>We had initially thought of combining the tender for a CMS and the
website
>design in one document rather than doing them separately. However, we
have
>found that many suppliers of CMS are not necessarily good web designers
and
>vice versa. Having said that we can see advantages in dealing with one
>supplier as it may reduce costs and will keep both "back end" and
"front >end" of the site compatible.
Hi Alex,
With regard to your question, we have faced the same problems, however,
I included in my tender all the three main elements of our project:
archive management system, CMS and web interface. Some of the suppliers
who'll be bidding (I met a number of them informally before sending them
the tender) are archive/cms specialists but also have web design teams
working with them or are happy to work with external designers. As
someone else suggested, at least one of our respondents will be a
partnership between a specialist archive management system company and a
CMS/web design organisation.
I know other projects who have included all the different elements in
their tender and then sent it to companies specialising in the various
areas (back end, cms, design...etc) inviting them to reply to whichever
part of the tender their business relates to. Perhaps partnerships
between companies could be set up once you receive the proposals from
the various suppliers, according to who you feel is stronger in which
area.
Paola
Paola Marchionni
Project Director
SALIDAA
(South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive)
c/o Commonwealth Institute
Kensington High Street
London W8 6NQ
Tel: 020-7603 0355
SALIDAA is a registered charity No 1081584
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