Request for Proposal: Website
Design and Development of
Strengthening Participatory Organization

Terms of Reference:

• The hired company / Vendor will be required to create (design, develop, test and implement) a web platform within the designated timeline which meets the following criteria:
• Interactive, appealing, highly usable and responsive web design: Web Designs are very subjective, we expect the hired company to show-case their best elements in delivering suitable intranet design options. The design and solution must be easy to use
• Average site load-time should be reasonable
• Search engine friendly
• Able to render appropriately on a wide variety of different browsers
• Be Secure: The design of the solution should adhere to security best practices, for example: passwords should not be stored in plain-text, all form data should be validated, user interactions and activities should be logged etc.
• Design and final solution should adhere to accessibility and compliance requirements (as defined by the IT team): The Web solution should be designed to ensure that everyone, including users who have difficulty seeing, hearing, and making precise movements, can use them.
• Public and Registered Users (Member’s) only Areas
• Site news/Trending now content blocks: The web solution will provide content/screen areas containing: o Calendar
  • Upcoming events
  • Latest news/Site news
  • Trending topics
• Secured & Authenticated Web Access Web solution should be secured in accordance with current best practices.
• Calendar, Events, Reminders, calendar integration: Specific authorized users should have the ability to create and administer events and event details. Other users should be able to search for and find events based on specific criteria. Members should be able to receive notifications that an event has been scheduled and reminders of upcoming events.
• Social Network Integration
• Email Notifications
• Survey & Poll: Intranet should be able to conduct a survey of around 10 to 20 questions and Polling / voting system should also be available
• Users should also be able to assign star ratings on articles, videos and other informational content
• Multilingual support for some pages (English and Urdu)
• Website development in Joomla
• Training (Administrator / Users) to SPO staff
• 06 months website maintenance after completion of website

Duration/Timeframe:

Total time for this assignment would be 30 to 45 days. All the tasks and responsibilities need to be completed within this time period. 

Copyrights:

SPO will hold exclusive rights to all design and other work products contained on the website. Should the consultant require use of the website in their portfolio, they will require written permission from SPO.