[webproducers] Request for Proposal

The Sheridan Group, a small, progressive-issue lobbying firm in Washington, DC 
is seeking proposals for the redesign of our website, 
http://www.sheridangroupdc.com.

Website Audience
The main purpose for the Sheridan Group's website is to communicate with 
potential clients and others seeking basic information about the Sheridan Group 
and our services. Our audience is primarily members of non-profit groups and 
employees of various government agencies with whom we have business 
relationships.

Scope
The Sheridan Group website is primarily an online brochure, consisting of 
approximately 10-20 pages. We are seeking a clean, elegant graphical interface 
(commensurate with our offline image), improved navigation, better search 
engine performance, and updated content. The site should be written in clean, 
standards-compliant HTML that can be updated in the future by a relatively 
non-technical user with a GUI-based editing tool such as Dreamweaver. There 
will be little to no backend scripting required (possibly a contact form). 
Up-to-date content will be provided to the vendor prior to the project's 
inception.

Restrictions
The Sheridan Group is a small company with a small website, and a 
correspondingly small budget. Please include in your proposal a line item for 
stock photography and any other non-labor costs you anticipate so that there 
will be no surprises down the road. Although respondents need not be in the 
Washington, DC metro area, there is no budget for reimbursable travel, so 
please be prepared to work with the logistical difficulties associated with 
long-distance consulting.

Please send all proposals to me at mgemmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (not to 
mgemmill@xxxxxxx), though you are welcome to address questions concerning this 
request to me at mgemmill@xxxxxxxx The president of the Sheridan Group (who is 
the main decision-maker on this project) has little knowledge of or interest in 
techno-BS, so please keep it simple and straightforward. Be sure to include 
examples of prior work from your portfolio (including an explanation of your 
role on the project) as well as references from previous clients.

Please submit your proposal by email no later than 5pm on Wednesday, October 2, 
2002. If you cannot submit by email for any reason, please contact me at 
mgemmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for alternatives.

NO PHONE CALLS! If you call me without prior arrangement, I will delete any 
proposal you send me.

Maia Gemmill
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