SCI Racing / Polaris V1
Discovery & Delivery Agreement
Purpose and current authorization
Client is engaging BlendMode to define and, if later authorized, build the Polaris V1 ecommerce platform described below. Signing this agreement authorizes Discovery only. Tracks A and B are roadmap phases and will not begin without written Client authorization after Discovery.
The AI Build Assistant and any AI fitment engine are excluded. Deterministic vehicle, year, trim, catalog, and fitment modeling—including the search experience that uses that verified data—remains part of Tracks A and B.
Discovery
BlendMode will use Discovery to replace assumptions with a build-ready plan. Work begins after this agreement is signed, the Discovery payment clears, and the required access and contacts are available.
Dealer agreements, catalog licensing, DMS path, fulfillment rules, and vendor permissions.
Vehicle taxonomy, fitment structure, catalog size, data contract, and exception handling.
Technical architecture, integration map, storefront direction, and operating requirements.
Risk register, confirmed phase scope, delivery sequence, schedule, and authorization package.
Discovery may confirm the roadmap as written or identify constraints that require the later-phase scope, price, or schedule to change. Those findings are the point of Discovery and do not automatically authorize additional work.
Commercial roadmap
The $12,000 Discovery fee is due at signing. Payment terms and milestones for Tracks A and B will be stated in the written authorization issued after Discovery. BlendMode is not required to reserve or begin later-phase capacity until that authorization is signed and its first payment clears.
Client responsibilities and outside costs
Client will provide timely access to decision-makers, dealer and DMS contacts, current agreements, product data, brand assets, Shopify access, policies, and feedback reasonably needed for the work.
- Client confirms it has the rights to all materials and data it supplies.
- Client is responsible for business, legal, tax, accessibility, warranty, privacy, and product claims presented through the finished store.
- Shopify Plus, ARI/LeadVenture, DMS, fitment search, apps, hosting, payment processing, and other third-party charges are not included unless expressly listed.
- Third-party accounts should be contracted and paid directly by Client whenever practical. Any pass-through cost requires Client approval.
Changes, review, and schedule
Requests outside the authorized scope will be documented with their price and schedule effect before work proceeds. Email approval from an authorized representative is sufficient for a written change or later-phase authorization unless either party requests a countersigned document.
Client has 14 calendar days after BlendMode delivers a Discovery clarification or deliverable to ask questions, request correction of a stated requirement, authorize the next phase, or pause. Silence does not authorize Tracks A or B. Delayed feedback may move reserved production capacity.
The current plan uses a September 1, 2026 kickoff and January 15, 2027 target launch. That target depends on immediate acceptance, cleared payment, access, responsive vendor contacts, and timely Client decisions. BlendMode will rebaseline the working schedule if those conditions are not met or if Discovery identifies a material constraint. Vendor delays, unavailable data, Client delays, and approved changes extend dependent dates reasonably.
Cancellation and pause
Either party may end this agreement for a material breach that remains uncured 10 business days after written notice. Client may also cancel for convenience by written notice. In that case, Client pays for work completed through the cancellation date and any approved, noncancelable commitments.
Once Discovery begins, its fee is allocated to reserved capacity and work performed and is not refundable except for any unearned amount BlendMode elects to return. BlendMode may pause work for overdue payment, missing access, or a Client delay that prevents meaningful progress; the schedule will be re-established when the blocker is resolved.
Ownership
Client retains ownership of its source data, trademarks, content, and accounts. After all applicable fees are paid, Client owns the final client-specific production code, configured catalog and fitment data, vehicle taxonomy, and design deliverables created under an authorized phase.
BlendMode retains its pre-existing tools, reusable components, processes, templates, and general know-how. To the extent any retained material is embedded in a paid deliverable, BlendMode grants Client a perpetual, worldwide license to use it as part of that deliverable. Third-party materials remain subject to their own licenses.
Working relationship and risk
Confidentiality
Each party will protect the other's nonpublic business, technical, customer, and pricing information and use it only to perform this agreement, except where disclosure is required by law.
Independent contractor
BlendMode is an independent contractor. Neither party may bind the other, and this agreement does not create an employment, partnership, or joint-venture relationship.
Liability limit
To the extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages. BlendMode's total liability is limited to fees Client paid under this agreement, except where a limit cannot legally apply.
Electronic records
The parties consent to electronic signatures, notices, authorizations, and records. The signer’s name, drawn signature or accessible typed-signature alternative, acceptance, matching Stripe signer details, and payment record together have the same intended effect as a handwritten signature.
This agreement and any written authorizations incorporated into it are the complete agreement for this work and replace conflicting prior scope or commercial statements. A change must be in writing and accepted by both parties.
Signature / Client authorization
Authorize Discovery
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