Hi, I am sharing this for information only should you have any links with contractors/vendors interested in working on a $100k value ICANN.org redesign project. The ICANN RFP Details and Q&A for vendors and contractors can be read below and also found on: https://community.icann.org/display/WebRedesign/Home -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scott Pinzon <scott.pinzon@icann.org> Date: Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:06 AM Subject: Call for Bids on Redesign of ICANN.ORG To: Scott Pinzon <scott.pinzon@icann.org> Cc: Marc Salvatierra <marc.salvatierra@icann.org> Dear Web Development Professional, I’m sending this email to you to solicit proposals for the redesign and redevelopment of the flagship website of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): http://www.icann.org. ICANN is a not-for-profit partnership of people from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers (primarily, domain names, IP addresses, and port/parameter numbers). ICANN existed for 11 years with no formal communications department. This year ICANN at last formed a dynamic new communications and marketing department. But when you look at ICANN.ORG today, you can see that the site grew organically and without a master aesthetic. As a result, visitors to our site cannot always complete their tasks. We are hoping that your organization’s skill and talent might provide the solution to this problem. The attached Request for Proposals conveys the results of our research into who comes to ICANN.ORG and what they try to do. We seek a new role-based navigation scheme that plays to six main visitor personas we’ve identified. In addition, volunteers do most of the policy work that ICANN is known for. Our redesigned site should provide a hybrid platform that allows ICANN staff to use a CMS for authoritative content, while our volunteer community can also collaborate and contribute content by using wiki software. Our RFP is attached in two parts: the RFP itself, a Word doc that also contains our “Tone and Vision” requirements as an appendix; and an Excel file that lists our detailed requirements. We’ve tried our best to communicate our vision and detailed requirements in these attachments. Please feel free to ask me any clarifying questions and I will convey them to the appropriate parties for response. (In most cases you will be interacting with Marc Salvatierra, ICANN’s Manager of Web Development.) We ask for your detailed responses to our RFP by 17 January, 2011. (Note that due to ICANN’s international holiday hours, we will not be available to interact with you from 24 December to 3 January.) We’re excited at the prospect of having an appealing new website in 2011 and hope you bring your best skills to bear on your proposal to us. Thanks for your time and consideration. Best Regards, -- sp . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Pinzon, CISSP Director of Marketing and Outreach ICANN +1 (310) 279 2655 -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa