Reconciled by hand. In spreadsheets. While the AMSTAT API you've already paid for sits dormant and your Aircraft Post data ships to clients as screenshots.
System 1 is the fuselage. The structural core that carries everything else: database, ingestion, reconciliation, audit, and security. Delivered in eight weeks once the agreement, owners, credentials, infrastructure, and acceptance criteria are ready. $24,305 for Year 1, exactly as quoted May 20.
The proposed Continuous Evolution Retainer is the rest of the aircraft. If VanAllen elects it after Year 1, one major capability ships every quarter across a four-quarter roadmap, committed one quarter at a time. If VanAllen takes all four, the 24-month all-in lands at a proposed $69,905, inside the $60K–$85K ROM range quoted on May 20.
And at every quarter boundary, you decide what comes next. Keep building, or step down to steady-state. Never auto-renewed. Always your call.
Everything on this page is System 1: $24,305 all-in for Year 1. Nothing below requires any commitment beyond it.
The May 20 scope letter quoted $903/month for Year 2+ steady-state operation. That number stands, and it is the first path below. The second is a proposed structure this package introduces for the first time. Neither is a commitment today. The fuselage is the only commitment in front of you right now.
Proposed, pending the final agreement. One flat fee replaces per-project bolt-on quotes, so the buildout budget is known to the dollar before it starts. Committed one quarter at a time.
Sequenced to what the VanAllen team asked for on July 21: internal speed first, then intelligence. Q1 (alerts + Teams) gives every advisor the 3 AM listing edge from the first day of that quarter. Client portals stay parked, per your team, until you call for them. Any scheduled or parked item can also be pulled forward as an individually quoted project at the May 20 ranges.
ARM is built to support 30+ additional capabilities beyond the proposed buildout. The Capability Catalog organizes them into five categories. If VanAllen selects the evolution path, the team chooses what comes next from this universe. The selection below is a curated view. Full catalog available on request.
This choice exists only if VanAllen selects the proposed evolution option, and it exists at every quarter boundary, not at some distant decision date. Never auto-renewed at the buildout rate. Both doors are built from numbers you already have. Three of the four roadmap capabilities carry the exact operating fees quoted May 20; the Value Engine is new, so its fee is fixed in writing at its scope lock, before you commit to that quarter.
Every step below is System 1 only. Nothing after Year 1 is needed to start, and nothing here pre-commits it.
The mutual NDA, the signable agreement, and the kickoff scheduling link are on their way to you and Caycee. Sign, send the first milestone, and the eight-week clock starts. If anything needs a live conversation first, grab a slot below.
Current proposal framework, prepared July 21, 2026. The authoritative System 1 window is eight weeks from verified ready-to-start conditions. The existing $24,305 Year 1 commercial frame is preserved, and the $903/month Year 2+ steady-state path quoted on May 20 stands exactly as quoted. The Continuous Evolution Retainer is a proposed new option, an alternative to individually quoted bolt-ons, committed one quarter at a time, not a revision of anything previously agreed. The agreement you sign commits VanAllen to System 1 only. The post-Year 1 choice stays open until Year 1 ends, and nothing in the agreement pre-selects it.