Request for Proposals Logo Redesign 2013

Request for Proposals Logo Redesign

Deadline for submissions: January 28, 2013 (midnight)
Final deliverables due: March 29, 2013
Submit proposals: By email with ‘RFP for logo redesign’ in the subject line 

To: Diana Bronson, Executive Director, communications@foodsecurecanada.org

Food Secure Canada (FSC) is a Canada-wide alliance of civil society organizations and individuals collaborating to advance dialogue and cooperation for policies and programs that advance three interlocking commitments: zero hunger; a sustainable food system; and healthy and safe food.

FSC unites people and organizations working for food security nationally and globally. FSC is a registered non-profit society with a wide membership that includes local and national organizations and unaffiliated individuals. It works for its members, facilitating collaborative activities by members to advance food security. FSC convenes people and organizations from across the country for joint projects and advocacy goals.

Project Description
Food Secure Canada is seeking the creation of a new logo / visual identity that captures the values and mission of the organization and is distinctive and memorable. FSC’s membership and work encompasses food systems initiatives and communities across Canada, including the far north so the logo must be accessible to a broad demographic. 

This logo will be incorporated into a revamped website, our facebook page and twitter account and other possible future web presence that FSC may have. It will also be used on letterhead, business cards, brochures, banners and other print materials as needed. 

It is expected that the development of the new logo will evolve as part of a conversation with FSC staff and steering committee members.  A ‘creative strategy’ or brand document will be produced capturing how the existing mission, values and priorities of FSC are reflected in the proposed logo.  At least 3 logos will be proposed over the course of the project.


Please note that FSC has simultaneously issued an RFP to redesign FSC’s online presence.  We welcome joint submissions to both RFPs – see our website for more details.

Project Value
Proposals can be submitted as a flat fee or hourly rate but are not to exceed $5000 inclusive of taxes.

Design Requirements
The logo may be text or image based but must work for a range of media (print and web), be readily scalable, and work well in both colour and greyscale as well as in English and French. No more than three colours should be used in order to minimize costs of print materials. Final logo files must be delivered in JPEG and Illustrator AI format with the following variations:

• Standard logo for use on white / light backgrounds (all backgrounds 
should be set to transparent)
• Standard logo for use on dark backgrounds
• Horizontal and vertical variations (if appropriate for the design)

The colour palette the logo design must be provided in web hex, RGB, CMYK and PMS Pantone Swatch.

Should the logo include typeface, font information must be provided. AI files submitted should have all typeface outlined.

An FSC identity and usage guide should accompany the final submission, clearly demonstrating and explaining the design elements (logo, typography if appropriate, brand attributes, colour palette, etc).

The final submission is to be delivered on a thumb drive or disk.

Submission Information
Proposals should include samples of or links to previous work, up to three references, and a proposed process or work plan for the logo design with any associated expenses. 

Selection Criteria and Process

• FSC reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received as a result of  this RFP and is not liable for any costs incurred by contractors in response to this RFP. 
• Proposals received after the submission deadline will not be considered.
• Proposals can be submitted in French or English
• FSC Staff and Executive will review the proposals and convene interviews with a shortlist from amongst the applicants.
• The successful contractor will be selected no later than February 15 th
• Only those selected for an interview will be notified. 

Due to cost considerations, the complete RFP and the main background document are only available in English.  Submissions are welcome in either English or French. 

Source: http://foodsecurecanada.org/sites/foodsecurecanada.org/files/Logo_RFP_FINAL.pdf

RFP Drupal 7 Migration and Redesign

RFP Drupal 7 Migration and Redesign 

Project Summary

Download the RFP

Ohio Christian University currently has a Drupal 6 website, which will be migrated (not upgraded) to Drupal 7 as part of a redesign process. The site will require a revised information architecture, new design, Drupal theming, new feature development, and performance optimization based on the results of this process.

All wireframes, designs, templates, and other deliverables created as part of the project will become the sole property of Ohio Christian University.

Goals

In general, we want our website to be a first line of communication with external audiences, especially prospective students, alumni, and donors. The goal is to enable visitors to quickly find the tools, resources, and information they need to reach a decision to enroll or support the university, no matter their starting point. Specifically, the site should help us achieve the following high-level organizational goals:

• Increasing Enrollment
• Improving the quality and volume of social media interactions
• Building relationships with Alumni and Donors
• Providing a centralized outlet for news and events

Audience

Visitors to our site may not be highly technical, so we want to make sure we’re not overwhelming people with technical “bells and whistles.” We are targeting the following types of visitors to our website:

• Prospective Students
  • Traditional Undergraduate
  • Adult & Graduate
  • Post-Secondary (High School) Students
• Alumni
• Existing and Potential Donors
• Churches
• Local Community
• Media & Press
• Anyone looking to learn more about OCU

About Ohio Christian University

Ohio Christian University (OCU) was founded in 1948 as Circleville Bible College for the purpose of educating clergy for the Churches of Christ in Christian Union. While remaining true to its founders' vision, Ohio Christian University has expanded its outreach by becoming accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association and the Association for Biblical Higher Education and adding associate, bachelor, and master's degree programs in disciplines such as agribusiness, business administration, disaster management, psychology, and substance abuse counseling.

