Redesign of the YIED Website {http://www.yom-edu.org/} and Digital Library web portal
Company Profile
YOM Institute of Economic Development (YIED) is a legally registered, accredited, and recognized post graduate institute currently operating in Addis Ababa and its regional campuses in the city of Hawasa and Bahir Dar. It is established in 2014 G. C by a group of young and experienced PhD holders and professors, who have strong craving and determination of contributing to postgraduate education in the country. Moreover, the institute is engaged in various researches and training programs in line with the missions and visions of the government of Ethiopia.
Summary of the Bid
YIED has issued this request for proposal in order to select and contract with a company (“vendor”) to re-design the website (http://www.yom-edu.org/ ) and to develop digital library web portal so that is a modern, highly attractive and built with responsive web design.
The institute is seeking proposals from highly qualified, experienced website development companies to re-design, develop and implement its public-facing website. The chosen strategic partner must be a firm that has experience in managing institutional website design projects, and expertise with best practices regarding:
Bid Objectives
Bid Objective 1: Re-design the Existing Website
The primary objectives and goals of the website redesign are as follows:
Interactive and Engaging Website – We are seeking to redesign our website to include an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that allows visitors to access the website quickly and easily regardless of the device they are using.
Purpose of our New Website – Our new site should:
Visitors – We take a broad visitor-centric view of our community since we view anyone who visits our website or community as a potential member. Our website is our digital front door and our goal is to focus on the needs of our community and potential members, and on improving our interactions and engagement with our existing member’s base.
Strategic Partnership – We want a vendor partner who understands the non-government organizations, who will help guide us to where we want to be today and provide ongoing services and support to keep us there in the future.
Research Based Design – We want a site that meets the unique needs of our community and are not looking for a cookie-cutter or template solution. Our vendor should employ a strategic research-based and data-driven process to gather input, define expectations and design a consistent, user-friendly navigation framework for the website that meets the needs of all users.
Responsive Site – Visitors to our site will utilize a wide variety of devices to access our website, including computers, tablets and mobile smart phones. Our new website should automatically detect the screen resolution of any device and respond with a view of the site that is optimized specifically for that screen. This will ensure that all users will be able to view our site, no matter what device they are using.
Accessible Site – Our new website should comply with Worldwide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Flexible Solution – The new site should build upon proven and accepted website development standards while maintaining flexibility to easily grow and add new functionality over time and with minimal cost. The solution should also accommodate existing auxiliary department sites to maintain a unique look and feel but share overall infrastructure and features.
Simplify and Streamline Administration – The solution should:
Bid Objective 2: Develop Digital Library Web Portal
Vendor Experience and Development Criteria
Preference will be given to vendors with experience developing educational websites, with special attention given to vendors’ breadth of experience, references, number of years of experience and expertise of staff.
Additional Options
Although the YIED has these specific requirements, it is also interested in your ideas for the approach of redesigning the style of the website. We encourage respondents to consider and propose alternative solutions and recommendations. We are particularly interested in specific web functionality that your company may have already developed and deployed for other customers.
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