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# Basic submissions

> Create a basic Supplier Submission for human qualification without creating an Application.

A **basic** submission is commercially accepted into human qualification only. Tera does not mint a Case Reference or create an Application until an explicit [promotion](/guides/promotion). Requires `supplier_submissions:create:basic`.

## Required fields

* `external_reference` — your immutable create key
* `level`: `basic`
* Applicant `first_name` and `last_name`
* UK-contactable `telephone`
* `business_name`
* `funding_amount` (integer GBP, £1,000–£10,000,000)
* `funding_purpose` (and `funding_purpose_detail` when purpose is `other`)
* `contact_expectation` evidence
* `capture_timestamp`
* `attribution`

Email, company number, sector, and notes are optional at this level.

## Example

Synthetic applicant **Amelia Hart** of **Northbridge Tea Rooms Ltd**.

```json theme={null}
{
  "external_reference": "northbridge-enq-1001",
  "level": "basic",
  "first_name": "Amelia",
  "last_name": "Hart",
  "telephone": "07700 900123",
  "business_name": "Northbridge Tea Rooms Ltd",
  "funding_amount": 25000,
  "funding_purpose": "working-capital",
  "contact_expectation": {
    "permission_stated": true,
    "channels": ["phone"],
    "wording_version": "supplier-v1-pending",
    "captured_at": "2026-08-29T09:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "capture_timestamp": "2026-08-29T09:00:00.000Z",
  "attribution": { "source": "sandbox-guide" }
}
```

## Acknowledgements

| HTTP    | Meaning                                                     |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **202** | New validated body persisted. `status` is `received`.       |
| **200** | Identical replay of the same `external_reference` and body. |

`received` is a technical acknowledgement. It is never billable.

Unknown fields are rejected. Do not send broker notes, HubSpot ids, or an `environment` override.