SUPPLIER TO CONDUCT ON-GOING DEVELOPMENT WITH SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE, AND TO SECURELY HOST THE OBP WEBSITE.

RFQ/OBP560/2024/25

Should be less visually crowded, cleaner, vibrant, and attractively organised. · Should enable visitors to reach the information they need in an intuitive navigation path which need not necessarily be subject to the three-click rule, but more importantly result in a high success rate for task completion. · Should present information in a clear, collated format, be intuitive for users and platforms, have a modern look and appeal, usable, accessible and as well as easy to update. · Should make provision for the OBP administration staff to edit existing content as well as create new content. · Should allow for third-party OBP systems/platform to be accessible via the website through links for portal collaborations · Should be mobile compatible (Tablet and Mobile devices). · Should be fully searchable using the world’s top search engines. · Should be secure and scalable. · Should be maintained/developed using a suitable content management system. · Should be maintained using latest web standard coding that is platform and browser independent. · The supplier must source licensed pictures of livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, horses) to be utilised as a design background/ watermark as well as to be randomly placed throughout the site. · Should have a Menu/button-based chatbot, sufficient for answering standard questions, e.g. FAQs. · Management of disseminating the FAQs posed to OBP to the relevant employees with access to the website (committee members) for those questions that require in-depth responses. · The supplier should ensure that proofreading and editing are meticulously done. · The supplier will use pictures relating to the industry as part of the content for the pages. · The supplier should be able to work with other service providers, regarding content and look and feel of OBPs website as instructed by OBP. Target Audience The target audience for the website is demographically diverse across age, gender, language, culture, and social economic status. The audience is also diverse in terms of their needs, from new and potential customers looking for animal vaccines, the public wanting information on job opportunities and general interest stories, service providers on the lookout for business opportunities, to researchers and scholars wanting to know more about our industry. Our audiences include but are not limited to: • Our Stakeholders-Department of Agriculture and other Government departments and officials and quasi-government organisations • Local, regional, and international customers • Partners institutions e.g., research, veterinary, etc • Media (National, Regional, and International) • Development organisations • Educational institutions and professional associations • OBP Staff • General public Website Maintenance The Website should be maintained and therefore be available and always performing for the upkeep of the good name of the OBP, as well as to support business processes. The activities required for the maintenance of the website include, but not limited to the following: · Providing support per month, inclusive of AdWords and SEO management for the contract period. · Training of pre-selected OBP administration staff on how to use the website CMS (content management system) when required; *staff to be equipped to perform basic functions, e.g., uploads of procurement documents, job adverts, news articles and videos, reports, product information, etc. · Attend to technical functionality changes and modifications requested by OBP. · Limited uploading of content or data input support should OBP need assistance/training and telephonic support where required. · Regular posting of scheduled reports/ content to the website. · Holding of regular meetings to review the performance of the site. · Production of a monthly Analytics report, which will note the main website traffic trends. · Production of a monthly SEO (search engine optimisation) report that will review the state of the website’s ranking on major search engines; and · Make modifications to the site to enhance the SEO of the website. Align the OBP website to our social media platforms OUTPUTS · Maintenance, support, and optimisation of the website: provide ongoing maintenance, support, and optimisation to keep the website relevant and engagingly interactive. o SSL Management and connection control o Web filtering and threat analysis o Intrusion detection and prevention o Safe passage services § Traffic analysis § Threat monitoring to and from OBP website o Provide dedicated hosting for the OBP website with 99.99% uptime and availability o Provide monthly reports of the system’s resource usage, availability and performance o Not allow OBP data to be co-hosted with other data sources o Allow maintain a full-backup of the server · Dedicated Project Manager and Social Media Content Manager, with minimum of 3-4 updates per week or as directed by OBP.

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2025/04/07 15:00:00

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RFQ/OBP560/2024/25