Proposal · CV-2026-04-SAH
A fully operational rental platform for Sikh Autohaus: real bookings, real payments, real operations. Built on the foundation you've already seen.
Prepared for
Sikh Autohaus
San Jose, California
Prepared by
Zachary Chernicky
Chernicky Ventures LLC
Date
April 18, 2026
Valid until
May 18, 2026
In one paragraph
One hundred forty-five thousand dollars, flat. Fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch. A full operations platform that runs the entire rental business end to end, with a ninety-day stabilization period included. The interactive site you saw was built at our risk. It's yours either way.
Phase 1 · Complete
The demo at sikhautohaus.chernickyventures.com is a fully interactive working spec of the customer-facing experience. It was designed and built on speculation to earn the conversation we're having now.
Delivered at zero cost. Yours to keep either way.
Phase 2 · Scope
Six capability areas, delivered together, operating as one system. This is not an MVP that you outgrow in six months. It's the platform that runs the business.
Timeline
A realistic schedule that's faster than the agency market by design. Six phases, two milestone gates, one launch. I build on a weekly cadence with a walkthrough every Friday so there are no surprises at the end.
Weeks 1–2
Operations mapping, technical design, rental agreement drafting with your counsel, data model finalization.
Weeks 3–6
Reservations, Stripe, the admin dashboard, the fleet manager, the customer-facing account system.
Weeks 7–10
Check-in and check-out, photo documentation, mileage and fuel, email and SMS, customer portal.
Weeks 11–12
MVR, incident workflow, utilization reports, review collection, performance and accessibility audits.
Weeks 13–14
User acceptance testing with you and any staff, final data migration, DNS cutover, go-live.
Weeks 15–26
Bundled at no extra cost. Bug fixes, small tweaks, provider updates, and uptime monitoring are all included in the investment.
Investment
Phase 2 · Full operations platform
Fixed fee. Fourteen weeks. Everything in scope above.
Phase 1 · Interactive demo
Already delivered. Yours to keep regardless.
Ninety-day stabilization
Post-launch bug fixes, tweaks, and provider updates through Week 26.
Infrastructure & third-party services
Pass-through at cost, itemized. Stripe, Twilio, Cloudflare, KYC, e-signature. Billed to your card, not marked up.
Payment schedule
Three milestones. Clear deliverables at each gate. Paid by wire or ACH.
$58,000
Kickoff
Due on signed proposal. Work starts the following Monday.
$43,500
Functional beta
Due when the system is ready for UAT, approximately Week 12.
$43,500
Launch
Due on go-live, approximately Week 14.
Scope boundaries
Said plainly so there are no surprise invoices.
After launch
The ninety-day stabilization is included in the fee. After that, we'll look at how the system is actually being used and propose either a monthly retainer for continued support or an hourly rate for occasional changes, whichever fits how you want to operate. No pressure to commit to either up front.
Why continue with me
The demo is already live and production-grade. The architecture is ready for the backend it needs next. Time to launch is shortest if we continue, not restart. A modern, AI-augmented toolchain lets me deliver in three to four months what agencies quote as five. And the vision is already aligned. You saw the work, you liked it, we don't have to rebuild trust from scratch.
Acceptance
Sign the proposal, wire the 40% deposit, and we start the following Monday. Questions first? Schedule a call.
