Open Tender: Request for Quote – evokeAG & growAG Platform Development
Background
AgriFutures Australia is seeking the services of a web development provider to facilitate:
- The ongoing administration and development of evokeag.com and growag.com platform.
- The re-development of the growag.com platform.
- The successful organisation will be appointed as the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ and growᴬᴳ⋅ web development provider for a 12-month period on a retainer basis with the opportunity to extend the agreement for an additional 24 months (pending performance).
- The re-development of the growag.com platform will be a project with its own budget.
Service requirements
Part 1: On going administration and development of evokeag.com.au and growag.com
AgriFutures is seeking a development and website partner to provide ongoing development and management of evokeag.com and growag.com platforms.
Requirements
Both Websites
Required
- Demonstrable experience in project managing complex clients
- Evidence of robust data security and privacy management processes including privacy policy, data storage locations and data retention policies
- Demonstrable experience in design development and UX design
- Demonstrable experience of build and design with SEO best practice in mind
- Demonstrable experience with integrations (esp. automation) either as an agency or working with partners
Highly Regarded
- Experience with government or public sector organisations
evokeᴬᴳ⋅
Required
- As above plus:
- Demonstrable experience in WordPress development and maintenance, including databases, plugins and templates
- Demonstrable experience in event platform management and integration
Highly Regarded
- Experience with government or public sector organisations
growᴬᴳ⋅
Required
- Demonstrable experience in Laravel or PHP development
- Experience in database management
Highly Regarded
- Demonstrable experience of working with listing type platforms – affiliate, eCommerce, SaaS etc
Part 2: Redevelopment of growᴬᴳ⋅.com
AgriFutures is seeking the redevelopment and refresh of the growᴬᴳ⋅ platform to achieve the following outcomes:
- A platform that can deliver increased user acquisition and has tailored journeys
- A platform that can deliver increased prospect engagement and value
- A platform that can deliver value for our stakeholders
- A platform that can allow the customer & growth team to focus on impact
- A platform that allows for future monetisation pathways
- A full overview of these outcomes and the internal project done to date to inform these outcomes is attached with the appendix documents.
We will provide a high-level overview of what the design and technical considerations would be for this redevelopment, however we expect our chosen vendor to closely partner with us to define and deliver the full scope – our organisation does not have deep experience in web development and design and we expect to be challenged in the response.
Requirements
Required
- Demonstrable experience in project managing complex clients
- Evidence of robust data security and privacy management processes including data retention and privacy policies and hosting within Australia for data and back ups
- Demonstrable experience in journey design development and UX design
- Demonstrable experience with integrations (especially CRM) either as an agency or working with partners
- Demonstrable experience of development on platforms that have a logged in state or application environment
- Demonstrable experience of working with Laravel and other PHP platforms or frameworks including WordPress
- Demonstrable experience of working with other partners on site migrations and updates
Highly Regarded
- Experience with government or public sector organisations
- Experience integrating with M365 environments
- Experience with eCommerce and SaaS organisations
- Experience with developing bots and product tours
- Experience with integrating AI platforms into client environments
Submit
The RFQ document convers a significant amount of detail around infrastructure and platform IP.
Therefore, we are asking any parties interesting in responding to this RFQ to first submit a signed confidentiality agreement.
An agreement can be requested via
Terms
These contracts and agreements have been developed to reflect AgriFutures Australia’s statutory and other procurement responsibilities.
If you require further information regarding these contracts and agreements please contact
Contact
Should you have any questions about the Request for Quote, please direct all enquires to the growᴬᴳ⋅ Program (details below) prior to 12 noon AEST Wednesday, 31 July 2024.
A member from the growᴬᴳ⋅ Program team will take questions via email.
Please contact:
growᴬᴳ⋅ Program
Alex Bundock
Senior Manager, Digital Product & Marketing – AgriFutures growᴬᴳ⋅
Timelines
Activity |
Date |
RFQ – applications open |
1 July 2024 |
RFQ – applications close |
31 July 2024 at 5pm (AEST) |
Intended completion date of evaluation of submissions |
12 August 2024 |
Expected execution of contract |
30 August 2024 |
Date of commencement of Project |
2 September 2024 |
Expected project completion date |
1 September 2025 |
Decision made by AgriFutures regarding an additional 12 months. |
1 August 2025 |