Complete a Prime Contract Change Order with DocuSign®
Objective
To complete a prime contract change order with DocuSign®.
Background
If you have a DocuSign® account, you can connect your Procore prime contract change order to DocuSign® to manage the signature process. This provides the parties on the contract change with a way to receive, review, and return their signatures online—at any time and from any Internet-enabled device.
Things to Consider
Required User Permissions:
'Admin' level permissions on the project's Prime Contracts tool.
'Admin' level permissions on the project's Change Orders tool.
Additional Information:
Once you sign into you DocuSign® account from Procore, you will NOT need to sign in again until the login token expires. Once expired, the 'Re-Authentication Required' banner appears in Procore. To learn more, see What do the different DocuSign® banners in Procore mean?
If you do not have DocuSign® enabled, see Create a Prime Contract Change Order from a Change Event or Create a Prime Contract Change Order.
Prerequisites
Enable the DocuSign® Integration on Your Company's Procore Account
To request signatures using the Procore + DocuSign® integration, you must have an active DocuSign® account. For details, see:
Create a Prime Contract Change Order from a Change Event or Create a Prime Contract Change Order
Steps
Open the Change Order
Log In to DocuSign®
Prepare the DocuSign® Envelope
Open the Change Order
The steps you use to open the change order depend on your configuration settings and whether the Change Events tool is enabled on the project.
TipUnsure about whether to enable the Change Events tool on a project?
Your Procore Administrator can turn the tool ON or OFF. However, it is important to learn more about that process first. For details, see Can I enable the Change Events tool on my existing project? and Can I disable the Change Events tool?
Unsure about whether to enable the Change Events tool on a project?
Your Procore Administrator can turn the tool ON or OFF. However, it is important to learn more about that process first. For details, see Can I enable the Change Events tool on my existing project? and Can I disable the Change Events tool?
For Contracts Using the 1-tier change order Setting and For Projects using the Change Events tool
Navigate to the project's Change Events tool.
In the Line Items tab, click the change event's Number link.
In the change event, click Edit.
Scroll to the Prime Contract Change Order section.
Locate the change order to send for signature and click View.
In the change order, click Edit.
Mark the Sign with DocuSign check box.
In the change order, click Edit and complete the data entry.
Click the Complete with DocuSign button at the bottom of the page.
For Contracts Using the 2- or 3-Tier Change Order Setting and For Projects Not using the Change Events Tool
If the Prime Contracts tool on your project is configured to the use two (2) or three (3) tier change order setting, or if the Change Events tool is NOT active on your project, use these steps to open the change order:
Navigate to the project's Prime Contracts tool.
Locate the prime contract with the change order. Click the Number link.
Under General Information, click Edit.
Mark the Sign with DocuSign check box.
In the General Information card, click Save.
Click the Change Orders tab.
In the Prime Contract Change Orders table, click the Number link.
In the change order, click Edit and complete the data entry.
Click the Complete with DocuSign button at the bottom of the page.
Log In to DocuSign®
If you are NOT logged into your DocuSign® account when you launch the DocuSign® application from Procore:
NotesTo learn how to gain access to DocuSign® from a Procore tool, see one of the tasks in Which Procore project tools support the DocuSign® integration?
To log into DocuSign® from Procore, you need valid login credentials (an email address and a password) for a DocuSign® account. To learn more, see Do I need a DocuSign© account? and How do I get a DocuSign® account?
To learn how to gain access to DocuSign® from a Procore tool, see one of the tasks in Which Procore project tools support the DocuSign® integration?
To log into DocuSign® from Procore, you need valid login credentials (an email address and a password) for a DocuSign® account. To learn more, see Do I need a DocuSign© account? and How do I get a DocuSign® account?
At the DocuSign® Log In page, type your email address in the Email box:
Click Next.
Enter your password.
Click Log In.
Prepare the DocuSign® Envelope
Once you are logged into the DocuSign®, the 'Upload a Document and Add Envelope Recipient' page appears. Complete these steps:
Add Documents to the Envelope
Add Recipients to the Envelope
Add a Message to All Recipients
Preview the Signature Fields & Send the Envelope
Add Documents to the Envelope
The following Procore information automatically populates the DocuSign® envelope:
A PDF copy of the change order is automatically added to the 'Add Documents to Envelope' section.
The required signature boxes for each 'Role' on the contract. For example, the General Contractor or Subcontractor who are parties on the change order. This includes each users 'Name' and 'Email Address.' For more information, see Add Recipients to the Envelope below.
Optional: If you want to add additional documents to the envelope, choose one of the available options under the 'Add Documents to the Envelope' section:
Note
The available options in the 'Add Documents to the Envelope' section are developed and maintained by DocuSign®. To learn how to use DocuSign®, Procore recommends reviewing the content on support.docusign.com.
Upload
Use a Template
Get From Cloud
Add Recipients to the Envelope
Under 'Add Recipients to the Envelope', keep the default signature boxes.
Note
As illustrated below, the following Procore information, if available, is automatically populated in DocuSign®:
If the data exists in the Procore application, the signature boxes show the recipients 'Role' in the contract process. In the illustration below, the roles are General Contractor or Subcontractor. If your company has implemented one of Procore's language or point-of-view dictionaries in your environment, the roles that appear in your environment may be different. To learn more, see What languages are available in Procore? and What tool names and terms are different in Procore for general contractors, owners, and specialty contractors?
Each signature box also shows the Name and Email Address for the Procore user.
The other options in the 'Add Recipients to the Envelope' section are developed and maintained by DocuSign®. To learn how to use DocuSign®, Procore recommends reviewing the content on support.docusign.com.
Add a Message to All Recipients
In the 'Message to All Recipients' section, do the following:
Email Subject
Enter a subject line for the outgoing email message.Email Message
Enter the copy for the body of the outgoing email message.
Click Next.
Preview the Signature Fields & Send the Envelope
The next step is to preview the signature fields on the PDF. The signature fields correspond to the roles in Procore. For example, the General Contractor and Subcontractor who are parties to the change order. These fields are automatically added to the DocuSign® envelope by the Procore + DocuSign® integration.
Scroll to the bottom of the PDF to view the signature fields. An example is pictured below.
Keep the existing signature fields. These fields are automatically populated by Procore and keeping them in their default positions ensures the signature workflow for the Procore application functions as expected.
Optional: Add any 'Standard Fields' to the form as desired.
Note
The options in the 'Standard Fields' area are developed and maintained by DocuSign®. To learn how to use DocuSign®, Procore recommends reviewing the content on support.docusign.com.
When you are ready to collect the specified signatures, click Send.
DocuSign® sends the envelope to the specified recipients. Recipients can then continue with the Next Step. Once all the signatures are collected and applied to the document, Procore changes the status of the change order to 'Approved.' You also have the option to update the change order's status manually.
Note
The change order status shown on the PDF export of the signed document reflects the status of the change order when the document was sent for signature.