PRESS RELEASE from DNCC
For Immediate Release
Friday, March 9, 2012
Contact: Kristie Greco, Joanne Peters
Democratic
National
Convention
Committee
Seeks Company to Design Website
Seeking
companies to provide services for DemConvention.com to give Americans
more ways to connect and engage with the convention
CHARLOTTE – The Democratic National Convention Committee
today issued a request for proposal for a website services vendor to
design and host a new website for the 2012 Democratic National
Convention. The proposal can be found at the DNCC website, www.demconvention.com.
“Using digital media, including an innovative website, we will allow
more Americans than ever before to participate in the convention,
making this the most open and accessible convention in history,” said
DNCC CEO Steve Kerrigan. “Through this website, and other social
media, we can engage Americans in a conversation about how we can
strengthen the country in a way that creates more opportunity for all.”
The online presence of the DNCC will also support information sharing
and other logistical communications with approximately 6,000 delegates,
an expected 15,000 members of the media, thousands of other convention
guests, and the general public.
The websites services vendor will be responsible for providing web
design, development and production services, including website hosting
and security. The deadline to submit bids is March 20, 2012.
The DNCC has previously awarded contracts for construction management,
event architect, event and exposition services, and housing services
provider. It has also issued an RFP for transportation services
and an
RFQ for secure printing company to print credentials.
The DNCC will evaluate the proposals based on numerous criteria,
including, but not limited to: experience, reliability, relationships
to Charlotte, North Carolina, and the surrounding region, participation
of union labor, women, minorities and persons with disabilities, and
innovative proposed solutions.
The request for proposal is just one step in the DNCC’s outreach to
local businesses. On Sept. 1, the DNCC and Committee for
Charlotte
2012 announced the publication of an online vendor directory that will
allow vendors to search for local businesses for their
convention-related needs. The vendor directory can be found at www.charlottein2012.com.
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