Mandera
County Government
Request
for Proposal
Website Design and Development
Mandera County Government
is soliciting for expression of interest for development of county website from
highly qualified firms.
Scope
of Work
The design and
development shall include the following elements and activities leading up to
final implementation.
- Incorporation of
banners, new blog, County colours, logo and court of arm, photo gallery,
publication blog/chat, multimedia, Email newsletter and link to most
popular social media links
- Development of
an online web base CMS database for the county
The
following design elements and capability will be essential for the county
website
- Embed GIS
features on the site to attract diverse investors and tourists
- Embed SMS
broadcasting features to the site to ease mass communication
- Embed online
payment via third payment partner, rate queries and bill payment through
banks
- Optimize the
site to the reputable search engines
- Website pages to
have consistency for easy navigation and visual appearance
- Easy management
of content by content distributors, editors and assign separate permission
levels of posting and approval of content
- Ability of the
site to be viewed across different technology platforms including mobile
technology
- Ability of the
site to include future development, dynamic technology and ongoing support
from the designing firm.
- Embed social
media posts from the county government accounts like Facebook and twitter
Expression should be
prepared simply and economically, providing a straight forward, concise
description of the vendors’ capability to satisfy the requirements of this
expression.
The vendor shall be
responsible for costs incurred in the expression, preparation and delivery
The
expression shall be organized in the following manner:
- Executive
summary
- Company background
- Summary of
previous completed works relevant to this assignment and Client contacts.
- List the
technology to be used, firm team personnel and their CVs
- Detailed cost of
breakdown e.g. customization, maintenance, installations, training,
application, software license fees, development costs and annual hosting
subscription.
- Detailed
description of payment requirements
- Terms and
conditions proposed
- Project schedule
with strict timelines and include user participation in every project
milestone
Each expression must
include three (3) hard copies and electronic file of the expression on either a
thumb drive, DVD or CD enclosed in a plain sealed envelope clearly marked
“PROPOSAL FOR WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT” and deposited on the tender box
situated at the Mandera County Headquarters or posted and addressed to:
Interim County
Secretary
Mandera County Government
P.O.Box 13-70300
Mandera County Government
P.O.Box 13-70300
To reach the Mandera
County Government on or before 26th July, 2013 at 10:00am.
Expressions shall be
opened immediately thereafter in the presence of firms or their representatives
who wish to attend.
The Government
reserves the right to accept or reject any expression in whole or in part and
does not bind itself to give any explanations for its decision.
Queries relating to
this project may be directed to+254720307009
Email:
manderacounty_13@yahoo.com cc abazish@hotmail.com
