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Bikes for the World seeks web con­tent edi­tor and web designer

Bikes for the World, an estab­lished 501©(3) char­ity whose mis­sion is to col­lect unwanted used bicy­cles in the United States and deliver them for human devel­op­ment over­seas, is look­ing to improve its cur­rent web presence.

There­fore, BFW is request­ing pro­pos­als for (1) web con­tent edit­ing and (2) web­site redesign.  Con­trac­tors may sub­mit pro­pos­als for either or both tasks. Dead­line for pro­pos­als is 5:00 PM, Fri­day, Decem­ber 16, 2011.

Please see con­tact info at the end of the RFP for any ques­tions and for details on how to sub­mit a pro­posal.
Bikes for the World (BFW), founded in 2005, is a 501©(3) char­ity whose mis­sion is to col­lect unwanted used bicy­cles in the United States and deliver them for human devel­op­ment over­seas.  BFW would like to improve its cur­rent web pres­ence (http://bikesfortheworld.org/) with con­tent that is:

* focused on users and their top tasks;
* writ­ten for the web; and
* opti­mized for search engines.

BFW would also like a fresh web­site design that is:

* well-architected with clear, con­cise nav­i­ga­tion;
* visu­ally engag­ing; and
* imple­mented in a CMS so BFW staff and vol­un­teers may eas­ily main­tain the web­site going forward.

There­fore, BFW is request­ing pro­pos­als for (1) web con­tent edit­ing and (2) web­site redesign.

Con­trac­tors may sub­mit pro­pos­als for either or both tasks.

WEB CONTENT EDITING

Using user per­sonas pro­vided by BFW, the con­trac­tor will review cur­rent web­site con­tent to iden­tify any unnec­es­sary or duplica­tive con­tent and any con­tent gaps.  The con­trac­tor will work with BFW staff to develop any miss­ing con­tent and edit remain­ing con­tent so that it is orga­nized to focus on users’ top tasks, writ­ten for the web, and opti­mized for search engines (BFW will pro­vide a list of desired search terms).  The con­trac­tor will also pro­pose a nav­i­ga­tion and site struc­ture for this con­tent which meets the client’s needs.

BFW antic­i­pates this phase of rede­vel­op­ment will take no longer than two weeks.

WEBSITE REDESIGN

In addi­tion to the edited con­tent from the first part of this RFP, BFW will pro­vide the con­trac­tor with the BFW logo, tagline, and photo archive.

Con­trac­tor will:

1.  Work with BFW to select an appro­pri­ate CMS.
2.  Develop three pro­posed site designs (each includ­ing a home page, path­way page, and con­tent page).
3.  Iter­a­tively refine the selected design, sub­ject to user test­ing, and cre­ate CMS tem­plates.  Tem­plates should not use tables for lay­out, be valid code, pro­vide acces­si­bil­ity, and degrade grace­fully.
4.  Migrate con­tent into the new CMS.
5.  Work with BFW to select a web­site host and deploy the new site.
6.  Pro­vide doc­u­men­ta­tion on the con­fig­u­ra­tion and main­te­nance of the new site and train two BFW staff mem­bers in how to use the CMS to main­tain the site.
7.  Con­fig­ure Google Ana­lyt­ics for the web­site.
8.  Pro­vide BFW with all graph­ics files (in their native for­mat) used in the new site.  If any stock art is used, the con­trac­tor will be respon­si­ble for secur­ing the appro­pri­ate licenses on behalf of BFW.

The web­site will need to:

* include links BFW on other social media (Face­book, Flickr, Twit­ter, etc.);
* include a search fea­ture;
* allow users to sign-up for BFW’s email newslet­ter;
* pro­vide cal­en­dar and map­ping capa­bil­i­ties;
* allow for dona­tions (in addi­tion to just gen­eral dol­lar dona­tions, users should be able to tar­get their dona­tions to a spe­cific coun­try or “spon­sor” a cer­tain num­ber of bikes); and
* include a con­tact form, con­fig­ured to reduce spam.

Addi­tion­ally, the con­trac­tor will work with BFW to select an appro­pri­ate email ser­vice. The con­trac­tor will:

* cre­ate an email tem­plate that coor­di­nates with the new web­site;
* migrate BFW’s list of cur­rent email sub­scribers to the new email ser­vice;
* pro­vide doc­u­men­ta­tion on the con­fig­u­ra­tion and use of the ser­vice; and
* train two BFW staff mem­bers in how to use and main­tain the service.

BFW antic­i­pates this phase of rede­vel­op­ment will take no longer than six weeks.

PROPOSAL CONTENT

Con­trac­tors may sub­mit pro­pos­als for either or both tasks.  If sub­mit­ting for both tasks, please sub­mit sep­a­rate price quotes.

All pro­pos­als are to include the following:

* Con­tact infor­ma­tion.
* Qual­i­fi­ca­tions and experience-particularly high­light­ing expe­ri­ence with non­prof­its sim­i­lar to BFW.
* Link to port­fo­lio.
* Three ref­er­ences for which sim­i­lar work was per­formed.
* Tech­ni­cal proposal/approach reflect­ing (1) respondent’s cri­tique of the exist­ing site and assess­ment of the organization’s needs, and (2) respondent’s under­stand­ing of the Bikes for the World busi­ness model, its oper­a­tions and cus­tomers, and the website’s role in sup­port­ing BFW oper­a­tions and mar­ket­ing objec­tives.
* Price quote.  Please pro­vide a fixed price quote for the work out­lined above and an hourly rate for a pos­si­ble follow-on con­tract of 6–12 months for sup­port, as needed.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION

All pro­pos­als must be received by 5:00 PM, Fri­day, Decem­ber 16, 2011.  All expenses for prepa­ra­tion of the pro­posal pack­age are the respon­si­bil­ity of the respon­dent.  All mate­ri­als sub­mit­ted in response to this RFP will become the prop­erty of Bikes for the World.

Com­pleted pro­pos­als must be sub­mit­ted to: office@bikesfortheworld.org.

Price will be a sig­nif­i­cant, but not the only, cri­te­rion in eval­u­at­ing the pro­pos­als.  Bikes for the World will also con­sider tech­ni­cal expe­ri­ence and demon­strated abil­ity to pro­vide the fea­tures and capa­bil­i­ties out­lined above.  The award will be made to the qual­i­fied respon­dent whose pro­posal is most advan­ta­geous to BFW with price and other fac­tors con­sid­ered.  BFW may reject any and all proposals.

QUESTIONS

Ques­tions about the project may be directed to:

Yvette Hess, 703–740-7856 or office@bikesfortheworld.org

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