Publishing Content Management System
- This RFP had a pre-bid event.
The Bank invites qualified firms to submit proposals to supply, implement, and maintain a Publishing Content Management System (PCMS) with an intuitive interface that can manage content and metadata components as they progress through the print and digital publishing workflows in the Bank's Office of the Publisher (EXTOP).
For the Publishing Content Management System RFP and project, the Bank seeks firms
1. with experience providing content management systems/services and ongoing support and maintenance services to the publishing industry
2. with ability to innovate via planned innovations and road maps
3. who have provided the proposed solution already to a publishing operation, where it is currently implemented and in use
4. with ability to provide on-going maintenance and support for the proposed solution installed on a Bank-procured hosting environment
Offerors requesting RFP must complete, sign, and return the NDA attached to this advertisement and provide evidence of meeting the requirements listed below prior to receipt of the RFP document.
Mandatory requirements (please provide evidence)
1. Offeror must be in business for at least four (4) years.
2. Offeror must have experience providing component-level content management systems/services and ongoing support and maintenance services to the publishing industry; and have provided the proposed solution to a publishing operation, where it is currently implemented and in use. The solution proposed must be a named solution capable of component-level content management and already available "off the shelf", with configurable features and requiring minimal customization. It should not be a solution created solely for the Bank. This experience must be supported by three (3) references. The Bank reserves right to contact these references for verification of this requirement.
3. Offeror must sign NDA. (attached below).
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Issue Request for Proposal: October 18, 2012
Requests for Clarification Due: November 12, 2012 by 5:00pm EST
Notice of Intent to Bid Due: November 26, 2012
Proposal Due Date: December 3, 2012 by 5:00pm EST
Oral Presentations: January 7 to January 18, 2013
Expected Contract Start Date: March 2013
