Mandera County Government Website Design and Development Request for Proposal

Mandera County Government
 

Request for Proposal
 

Website Design and Development
 

Ref MCG/RFP/01/13
 

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 the below addresses.

All proposals MUST be submitted in sealed envelope clearly marked on the left side the position you are applying for and addressed to:
 
The Interim County Secretary
P.O Box 13, Mandera
 
Copies of the application should also be submitted online through the following email address manderacounty_13@yahoo.com cc abazish@hotmail.com

To reach the Mandera County Government on or before Saturday 10th August, 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