ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE
ACS WEBSITE PREQUALIFICATION BRIEF – TENDER UPDATE NO. 2.
ISSUE RAISED |
SUGGESTED RESPONSE |
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Is being a member of the ACS a pre-requisite? |
No, but is desirable. things being equal acs membership would be a deciding factor. |
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Who has created the existing Web site? |
Created through input from a number of people over time. |
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How many companies does the ACS intend on choosing for the tender? |
one preferably. |
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Is there a preference for a particular ISP to host the site? |
No |
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Will the ACS be looking for off and on-line promotion of the site? |
WE would be interested in strategies for undertaking these. |
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Will there be a re-organising of the site content? |
yes. We believe that this is essential and are looking for input. |
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Does dyanamic mean "regularly changed" or something else? |
Regularly changed. |
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What databases does the ACS’s current information reside on? And will there be a need to integrate these DB’s? |
It does not reside on any DB – it is held in HTML documents. the ACS has a Universe-based membership system, which will have a browser based front-end. Links to this system will be a requirement. |
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Will chat rooms be available on the site? |
yes |
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Will the ACS be encouraging IT professionals to upload or contribute information and how will it be screened? |
initially member contributions will be through chat rooms and newsgroups. Mainstream content would be screened. |
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Which of the functions shown on the matrix are password protected? |
as an indication, most of the items for the management committee, branch executive committee, members etc will be password protected. |
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Is the membership form for ACS only? |
NO - MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORMS ARE FOR NON –ACS. |
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What types of products if any be sold over the Web? |
membership payments, course registrations, Conference registrations and packages, ACS mementos, Books (ACS Book Club), special offers (eg recent Modem promotion), Subscriptions to ACS Publications. |
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What is happening to the States individual pages? |
The key here is consistency not necessarily uniformity – strive for a consistent corporate image. Use links wherever possible – do not duplicate information. |
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Is the ACS looking for indicative or firm pricing and what is the prefered way of presenting this (hourly, on a project basis etc). |
at this stage – indicative only: basis for charging and estimates only for proposed work. |