Organization:
Type:
Contract
Salary:
$20,000 to $30,000
/ Project-based
Posted:
Mar 26, 2024
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is accepting proposals to work with CBPP’s Communications team to create an updated visual language and minor design refresh for CBPP’s website. Proposals are due to CBPP via email by 5:00 pm on April 19, 2024, at nkasprak@cbpp.org. Evaluation and selection are expected to be completed by May 10, 2024, with work to start around the week of May 20, 2024.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs affecting low- and moderate-income families and individuals. It pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways. CBPP applies its deep expertise both to inform debates and achieve better policy outcomes.
CBPP works in the areas of Federal Budget and Tax, State Budget and Tax, Health, Social Security, Economy, Poverty and Inequality, Food Assistance, and Housing and Income Support. Staff in its various program areas collaborate within their teams, across teams and with a wide range of partner organizations and individuals across the country to conduct research, produce policy papers and memoranda, provide technical assistance, and deliver educational programs. CBPP is a 501(c)(3) organization located in Washington, DC, with more than 160 employees. More information on CBPP and its departments and programs can be found at www.cbpp.org.
CBPP publishes hundreds of research papers, blog posts, and other material on its website each year. Our Drupal-based website is our primary method of disseminating our research, and we have an extensive archive of content going back decades. The current design dates from 2015.
CBPP would like to undertake a minor visual refresh of the site, narrow in scope, to give it a fresher and more modern feel, without fundamentally altering the site architecture, structure, or user experience. Most web development is done in-house. CBPP recently undertook a full rebuild of the site as part of a migration from Drupal 7 to modern Drupal, and is not interested in repeating that process at this time – this is a re-theming at most.
As the designer for the project, you will provide, in either Adobe XD, PDF, or Adobe Illustrator format, several design templates, each corresponding to a type of page on our site, as the final deliverables. These will include at minimum mobile and desktop versions of the home page, a topic landing page, a typical paper or report that includes all standard reusable elements (text box, tables, pull quotes, block quotes, etc.), a typical blog post, our staff page, and several other page types we determine further into the process.
We expect the final number of deliverable page templates to be around 15 – 20, counting desktop and mobile version of the same page type separately.
Design elements that could change:
Design elements that should not change:
The design should:
As part of the discovery process CBPP is willing to grant access to the back end of our site, so that you may arrive at a better understanding of our site architecture and determine what types of changes are possible. We understand that a fair amount of guidance may be needed initially.
We are flexible on process and timeline. CBPP will pull together internal stakeholders, both inside and outside the communications team, to provide feedback and reactions throughout, and are willing to adapt our feedback process to your needs.
CBPP in-house developers will use the templates provided to update our existing Drupal theme (or write a new one, depending on how extensive the changes are.)
Goals
Proposal Requirements
Please include in your proposal a:
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation criteria will include, but not be limited to, the following: experience, project understanding, availability, and quality of proposal.
Budget and Submission
Our current budget for this project is not yet set, but we anticipate it will be in the range of $20,000 – $30,000. Your proposals may include other options for the scope of work at different cost levels.
Note that if you have any questions related to this RFP, you are welcome to email nkasprak@cbpp.org and someone from the CBPP team will be in touch by email to respond to your inquiry.
All proposals and related material will be held in the strictest confidence. Proposals should be received by CBPP via email no later than 5:00 pm on April 19, 2024, at nkasprak@cbpp.org.
RFP
Web Development
-Remote, District Of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia