B2B Portal (similar to EC21.com)

We are looking for quotations for a web development project: The basic functionality will be as follows: - Content Management System - Information Management System - Internal Search Engine - Member Management System - Product Management System - Online shopping System - Message Center - Email Alerting System - Message Board / Forum etc. Infact something similar to [[login to view URL]][1] We are in the process of getting quotations from several companies including various companies in China and India. In the meantime, can you provide us wuth a quote? In your quotation, please provide information on the following: 1. Have you developed a site similar to [login to view URL] / [login to view URL] If so, please provide the web-address? 2. Can you provide reference sites to demonstrate the functionality for our website (e.g. CMS, Database, UMS, etc.) 3. What database platform do you plan to use (e.g. SQL / Oracle / MySQL) 4. What platform do you plan to use for the CMS? 5. What technology will the website be developed on (e.g. ASP, .NET, PHP, etc.) 6. What bulk mail technology will be deployed? 7. How scalable will be the website, in terms of new members, traffic, bulk mails, email alerts, etc. 8. What indexing approach will be used to streamline local and global search within the website? 9. Email Alert system - what kind of messaging system will be used? 10. Is search engine optimisation included, if so, what is the overall SEO strategy? 11. What kind of messaging centre will be included and what will be the key features? (Need to enable members to have live chat with each other) 12. What period of 'warranty' will you supply with the finished product? (i.e. to include bug fixing) ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables): a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). * * *This broadcast message was sent to all bidders on Saturday Mar 15, 2008 4:51:45 PM: Hello, This is a general notice to all the bidders that were shortlisted in the last round (a specific email was sent to you a couple of weeks ago). All others can ignore this email. Also those who have already returned the RFQ Excel document can ignore this email. ------------------------------------------------ Notice: Those who have not yet responded to the Excel RFQ document (as requested by 14th March), please respond to the RFQ latest by close of business 18th March (GMT) if you are still interested in this project. If you have any clarification questions, feel free to contact us directly. Best Regards, Shan Haq ## Platform Windows XP", "in all 6.0+ versions of Internet Explorer and 2.0+ versions of Firefox", "Linux"