Commercial Proposal & ROI Business Case

Staff AI Systems Architect & HITL Lead

STAFF

$65.00/hr

Capacity: 160 hrs/mo

Allocation: 1 dedicated

Monthly: $10,400.00

Senior Full-Stack & Python Engineer

SENIOR

$50.00/hr

Capacity: 160 hrs/mo

Allocation: 1 dedicated

Monthly: $8,000.00

Autonomous Agentic Workforce (3 Agents)

AGENT

$8.00/hr

Capacity: 160 hrs/mo

Allocation: 3 dedicated

Monthly: $3,840.00

Horizon	US Onsite Cumulative	Proposed Retainer	Net Cash Savings	ROI Multiple
Year 1 (12 Months)	$760,380.00	$266,880.00	$493,500.00	2.85x (184.9%)
Year 2 (24 Months)	$1,520,760.00	$533,760.00	$987,000.00	2.85x (184.9%)
Year 3 (36 Months)	$2,281,140.00	$800,640.00	$1,480,500.00	2.85x (184.9%)

Step 0 Weeks 1 - 2

Phase 0: Discovery & Architecture Alignment

Repository audit, development environment provisioning, architecture consensus, and baseline telemetry instrumentation.

Sign-Off: Engineering leadership kickoff approved & environment operational.

Step 1 Weeks 3 - 6

Phase 1: Foundation & Alpha Pilot

Implement core domain abstractions, build initial microservices or agent workflows, and prove end-to-end integration.

Sign-Off: P95 latency targets met and 100% test pass rate on alpha features.

Step 2 Weeks 7 - 18

Phase 2: Velocity Scaling & Feature Delivery

Full-speed sprint execution, high-volume feature implementation, database refactoring, and AI agent augmentation.

Sign-Off: Sprint velocity sustained at >= 1.8x baseline with zero Sev-1 regressions.

Step 3 Weeks 19 - 24

Phase 3: Production Cutover & Handover

Final production migration, automated runbook documentation, knowledge transfer, and transition to long-term retainer.

Sign-Off: Zero open P0/P1 issues, all SLAs achieved, executive acceptance confirmed.

14-Day 100% Risk-Free Trial: If velocity, communication, or code quality fails to satisfy your standards within the first 14 days, you may cancel immediately with 100% refund.
100% Intellectual Property Assignment: All code, documentation, models, and scripts are works-made-for-hire owned exclusively by Scaleup Technologies.
Zero AI Model Training Covenant: Customer code, secrets, and datasets are strictly isolated and never fed into public LLMs.
Dedicated Alignment: Squad works 100% during US Eastern / Central hours with direct daily attendance in your standups.