The university currently offers traditional (residential undergraduate) programs, onsite and online degrees designed for adult learners, and post-secondary options for high school students. By implementing online and hybrid (classroom and online) delivery methods for education, OCU has adapted to the changing landscape of technology. However, there has not historically been a matched effort to optimize web applications and services that exist outside the learning environment. This project will produce an updated website to serve the university’s external communication and marketing needs.

Site Information - Statistics

We are using Google Analytics to track site analytics. On a monthly basis, we average about 110,000 visits, with 30,000 unique visitors to www.ohiochristian.edu. SEO is performed in-house.

Structure and Content

Existing content will be reused as much as possible. An in-house team will review and revise for both SEO and marketing purposes. We expect to automate migration of content to the new Drupal site.

A primary concern is information architecture and navigation. The site structure has historically been driven by internal processes and structures (e.g. areas of responsibility). We believe a user-centric architecture and navigational structure would better support organizational goals. Editorial permissions and workflows will need to be established for departmental users to maintain content based on taxonomy.

Design & Theming

The redesign will include a new look and feel which reinforces the university brand while appealing to a broad demographic. We need to consistently present a broad array of information, customized for various degree programs and delivery methods. To be effective, the OCU website redesign must feature intuitive navigation, clear conversion paths, and an improved graphical user interface. A responsive, mobile-first, progressively-enhanced design pattern will be used to ensure the site can be viewed on a wide array of devices, including those yet to be created.

High Level Functionality

The following is not a comprehensive list but represents current and proposed functionality expected of the project.

• Support for downloadable attachments and embeddable media, including images, audio, YouTube video
• Social media integration, e.g., Facebook login, image galleries derived from social streams, one-click sharing
• Podcasts, podcast archives, with iTunes-compatible RSS feeds
• AJAX-enabled slideshows and web forms
• Context-enabled themes, layouts, and views
• Aggregation and publishing of news and event feeds, with filterable views
• Restricted access for creation and management of content (using Workbench modules).
• Geolocation services and zip-code based location search
• Online enrollment application form with heavy use of conditional and nested-conditional fields and entity references (e.g., degree programs, locations, recruiters). Submissions to be stored and pushed to Student Information System (third-party API).
• Feed course schedules from SIS with entity references to course content type.
• Administrative roles: Admin, Content Editor, Authenticated Users, others as needed.
• Content types: Basic Page, Article, Degree Program, Course, Event, Media, others as determined in requirements gathering.
• Views: News, Events, Degree Programs, Course Schedules, Related Content, others as determined in requirements gathering.

Additional Needs - Workflow

Site is currently maintained by a single developer and production code is modified directly after testing in a development environment. We would like consulting/training to establish version control and development-staging-production workflows.

Performance optimization

The site is currently hosted on an 8GB Rackspace Cloud Server. Overall performance and availability are acceptable, but we need help to make the best use of server resources.

Constraints - Proposed Timeline

We would like to begin this project as soon as possible and have a target completion date of 60 days after the project starts. This target represents a complete launch date, preceded by a 2-week beta period. Complete documentation and training materials for non-technical users and administrators will be provided no later than 15 days after site launch.

Budget To be determined.

Infrastructure

The new site will be built using Drupal 7 and stable contributed modules where available. We are not currently considering other CMS or proprietary frameworks.

The objectives of this project are focused on the primary domain, www.ohiochristian.edu, which is intended for enrollment, fundraising, and external communications that build awareness, community impact, and brand recognition for the university. Integration with other systems will include LDAP authentication, posting application data to the student information system, in- and out- bound feeds with intranet (also Drupal 7), and some shared configuration with the intranet.

Internal Staffing

We have one in-house designer/developer assigned to the project; however, other responsibilities preclude full-time availability to the project.

Vendor Selection Criteria

We would like to have all proposals by no later than February 6, 2013 so we can make a decision to go with a specific vendor by February 20, 2013.

When selecting a vendor for this project, criteria for evaluation will include:

• Experience migrating content between Drupal versions
• Experience and willingness to train in development-staging-production workflow and best practices in a small team environment
• Proven ability to develop or extend Drupal modules
• Proficient with server configuration and performance optimization in a LAMP environment (CentOS)
• Holistic approach to an organization’s web presence (e.g., insight into integrating social media platforms, campaign tracking mechanisms, etc.)
• Initial cost and fee schedule for future development or enhancement projects
• Willingness to share work with the Drupal community

Contact Information

Please direct all responses to this RFP and/or any questions to:

Renee Handy
Senior Designer & Webmaster
Ohio Christian University
webmaster@ohiochristian.edu

Source: RFP Drupal 7 Website Redesign 

Request for Prooposal Website Design, Mainenance and Training Services

THE CITY OF MAUMEE Request for Proposal Website Design, Maintenance, and Training Services

I. Introduction

The City of Maumee (Maumeelis reduesting proposals from interested vendors to perform.‘ I website design, training, and maintenance services required to update and operate its existing website: www.maumee.org.

