RFP: Consultancy for Web Design and Development

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Lieber AGRA!

Ich möchte mich bei Ihrem Unternehmen als RFP: Consultancy for Web Design and Development bewerben. 
Ich bin ein Fullstack-Entwickler, bei dem ich meine 10-jährige Erfahrung mit verschiedenen Technologien einsetzen kann.

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Endre Farkas Kiss "Sodika"
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Synopsis of the Request for Proposal
Solicitation Reference No. RFP/124/COMMS /2022

Title of Solicitation Consultancy for Web Design and Development

Issuing Office & Address AGRA: Website: www.agra.org

Location of the Assignment Kenya

Point of contact for clarifications & questions AGRA General Procurement,Procurement@agra.org

Email Address for submission of Proposals/Quotes AGRA General Procurement,Procurement@agra.org

Solicitation Issue Date December 14th, 2022.

Confirmation of Interest to bid for the consultancy Interested consultants/bidders are requested to register on the link below by close of business January 4th, 2023. Any additional communication will be shared with those that will have registered on the link below.For Registration Link click: HERE

Deadline for submission of questions and clarifications January 5th, 2023.

Deadline for Answering questions and clarifications January 9th, 2023.

Deadline for Submission of Proposals January 11th, 20235:00PM, East African Time.Please include the subject line “RFP/124/COMMS /2022” of the email.

Type of Consultant Consultancy Firms Only

Anticipated Award Type Consultancy Agreement

Selection Method Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)

Weight of technical Vs Financial Proposal Technical proposal: 90%Financial proposal: 10%

Submission and Evaluation Criteria Mandatory Eligibility Requirement:
a) Company profile.
b) Trading license or Certificate of incorporation or Certificate of Registration.
c) Tax clearance certificate (Applicable to firms registered in Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana, Tanzania, and Mozambique).
d) Three reference letters of similar work carried out.
e) CVs of key personnel.
Evaluation Criteria
a) Organizational Capacity ………………………………………………..10%
b) Firms Experience in similar assignments………….………………25%
c) Proposed approach, methodology and workplan…………….25%
d) Experience and qualifications of key personnel ………………40%
Total: ………………………………………………………………………..100
NB.
1. Minimum technical pass mark is 75%
2. AGRA will negotiate with the firm that attains the highest combined technical and financial score above 75%.

