Is Cm3 only a prequalification service?
No. Its solutions page lists 11 products, including Cm3 OnSite for site access and visitor management, Cm3 Induct for online inductions, insurance verification, modern slavery and chain of responsibility tools, and a Permit To Work built into OnSite, announced on 30 June 2026. Read 29 September 2026.
How does Cm3’s assessment work?
Cm3 runs it for you. A contractor sets up a Business Risk Profile and submits licences, qualifications, insurances, and samples of completed documentation, and Cm3’s qualified Assessors review them against its assessment scheme. Its prequalification page offers pass or fail submissions based on your requirements, and Cm3 Lite, a standardised document check for low-risk contractors. ComplyFlow’s prequalification is your own form, approved by your own people after AI reads it against your criteria.
How much does Cm3 cost a contractor?
Cm3 publishes no dollar figure. Its contractor FAQ describes a tiered structure calculated from the contractor’s Business Risk Profile, and says it is 'one fee, for one year, for unlimited clients'.
Does Cm3 use AI?
Its product pages name none, read 29 September 2026; Cm3 describes its prequalification as experienced Assessors qualified to make careful judgements. Its prequalification page’s product data does list automated verification of licences, insurances, and competencies. ComplyFlow puts an AI agent on the form questions you choose, a SWMS included, which reads answers and files against your criteria and shows its reasons; your people approve. It reviews a SWMS and never writes one.
Who owns Cm3?
Wesfarmers, as part of the Blackwoods Group in its Bunnings division. Wesfarmers has agreed to sell it to Achilles, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval, according to Wesfarmers’ lawyers (3 August 2026). Achilles announced the agreement on 24 July 2026, expects it to close in the coming months, and says both companies are committed to a smooth transition for customers with no disruption to current services. Cm3’s own site still describes it as part of the Wesfarmers group, read 29 September 2026. If you are signing a multi-year agreement, ask Cm3 about roadmap and pricing through the change.
What happens to our data if we leave Cm3?
Cm3’s standard terms and conditions say your data remains your property, and that Cm3 must provide an extract in SQL, XML, or CSV if you ask during the agreement or within 90 days after it ends; after those 90 days it may delete the data. They also let a subscriber adversely affected by a change to the terms end the agreement by written notice within 60 days of the notice or the change, whichever is later. Check your own contract document.
How does ComplyFlow connect a supplier, a Worker, and a work order?
Your maintenance or work-order system reads the supplier’s compliance through the API before it releases a job: cleared, and the Worker signs in to the order; not cleared, and your system holds it with the reason on the supplier’s record. The status is the same wherever it is read, and a Worker who is not cleared for the location will not be able to sign in until it is resolved, unless the site is set to allow Sign in Anyway, which notifies the client. The Inspection app records the work, and the open API reads and writes work orders and inspections. Read 1 October 2026.
Can we run both?
You can. One shape is Cm3 continuing to prequalify a panel already on it, with ComplyFlow carrying site access, permits, incidents, plant, and inspections. It is still two records for one contractor, which is the cost you are accepting. ComplyFlow’s REST API and MCP access exist partly so that cost is smaller. Whatever you run, ask what happens between the systems: whether a work order can see the supplier’s status, and whether the gate checks it again when the Worker arrives.
