Founders Terms Addendum — Audit Readiness Review
Modified commercial terms for the first five Audit Readiness Review engagements: the founders fee schedule, and a retainer credit of one hundred percent of the fee paid, eligible for sixty days. Applies only to engagements designated as founders engagements in the acceptance record; all other terms of the Master Terms and Schedule AR are unchanged.
About this addendum
Crucible Group, LLC · Founders Terms Addendum v1.0.0 · This addendum modifies Schedule AR (Audit Readiness Review) for a limited number of engagements. It applies to an engagement only where the engagement's acceptance record designates it a founders engagement; for every other engagement, Schedule AR applies unmodified.
1. Availability
1.1 The founders terms are available for the first five Audit Readiness Review engagements accepted on or after the effective date of this addendum. Availability is determined by Crucible's engagement records at the time the engagement request is submitted, and the designation is recorded in the acceptance record.
1.2 Five is a staffing commitment, not a promotion device: it is the number of concurrent reviews one named advisor conducts properly. When the five are taken, the standard fee schedule and credit of Schedule AR apply to subsequent engagements, and this addendum is not extended.
2. Founders fee schedule
2.1 In place of the standard fee schedule, the fee for a founders engagement is: $2,800 for fleets of up to 10 power units; $4,400 for 11–50; $6,800 for 51–150; $10,000 for 151–500. Larger fleets, and engagements on the quoted path under Schedule AR §2.2 (materially elevated violation history), are quoted individually on founders terms.
2.2 Except for the amounts, the fee provisions of Schedule AR — invoicing, payment terms, and the quoted-path disclosure — apply unchanged.
3. Founders credit
3.1 In place of Schedule AR §2.4, for a founders engagement: one hundred percent of the fee actually paid credits against the first invoice(s) of any Retained Advisory program under Schedule RA commenced within sixty days after delivery of the Report. The credit is non-cash, non-transferable, and lapses if no program commences within that window.
4. Order of precedence; no other changes
4.1 For a founders engagement, this addendum prevails over Schedule AR to the extent of the conflict, and over no other document. All other terms of the Master Terms of Service and Schedule AR — including the scope of the Review, the advisory-not-determination provisions, and every limitation and disclaimer — apply unchanged.
4.2 The terms stated on the Audit Readiness Review product page for founders engagements are the terms of this addendum; in the event of difference, this addendum controls.