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:45:57Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/activate-subcontract"
---

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# Activate subcontract

You can activate a subcontract if the project quotations, to which the subcontract is related, are transferred to a project.

On activation of a subcontract:

- One purchase order is created for each main project and subcontractor combination. If already a purchase order exists for a project-and-subcontractor combination, this purchase order is used.
- For each subcontract line, a line is added to the purchase order. These purchase order lines are created based on the procurement category. The item on the purchase order line is the service item as defined for the procurement category.

### Steps

1. Go to **Project management** **and accounting** > **Subcontracts** > **All subcontracts**.
2. In the list, find and select the desired record.
3. In the list, click the link in the selected row.
4. In the list, mark the selected row.
5. Click **Active**.
6. Click **Yes**.

> [!NOTE]
> Notes
> 
> You can have this scenario:
> 
> - **Change management** is activated for purchase orders.
> - A purchase order exists for a project-and-subcontractor combination.
> 
> If you activate a subcontract for this project-and-subcontractor combination, the status of the existing purchase order is checked. If it is not yet approved, for each subcontract line, a line is added to the purchase order. If the workflow status of the purchase order is other than **Draft**, adding lines is blocked. In this case, a new purchase order is created.