CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness CPDE

The Platform 2.1 CIVICUS is seeking the services of a web design and development agency (joint proposals are welcome) to: (a) Design the branding (web and print) and; (b) Design, develop and support a website with the following key features: • Serve as a global repository of resources for the new CPDE work • Will be have a public front end with tiered access (two access levels thus: free and membership only) • Have content organised around 5 main themes (navigation) • Have a publicly available blog, calendar of upcoming and past events with a means of indicating interest in participating in CPDE organised events • Provide a members only section complete with dashboards, reports, notices, etc. accessible only to authenticated members • Content from the Open Platform and Development Effectiveness websites will be archived in sub directories of the new platform and made available to interested parties via dedicated links in strategic locations on the new platform (portal like page detailing the history of both projects) • Provide social sharing tools • Support at least three languages (English, French, Spanish) 3. Your proposal Your proposal should detail the following: 3.1 A narrative on your proposed solution (a maximum of 1 MS Word page, with type font not smaller than 11 points) 3.2 A Matrix detailing how your solution meets our needs (a maximum of 1 MS Word page, with type font not smaller than 11 points). Please use format: Stated requirement Feature of proposed solution that meets requirement Note(s) 3.3 If submitting a joint proposal, indicated clearly what each party will contribute 3.4 Implementation (hosting) Landscape: describe the hosting environment in which completed product will reside e.g. LAMP stack 3.5 Support: State the level of support you are willing to offer and the associated cost, and relief to CIVICUS in case where established service goals are not met 3.5 Training: State the level of training, expected outcome(s), requirement(s) and cost 3.6 Project schedule: Detailed schedule showing work break down, activity sequence and dependencies and key milestones 3.7 Itemised project cost: An itemised project cost showing details of associated cost to each identified activities/milestones 3.8 Your experience: Please provide details of three projects with similar depth as our own completed in the last 12- 24 months. Detail you approach and outcomes and any lesson learnt. Please include for each project references that can be contacted to verify completed work