cadencefixed scope no day-rate
term2–6 weeks short blocks
pricer 80k – r 480k plus vat
leaves witha thing, named a working paper

the work, named.

we have done the same engagement enough times that the scope is now a package. fixed price. fixed term. fixed deliverable. you read the working paper, you sign the sow, we ship.

what is in scope.

  • a single, named deliverable. the audit-ready ledger. the popia kit. the data-room rebuild.
  • a fixed timeline. start friday; end six weeks later.
  • a single point of contact on our side. one operator, full-time.
  • a working paper at hand-over. signed, footnoted, yours.
  • one round of revision baked in. extra rounds are time-and-materials.

what is not in scope.

  • open-ended scope creep. we will quote a second package if the scope grows.
  • a co-design phase. the scope is the scope. we have shipped it before.
  • integration with arbitrary downstream systems. we publish to a clean interface.
  • ongoing support. quarterly office hours available; not bundled.
§ posture a productised offer is honest about being repeatable. we have shipped it before. that is the value, not a constraint.

the six packages.

each package is a working paper of its own — what is in, what is out, what you sign, what we hand over. enquire for the package brief.

cadence

  • ledgerp.01
  • popia kitp.02
  • data-roomp.03
  • eval setp.04
  • runbookp.05
  • working paperp.06
  1. P.01 · audit-ready ledger

    6 weeks. r 480k.

    replace your spreadsheet ledger with tekolo, audit-ready, signed, halal-compatible commercial structure available. closing working paper signed.

  2. P.02 · popia kit

    4 weeks. r 320k.

    controller register, lawful basis matrix, dpia for one product surface, data-subject-rights flow. paired with counsel.

  3. P.03 · data-room rebuild

    3 weeks. r 240k.

    investor or acquirer-ready data room. structured by surface; every artefact signed, sourced and dated.

  4. P.04 · eval set drafting

    2 weeks. r 160k.

    we draft an eval set from your data, your ground truth — for an ai surface you are about to ship or have already shipped.

  5. P.05 · runbook authoring

    2 weeks. r 120k.

    we write the runbook for one production surface — incident response, on-call rotation, drift-alerts, post-mortem template.

  6. P.06 · working-paper template

    2 weeks. r 80k.

    we draft the house working-paper template for your firm. typography, footnoting, signing posture, version control.

this is for you if…

signals.

  • you know exactly what you need and you want it priced.
  • you have a deadline — a board meeting, a data-room request, a regulator submission.
  • you have done the diagnostic; you want a fixed scope.
  • you want a thing, not a relationship.

not for you if…

  • you do not yet know the scope. start with a diagnostic; we will quote it.
  • you want a long relationship. start with the fractional surface instead.
  • you want bespoke. these are packages because we have shipped them before.
  • you want to negotiate the package shape. we will quote a custom sow instead.

the price list.

fixed prices in zar plus vat. fifty percent at start, fifty percent on hand-over. one round of revision baked in.

P.01 audit-ready ledgerspreadsheet → tekolo. signed audit trail.r 480k6 weeks
P.02 popia kitcontroller register · dpia · subject-rights flow.r 320k4 weeks
P.03 data-room rebuildinvestor / acquirer-ready.r 240k3 weeks
P.04 eval set draftingone ai surface, your data.r 160k2 weeks
P.05 runbook authoringone production surface.r 120k2 weeks
P.06 working-paper templatehouse template for the firm.r 80k2 weeks

example · a halal-feedlot, audit-ready ledger.

a halal-feedlot operator in the free state, ten-year-old excel ledger, halal-certifier asking for a real audit trail. six-week P.01 package. tekolo in production on day twenty-eight; certifier signed off on day forty-two.

  1. w. 01–02

    data migration & schema.

    mapped ten years of spreadsheet to tekolo. counsel reviewed the halal-certification trail.

  2. w. 03–05

    audit trail.

    append-only ledger live. certifier given read-only access for spot-checks.

  3. w. 06

    sign-off.

    working paper signed by founder, accountant, certifier. office hours quarterly to year-end.

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