FYC LABS
Phase 1 Build Proposal
For Eric, Jakub & the Illinois Climate Bank

From inbox
to real
loan intake.

A branded application portal for your new loan programs, built on Firebase and ready before the July launch.

Phase 1 Build ~3 Weeks / $5K to $6K
The Situation

Two new programs.
A July deadline.
No way in.

Today an application means an Outlook form that drops answers into a spreadsheet in someone's OneDrive. No database. No document handling. No way to bring an applicant back for round two.

The new loan programs need more. Applicants have to qualify, upload financials and tax docs, then come back and finish a full application once your team approves them.

Your lending team needs that information in one place, secured, and ready to work. That's the build.

The Investment
$5K to $6K Time + materials, billed monthly

Lean build of the CPRG portal, billed against actual hours each month and working to a $5K to $6K range. A fuller option at $10K to $12K adds a self-serve form builder, so your team spins up new program forms without us. Extra programs ride the same engine at a per-program rate.

~45 to 55 Hours of engineering

All engineering hours, no separate design line. We scaffold the forms straight from your spec, so the build moves fast.

Kickoff: TBD Ship: 3 weeks from kickoff
What We're Building

One subdomain.
The whole intake.

01

The application form

A multi-page form for the CPRG program, every field from your spec, with document upload for financials and tax records. It saves and resumes, so nobody loses an hour of typing.

02

Approve and return

Once your team approves a qualified applicant, they get a secure link back to a form that already knows them, with the full second-stage fields ready to finish.

03

The admin panel

Your team signs in with Google or Outlook. Two roles: admins work the submissions, a super admin manages who has access.

04

Submissions table and export

Every application lands in one table. Open an entry, review it, export to CSV in a click. Email alerts fire when something new comes in.

05

Branded to match

The portal wears your site's look on a subdomain like intake.illinoisclimatebank.com. Applicants never feel like they left.

06

Built on Firebase

Database, sign-in, and file storage on the same cloud as your site, with sensitive data secured. Effectively free at your volume.

The Difference

Same applicants.
A better front door.

The Old Way

A form link and a spreadsheet.

An Outlook form drops answers into a spreadsheet in someone's OneDrive. Tax documents with SSNs ride through email. Round two means retyping a hundred fields from scratch.

"It's not being automated at all, so we're not really using it to the fullest."

The FYC Way

One portal that does the work.

A real database, secured uploads, an admin table with one-click export and instant alerts, and a return link that brings approved applicants back to a form that already knows them.

"We think this is the right approach for the company."

Manual review stays with your team We handle everything up to the decision
From the call

"We just want our lending team to be able to get this information electronically, work with it, and ask for more information in a secure manner."

Eric Feldmann
Illinois Finance Authority / Climate Bank
The Plan

Three weeks.
Live before July.

W1

Foundation

  • Stand up Firebase and the data model
  • Wire the subdomain
  • Scaffold the CPRG form from your spec
  • Confirm the field list and any calculations
W2

Intake and admin

  • Build the multi-page form and uploads
  • Save and resume on incomplete forms
  • Submission confirmation and email alerts
  • Admin panel with Google/Outlook sign-in
W3

Return flow, polish, launch

  • Submissions table and CSV export
  • Approve-and-return link and Stage 2 pre-fill
  • ICB branding and security review
  • QA and launch buffer before go-live
The Scope, Part 01 of 02

User-facing interfaces.

Interface Component Hours
01
CPRG Qualification Form
MultiStepForm
13h
02
Document Upload
FileUpload
2h
03
Stage 2 Pre-filled Application
MultiStepForm
5h
04
Submission Confirmations
ConfirmationScreen
1h
05
Admin Submissions Table
DataTable
4h
06
Admin Entry Detail + Resume Link
AdminPanel
2h
07
ICB Branding + Subdomain Skin
Branding
2h
Part 01 Subtotal 29h
The Scope, Part 02 of 02

Backend, deploy, and project overhead.

Interface Component Hours
08
Firebase Setup, Data Model + Deploy
BackendData
6h
09
Google/Outlook OAuth + Admin Roles
AuthIntegration
4h
10
Hash-Link Resume Mechanism
BackendAPI
2h
11
CSV Export + Submission Alerts
BackendIntegration
3h
12
PII Security Review + Firebase Rules
BackendSecurity
2h
Part 02 Subtotal 17h
+
Project Management
Coordination, single stakeholder
3h
+
QA + Testing
Full flow, sensitive data
5h
Project Total 54h
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Next Step

Ready when you are, Eric.

Phase 1 is the CPRG intake portal, live within about 3 weeks of kickoff and aimed at your early-July launch. Working range is $5K to $6K, billed time and materials against actual hours each month, with a $10K to $12K option if you want the self-serve form builder now. Once you've talked to CIG, reply and we'll lock the start date.

Contact

Brian Hammond
VP of Sales, FYC Labs

Reach Me

bhammond@fyclabs.com
fyclabs.com

Proposal valid 14 days 6.17.2026
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