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Independent consulting · live Stripe for start & portal · leftover via AP / TD-290 · not Cal OES
Cycle Steward

California PSAP · CPE replacement · residual item 4

Protect the leftover. Run the cycle.

Independent steward on the PSAP side of 9-1-1 CPE replacement. Paid from leftover after allotment minus the MPA quote. Every engagement includes the portal your center keeps.

Start pack · $500Score leftover free

Stripe for diagnostic, portal, and deposit. City residual is AP and TD-290. Not Cal OES. Not a CPE vendor. Not the assigned Funding Advisor.

Not Cal OESNot a CPE vendorNot the assigned AdvisorItem 4 leftover pathPortal included

Free leftover clock

Score it before anyone writes a quote.

Directors buy leftover math, not a second installer. Enter the allotment letter and the live MPA quote. If leftover supports item 4, the Start pack locks the diagnostic this week.

Leftover clock

Allotment letter minus the live MPA quote. Quote only against that math.

No leftover dollars invented here. Demo PSAPs are illustrations. Official leftover is letter minus awarded quote.

Leftover after MPA

$1,842,500

Through-cutover available · $38,500

Item 4 gate

Leftover can carry the 200-hour watch. Remaining after that NTE: $1,804,000. Choose Standard if you want more leftover for GIS/furniture.

Remaining after recommended NTE: $1,804,000. Request item 4 during replacement — never after leftover is discovered.

Lock diagnostic · $500Open A380 in the portalNo-card leftover check

Two products. One firm.

Software for the years between cycles. Stewardship for the year you replace.

City IT budget

Cycle Steward Portal

$1,490 / yr

Same Center workspace, billed annually. The usual buy between replacement years so leftover math does not live in email.

  • Leftover & allotment math

    Letter minus live MPA quote. Funding level from busy-month volume. 90-day and 12-month residual clocks.

  • Decision trees

    Buy now or wait, residual eligibility, cloud vs on-prem, CPE vs NG network impact, TD-288 completeness.

  • Guides, forms, training

    Replacement, residual, reimbursement, FOR, ATA. Current forms first. On-demand modules with a quiz.

  • Cycle workspace

    This-month actions, packets, named Advisor lookup. The register so forms stop living in five inboxes.

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SETNA leftover · item 4

Cycle stewardship

From $500

The tripwire. Leftover diagnostic, a draft Advisor letter on your letterhead, 90 days of the Center portal, and a $500 credit on any stewardship package opened within 12 months. Fixed packages are leftover-gated and invoiced. The portal is included at $0 on that invoice.

  1. 01Score leftover. Allotment letter minus the live MPA quote. We return the math and the tier that fits. No invented dollars.
  2. 02Pay the Start pack. $500 on Stripe. Diagnostic, 90-day Center license, and credit toward the engagement.
  3. 03Quote only if leftover supports it. Anchor, Standard, or Through-cutover — leftover-gated. Thin leftover? Hourly / Phase E.
  4. 04You send the Advisor letter. We draft it on your letterhead. Cycle Steward does not lobby the Branch.
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The leftover argument

If leftover can pay for item 4, it should not expire on the floor.

Residual funds are the unused portion of the CPE allotment after the complete 9-1-1 system replacement is priced. That leftover may only buy items on the Service/Equipment Approval List. Item 4 is consulting. Request it during replacement — never after leftover is discovered.

Unclaimed leftover dies at day 90

What leftover actually buys.

Illustration only. Official leftover is the letter minus the awarded quote. We do not invent dollars for a named center.

After MPA

$70,000

Through-cutover available · $38,500

Recommended NTE
Through-cutover available · $38,500
Still on the residual list
$43,500

The engagement is paid from leftover that otherwise expires 90 days after TD-284. Chairs, GIS, and headsets take what remains.

Lock the diagnostic — $500

Steward vs vendor vs Branch

Three chairs. Do not collapse them.

Cycle Steward

Owns

PSAP-side owner-rep: leftover math, Friday brief, residual pack, portal.

Does not

Install CPE or speak as Cal OES.

CPE vendor

Owns

Design, install, acceptance test, five-year maintenance.

Does not

Own the residual clock.

CA 9-1-1 Branch / Advisor

Owns

Allotment, TD-288, SETNA policy, residual list.

Does not

Run the city's Friday brief or AP.

Stewardship packages

Quoted against leftover. Reserved with Stripe.

Compare to DIY and vendor PM
Leftover under $20,000

Anchor

$16,500

85 hours

Time-boxed owner-rep for 1–4 positions. Quote hygiene, Friday brief, residual pack. Portal included at $0 on the residual invoice.