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Established in 2006, AGRA is an African-led and Africa-based institution that puts smallholder farmers at the center of the continent’s growing economy by transforming agriculture from a solitary struggle to survive into farming as a business that thrives. Together with our partners, we are working to sustainably grow Africa’s food systems.
AGRA strengthens seed systems, develops, and promotes sustainable farming practices, helps unlock trade and markets, and supports governments who lead their countries’ development. We work with farmers to adapt to climate change, increase soil health, and protect the environment. AGRA believes deeply in the urgency of reducing the inequality that women face in agriculture, and to unlocking the power and innovation of youth.
More information: https://agra.org/.
OBJECTIVE
AGRA recently launched its new 2023-2027 strategy which aims to help governments tackle hunger and poverty by strengthening Africa’s food systems, that have been devasted by a decade of multiple crises. Alongside this, the organization also went through a rebranding exercise to clearly articulate AGRA’s value proposition.
AGRA’s new tagline – ‘Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems’ – speaks in a literal way to how AGRA sees itself positioned in the marketplace. Our new logo has also been refreshed to reflect its updated mission and is evocative of several ideas coming together:
Hi-tech map of Africa – central to support from the rest of the world and bringing all African nations together
Fingerprints – our personal involvement from grassroots level to leadership and investment level
Crop circles – representing healthy food systems
Sunshine – for abundant crop growth
It is with in mind that AGRA is inviting proposals from reputable and qualified companies with a track record of success in designing and producing digital solutions to develop a newly revamped AGRA website, aligned to our new brand identity and strategy. They will be tasked with providing a new look-and-feel to the web and will unlock the potential functionalities of the current software, while displaying the content in a more organized, attractive, and user-friendly manner.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Senior Communications Officer, the consultants will conduct a detailed analysis of the AGRA website and make a set of practical recommendations for improvement.
At the beginning of the assignment, the consultant shall be required to prepare an overall workplan for the contractual period that should include the following elements.
Audit of the existing website: Evaluate the content, navigation, and structure of the existing website from the perspective of the end-user needs and make recommendations for improvement.
Concept development of a new look for the AGRA site: Following the AGRA branding guidelines, design 3 different layouts with a new look-and-feel for the AGRA site in template format, capturing the different functionalities outlined in this TOR. It should also include website effectiveness components, including the development of a clear sitemap of all pages. This will then be shared with the Communications team for review and approval of one concept.
Graphics development: The selected consultant will also develop a series of 7 static infographics that can be exported for different uses. They would need to ensure a consistent visual language on the new site by introducing fixed styles in templates ensuring consistency in fonts, formatting, icons, images, layout techniques. This will then be approved by the Communications team.
Adoption and roll out of new website concept: The new look and feel should be adapted to homepage, sections, subsections and the all the necessary subcomponents of the site. There will also need to be a testing and validation component to ensure that tests are run on code validators (to ensure our code is up to standard), broken-link checkers, website health checks to help with Search Engine Optimization, spell-checker, etc. Additionally, they would need to ensure compatibility to enhance mobile access.
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:
The company should be able to demonstrate and provide examples of previous experience in the performance of similar services.
Familiarity and relevant experience in using different Content Management Systems (CMS)
Deep expertise and hands on experience with web applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and API’s.
Strong understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions and standards.
Experience in planning and delivering software platforms used across multiple products and organizational units.
Deep functional knowledge or hands on design experience with web services
Have excellent knowledge of recent trends in graphic design, web sites, including online video publishing, and social media networking.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Be a reputable firm with at least 5 years of prior experience designing visually appealing and navigation friendly web sites.
Proven experience in leading and managing strategic digital communication projects and campaigns including user-interface design, (online) communications strategies, and content management advise,
Demonstrated knowledge of website technologies and statistics
The company shall propose qualified personnel. The team leader should possess the following:
an advanced university degree or equivalent in computing, computer science, software engineering or another relevant field.
5 years of application development experience including frontend and backend solutions for creating database-driven and responsive web applications
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND REPORTING
In carrying out this assignment, the consultant will be supervised directly by AGRA represented by the Senior Communications Officer.
TIMEFRAME / DURATION
The work will be conducted over a period of 4 months and the consultant shall explicitly indicate the level of effort needed for the tasks to be assigned.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Interested firms shall be evaluated against the following technical criteria:
Organizational Capacity …………………………………………………………………………………..10%
Company profile, company accreditations and certifications.
Experience in similar assignments ……………………………………………………………………25%
Meet requirements as outlined under experience of the firm
Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments carried out
Proposed approach, methodology and work plan………………………………………………25%
Understanding of the project/assignment requirements, practicality of the proposed methodology relative to the context of the assignment, proposed work plan, staffing schedule, risk assessment and mitigation strategies integrated into the assignment, planning, appropriateness of the implementation schedule to the project timelines and project quality assurance measures.
Experience and Qualification of key personnel…………………………………………………..40%
Total Score……………………………………………………………………………………………………….100%
Note:
Minimum technical score – 75%
Method is Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)
Weightage is Technical proposal: 90% and financial proposal 10%.
COPYRIGHT
All materials / documents arising out of this consultancy work shall remain the property of AGRA.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
a) Technical proposal
Company profile, Certifications, and accreditations.
Proposed Methodology, approach and workplan with clear timelines.
Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments carried out.
Proposed key staff, their roles including their CVs, academic and professional certificates.
The technical proposal shall not exceed 15 pages. CVs, copies of academic certificates and other supporting documentation may be attached as annexes.
b) Financial Proposal
The firm shall provide a financial proposal for carrying out the assignment. The breakdown of unit and total fees per person (for each proposed consultant) shall be provided. Use the templates provided under Annexes A, B and C for the financial proposal. You may modify them where necessary.
Reimbursable costs if applicable shall be quoted separately. These will be reimbursed based on actual cost incurred.
Professional fees shall include the applicable withholding tax.
VAT shall be quoted separately and is only applicable to firms registered in the following countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Mozambique)
If the financial proposal is silent on taxes, AGRA shall assume that these are inclusive.
Prices must be quoted in USD ($). Contracting will be in USD and bidders are encouraged to have a USD bank account.
The financial proposal shall be sent as a separate attachment and MUST be password protected.
Financial proposals will not be opened until the conclusion of the technical evaluation and then only for those proposals that are deemed qualified and responsive.
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATIONS AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
The Proposals shall be prepared in English Language.
The proposals SHALL be submitted to procurement@agra.org by the deadline indicated in the synopsis.
The technical proposal shall not exceed 15 pages. CVs and certificates should be added under annexes.
The proposal and ALL Attachments submitted via email SHALL NOT exceed 10MB. The technical proposal shall not exceed 20 pages.
VALIDITY of the proposal shall be for a period of 90 days from the date of bid closure.
Financial proposal shall be sent as a separate attachment and MUST be password protected. The password shall be requested from the firm that attains the best technical score above 75%.