diff --git a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/findRateWithHistory.test.ts b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/findRateWithHistory.test.ts
index 5da25b24aa..e48d1400b5 100644
--- a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/findRateWithHistory.test.ts
+++ b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/findRateWithHistory.test.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ import { insertDraftRate } from './insertRate'
 import { updateDraftRate } from './updateDraftRate'
 import { unlockRate } from './unlockRate'
 import { findRateWithHistory } from './findRateWithHistory'
-import {
-    must,
-    mockInsertContractArgs,
-    consoleLogFullData,
-} from '../../testHelpers'
+import { must, mockInsertContractArgs } from '../../testHelpers'
 import { mockInsertRateArgs } from '../../testHelpers/rateDataMocks'
 import { findContractWithHistory } from './findContractWithHistory'
 import type { DraftContractType } from '../../domain-models/contractAndRates/contractTypes'
@@ -550,6 +546,7 @@ describe('findRate', () => {
         const fetchResubmittedRateOne = must(
             await findRateWithHistory(client, rateIDOne)
         )
+        //console.info(JSON.stringify(fetchResubmittedRateOne, null, '  '))
         expect(fetchResubmittedRateOne.revisions).toHaveLength(2)
         // Expect the earliest submission contract revision to be attached to first submission rate revision
         expect(
diff --git a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitContract.ts b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitContract.ts
index 2f84927575..09ec525236 100644
--- a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitContract.ts
+++ b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitContract.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ export async function submitContract(
             console.error(err)
             return new NotFoundError(err)
         }
-        //console.info(`current rev : ${JSON.stringify(currentRev, null, '  ')}`)
 
+        // get the related rate revisions and any unsubmitted rates
         const relatedRateRevs = currentRev.draftRates.map((c) => c.revisions[0])
+        const unsubmittedRates = relatedRateRevs.filter(
+            (rev) => rev.submitInfo === null
+        )
 
         return await client.$transaction(async (tx) => {
             // Create the submitInfo record in the updateInfoTable
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ export async function submitContract(
                 },
             })
 
-            for (const rev of relatedRateRevs) {
+            // we only want to update the rateRevision's submit info if it has not already been submitted
+            for (const rev of unsubmittedRates) {
                 await tx.rateRevisionTable.update({
                     where: {
                         id: rev.id,
diff --git a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitRate.ts b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitRate.ts
index 0a06068d43..20645367fd 100644
--- a/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitRate.ts
+++ b/services/app-api/src/postgres/contractAndRates/submitRate.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { includeLatestSubmittedRateRev } from './prismaSubmittedContractHelpers'
 import { NotFoundError } from '../postgresErrors'
 import type { RateFormDataType } from '../../domain-models'
 
-type SubmitRateArgsType =  {
+type SubmitRateArgsType = {
     rateID?: string
     rateRevisionID?: string // this is a hack that should not outlive protobuf. rateID should be there and be required after we remove protos
     formData?: RateFormDataType
@@ -26,14 +26,9 @@ async function submitRate(
 
     try {
         return await client.$transaction(async (tx) => {
-            const {
-                rateID,
-                rateRevisionID,
-                submittedByUserID,
-                formData,
-            } = args
+            const { rateID, rateRevisionID, submittedByUserID, formData } = args
 
-            const submittedReason =  args.submittedReason ?? 'Initial submission' // all subsequent submissions will have a submit reason due to unlock submit modal
+            const submittedReason = args.submittedReason ?? 'Initial submission' // all subsequent submissions will have a submit reason due to unlock submit modal
 
             // this is a hack that should not outlive protobuf. Protobufs only have
             // rate revision IDs in them, so we allow submitting by rate revisionID from our submitHPP resolver
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ async function submitRate(
                         create: {
                             updatedAt: currentDateTime,
                             updatedByID: submittedByUserID,
-                            updatedReason: submittedReason
+                            updatedReason: submittedReason,
                         },
                     },
                     contractRevisions: {