This Request for Proposal (RFP} outiines the basic information and services sought by the City of Maumee. Please submit four copies of the proposal to the address listed below no later than Noon, February 15, 2013:

John iezak
Administrator] Safety Director
City of Maumee
400 Conant Street
Maumee, OH 43537

Any questions reiated to this RFP may be submitted, in writing, to Mr. Jezak at the above address or by email at Jezak-iohn@maumee.org.

Maumee shali not be liable for any costs incurred by the respondents in response to this RFP, any costs incurred in connection with any discussions, correspondence, or attendance at interviews or meetings.

Ail material submitted in response to the RFP shall become the property of Maumee, and may be returned only at Maumee's option. All materials received shall be considered public information and shall be open to public inspection.

ll. Background

The City of Maumee is an Ohio municipal corporation situated in northwest Ohio. A Approximately 200 fuil and volunteer/part-time persons comprise its workforce. The City of Maumee is a state-funded public employer, in good-standing with the State of Ohio.

The City of Maumee seeks proposais for a product and services, on an annual basis, subject to renewai, to perform website design, training, and maintenance services.

lli. Proposed Tasks

The primary goal of this project is to replace the current website with a new and improved website. The new website will be easier for users to navigate, more efficient for City staff to manage, and provide a wide variety of services to the citizens of the City of Maumee. The vendor wili provide the City with an information ready, turn-key website that City staff can immediately begin to move information into. The updated website wiil also allow users to ...

For more information about the RFP, Please visit: http://www.maumee.org/Website-RFP.pdf

Citizens League Website Redevelopment Request for Proposals 2013

Citizens League Website Redevelopment Request for Proposals

The Citizens League involves people of all backgrounds, parties and ideologies to create and advance solutions for Minnesota.

Citizens League Mission

We build civic imagination and capacity in Minnesota by:

1. Identifying, framing and proposing solutions to public policy problems;
2. Developing civic leaders in all generations who govern for the common good; and
3. Organizing the individual and institutional relationships necessary to achieve these goals.

Citizens League Values
1. We believe in human capacity: the power and potential of all citizens.
2. We believe in democracy and good governance.
3. We believe in civic leadership and active citizenship.
4. We believe in good politics and political competence.
5. We believe in institutional accountability: that all institutions must sustain these ideals from one generation to the next.

Website Redevelopment: Project Scope and Functional Requirements

The current Citizens League website was instituted in 2005 and uses the Movable Type 
publishing platform. It was refurbished in 2012 for an updated look, but we seek a complete overhaul using the information architecture and wireframe design developed in 2012 http://share.axure.com/7CV5WB/ as the starting point.
This starting point was developed in consultation with Padilla Speer Beardsley, who worked with us in 2012 to identify three potential membership personae we have identified which are compatible with us, based on our mission and values, and to which we are orienting our communications efforts in 2013 and beyond.
Among the services we need from a redevelopment partner are: 

• Design
• Front end and back end development
• Content entry and testing
• Launch and training
• Hosting and maintenance

Proposal deadline is Feb. 4. We plan to select a redevelopment partner by March 4.

Please submit proposals to:

Communications Manager Larry Schumacher
lschumacher@citizensleague.org
651-289-1074

RFP Details, Please click Here: http://www.citizensleague.org/weblog/2013%20Website%20RFP.pdf

RFP - Drupal Development and Design Firm

Request for Proposals (RFP) - Drupal Website Development and Management

RFP Date: January 11, 2012
Submission deadline: January 23, 2012

Introduction:
A Boston-based company seeks Drupal developers to migrate an existing Drupal community of practice member website to a new (to-be-developed) website. The website includes ten main pages, including a blog, listserv capability, and a searchable database of uploaded documents.

After migration we plan to continue to manage content, but seek a back-end website manager who could make recommendations for improving site usability and functionality while also providing regular updates and technical support.

Only responses that include a proposal will be considered. Please do not respond asking us to contact you.

General Scope:
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative solutions that address organizational and technical needs
• Custom module development
• Annual site security, maintenance and updates
• Transfer of site files and modules from current website to new website
• Site hosting
• Optional Drupal training
• Knowledge of Open Atrium
• In-house designer a plus

Timing Assumptions
• Full website migration will take up to one month; for your proposal please use two days of time to estimate the price for all back-end migration
• Website management will require monthly updates to the site functionality and weekly communications with our content manager; for your proposal please use three days per month of your time to estimate the price for management services

Proposal Should Include:
• Overall budget estimate
• If possible, detailed budget breakdowns with the cost of various project components: site hosting, module development, etc.
• A development (and design) portfolio reflecting of the work of current in-house designers (if applicable) and developers
• A rough proposed timeline that includes phases of development and deployment and communication
• Information about your firm’s approach to support and if you offer standard or custom support packages

Please send responses to recruitment@initiativesinc.com