You need to file Form 1065. You had expenses and you paid contractors. The partnership will have a loss.
Except as provided below, every domestic partnership must file Form 1065, unless it neither receives income nor incurs any expenditures treated as deductions or credits for federal income tax purposes. Form 1065
A partnership is the relationship between two or more people to do trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor, or skill, and shares in the profits and losses of the business.
Publication 541, Partnerships, has information on how to:
Reporting Partnership Income
A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses, etc., from its operations, but it does not pay income tax. Instead, it "passes through" profits or losses to its partners. Each partner reports their share of the partnership's income or loss on their personal tax return.
Partners are not employees and shouldn't be issued a Form W-2. The partnership must furnish copies of Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) to the partner.
