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Payment Schedule

Four milestone-linked tranches — 20 / 20 / 50 / 10 — mapped directly to the weeks and deliverables in the Process & Timeline. Every payment is tied to a signed-off deliverable.

Tranche 1
20%
Advance
15 Jul 2026
Week 1 · 15 – 21 Jul 2026
Tranche 2
20%
Prototype Sign-Off
28 Jul 2026
Week 2 · 22 – 28 Jul 2026
Tranche 3
50%
UAT & Go-Live
25 Aug 2026
Weeks 3 – 6 · 29 Jul – 25 Aug 2026
Tranche 4
10%
Hypercare Completion
01 Sep 2026
Week 7 · 26 Aug – 01 Sep 2026
Tue, 15 Jul 2026
Project Start
Tue, 25 Aug 2026
Go-Live
Tue, 01 Sep 2026
Hypercare End
7 weeks
End-to-End

Tranches · weeks & deliverables covered

1
Week 1 · 15 – 21 Jul 2026
Due · 15 Jul 2026 (Day 1)
20%

Advance

Milestone 1 & 2 — Contract Signing + Architecture Sign-Off

Trigger · Contract signing — project kickoff

Mobilises the team and covers Week 1 — kickoff, architecture, technical documentation and environment provisioning.

Deliverables covered by this payment
Signed contract, kickoff deck & RACI
Tool access provisioned (Git, cloud, project tracking)
Architecture document, ERD & OpenAPI specs
Environments provisioned — Dev · Testing · Pre-Prod · Prod
Requirements & acceptance criteria sign-off
2
Week 2 · 22 – 28 Jul 2026
Due · 28 Jul 2026
20%

Prototype Sign-Off

Milestone 3 — Prototype Sign-Off

Trigger · UI/UX prototype & workflow validation accepted by client

Released once the interactive prototype with end-to-end workflows is reviewed and signed off at the end of Week 2.

Deliverables covered by this payment
Interactive clickable prototype — Workshop · Retailer · Admin
Validated end-to-end workflows
Component library baseline
3
Weeks 3 – 6 · 29 Jul – 25 Aug 2026
Due · 25 Aug 2026
50%

UAT & Go-Live

Milestone 4 & 5 — Consolidated Demo + UAT & Go-Live Sign-Off

Trigger · UAT sign-off and successful production cutover

Largest tranche, covering the full build, hardening and UAT cycle from Week 3 through Week 6, aligned to the production launch of all three apps (Workshop · Retailer · Admin).

Deliverables covered by this payment
Workshop mobile app build — auth, RFQ, quotations, orders (Week 3)
Retailer portal build — RFQ inbox, quotations, fulfilment, payments (Week 4)
Admin platform build + consolidated cross-app demo sign-off (Week 5)
Integration, performance benchmarks & security (SAST) hardening (Week 6)
UAT sign-off, production cutover, runbooks & handover docs (Week 6)
4
Week 7 · 26 Aug – 01 Sep 2026
Due · 01 Sep 2026
10%

Hypercare Completion

Stabilisation handover

Trigger · Completion of post go-live hypercare

Released after one week of post-launch hypercare — defect SLAs, monitoring tuning and stabilisation handover.

Deliverables covered by this payment
Daily defect triage & fixes
Monitoring & alert tuning
Release notes & stabilisation handover
Summary
  • 20% advance on contract signing — 15 Jul 2026
  • 20% on UI/UX prototype & workflow validation sign-off — 28 Jul 2026 (end of Week 2)
  • 50% on UAT sign-off & Go-Live — 25 Aug 2026 (end of Week 6)
  • 10% on completion of hypercare — 01 Sep 2026 (end of Week 7)

Invoicing & terms

  • Invoice raised on milestone sign-off; net 7 days payment window.
  • All figures exclusive of applicable taxes (GST).
  • Infrastructure & third-party tooling costs are borne by the Parts Manager and billed separately.
  • Payment in INR via bank transfer to the nominated account.