Contract Administration Reporting System

CARS application

CARS release notes

• April 2025
• July 2023
• March 2023
• June 2021
• April 4, 2017
• Pre-release XML resources for summer 2017 CARS update
• Release notes for August 2017
• Pre-release notes
• Updated schema and element descriptions
• Updated sample XML invoices

CARS access request

• To request access to CARS, complete form DT1522 - CARS Request for Access, and email the completed form to WisDOTCARS@dot.wi.gov.
• Only consultant security administrators, management consultants and WisDOT employees need to complete the CARS Request for Access.
• Consultant staff members do not need to complete this form, but will need a Wisconsin User ID (WAMS ID) to access CARS.

CARS training

• CARS training manual v. 59 (Updated March 1, 2017)
• CARS Frequently Asked Questions
• CARS Question and Answer Session Notes June 23, 2015

Training videos

• Introduction to CARS

WisDOT training videos

• WisDOT – Reviewing Consultant Invoices
• WisDOT – Creating an Evaluation
• WisDOT – Submitting a Consultant Reviewed Evaluation

Consultant training videos

• Consultant - Adding Staff Members
• Consultant - Assign Contracts and Roles
• Consultant - Assign Contracts and Roles with Groups
• Consultant - Main Menu and Dashboard
• Consultant - Contract Navigation
• Consultant - Invoicing - Actual Cost Contract
• Consultant - Invoicing - Cost Per Unit Contract
• Consultant - Invoicing - Lump Sum Contract
• Consultant - Invoicing - Specific Rate Contract
• Consultant - Invoicing - Redistribution Contract
• Consultant - Invoicing - Redistribution Contract - Cost Per Unit
• Consultant - Invoicing - Include and Create Sub Invoices
• Consultant - Invoicing - Creating an Invoice as a Subconsultant
• Consultant - Invoicing - Creating a $0 Prime Invoice to Include Subconsultant Invoices
• Consultant - Invoicing - Creating a $0 Subconsultant Invoice to Include Previous Paid Amounts
• Consultant - Invoicing - Searching for invoices
• Consultant - Respond to WisDOT Evaluation

XML support information

• Appendix 13 v. 53
• Appendix 14 v. 53
• IMPORT invoices
• SAMPLE invoices
• CARS XML schema, element descriptions and XML for Excel export
• CARS code and type lists (updated 8/2/2021)