  • Leftover math and residual strategy memo
  • Artifact register, weekly briefs, change log
  • TD-284 packet support and 90-day residual pack
  • Cycle Steward Portal for the engagement
Reserve with Start pack

Quoted against leftover. Remainder via AP and TD-290 — not card.

5–12 positions, one site

Standard

$26,500

140 hours

The expected product. Allotment through TD-284 and the 90-day filing. Deliverables D1–D9. Quoted only when leftover after MPA supports it.

  • Phases A–E: strategy, quote hygiene, implementation, cutover, residual
  • D1–D9 artifacts, including residual filing package and closeout invoice
  • Portal workspace included — never a residual software line
Reserve with Start pack

Quoted against leftover. Remainder via AP and TD-290 — not card.

Temp relocate or multi-vendor

Through-cutover

$38,500

200 hours

Same workstreams as Standard with more hours on site readiness, tabletop, 240-hour log, and residual stand-up through day 90.

  • Everything in Standard
  • Cutover tabletop, fallback, 240-hour watch
  • Residual stand-up through the 90-day quote window
Reserve with Start pack

Quoted against leftover. Remainder via AP and TD-290 — not card.

How an engagement runs

Six moves. No second installer.

  1. 01

    Score leftover

    Allotment letter minus the live MPA quote. We return the math and the tier that fits. No invented dollars.

  2. 02

    Pay the Start pack

    $500 on Stripe. Diagnostic, 90-day Center license, and credit toward the engagement.

  3. 03

    Quote only if leftover supports it

    Anchor, Standard, or Through-cutover — leftover-gated. Thin leftover? Hourly / Phase E.

  4. 04

    You send the Advisor letter

    We draft it on your letterhead. Cycle Steward does not lobby the Branch.

  5. 05

    Sit with the vendor as owner-rep

    Artifact register, quote hygiene, Friday brief, change log. Vendor still installs. You still sign.

  6. 06

    TD-284, 90-day pack, TD-290

    Clock starts the day of acceptance. Consulting invoice plus other list-item quotes that fit leftover.

Questions finance will ask

Forward this page.

Can leftover actually pay for this?+

Yes — Chapter III residual list, item 4 is PMP/ENP certified consulting for 9-1-1 CPE replacement. Request it at the time of, or during, replacement. Quotes and POs reach the Branch no later than 90 days after TD-284; invoice and TD-290 within 12 months. We quote only against leftover after the MPA award. We do not invent leftover dollars.

Why is there a $500 Stripe charge if cities pay by invoice?+

Diagnostic, seat reservation, and the portal are city-budget / private-pay products. They are not SETNA residual. Full stewardship packages are quoted and paid through AP and TD-290. The Start pack captures intent this week, funds the leftover memo, and applies as a credit on the engagement. Do not send leftover by card.

What if leftover is thin?+

Normal. Sub-$12k leftover gets Hourly / Phase E, or we walk so chairs and GIS can take the rest. Anchor exists so Standard does not collide with furniture. We score leftover before we quote a fixed tier.

Is the portal billed against residual?+

Never. Atlas/portal is included at $0 on the residual invoice. Standalone Center and County seats are city IT or comms budget. Chapter III does not list a SaaS line for leftover.

Are you Cal OES, a CPE vendor, or our Advisor?+

No. Three chairs already exist: the MPA contractor, the assigned Funding Advisor, and you. Cycle Steward sits on the PSAP side of the table. We do not install CPE, renegotiate MPA, or lobby the Branch. You send the Advisor letter.

How does AP float work?+

If finance cannot pay the engagement while TD-290 is pending, the engagement is fiction. We ask that in week one. The $500 Start pack is a p-card / small PO. The remainder is a city professional-services agreement. Proof of payment rides with the TD-290 bundle.

What do we actually receive?+

A leftover memo and draft letter in 48 hours on Start pack. On Standard: artifact register, strategy memo, award brief, weekly briefs, change log, cutover/fallback, TD-284 packet, residual filing package, closeout + invoice (D1–D9), and the portal for the cycle.

Do you have a PMP number we can put on TD-288?+

PMP is in progress. We do not publish invented credential numbers. Item 4 language still names PMP/ENP certified consulting; the SOW and certs go to your Advisor with the packet. ENP ops practice is how we tabletop cutover.

This week

Send the letter and the quote. Pay $500. Keep the floor on 9-1-1.

Start pack is diagnostic + 90-day portal + credit. If leftover cannot carry a package, we say so. That is the product.

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