The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada's national public arts funder. The Council promotes artistic excellence in Canada and nurtures public appreciation for the arts across the country and abroad through the canadacouncil.ca website and subsidiary sites. It is responsible for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO which promotes the values and programs of UNESCO in Canada to contribute to a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable future.
As part of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO serves as a bridge between Canadians and the vital work of UNESCO: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. By promoting UNESCO values, priorities and programs in Canada and by bringing the voices of Canadian experts to the international stage, the Commission contributes to a peaceful, equitable and sustainable future that leaves no one behind. The Commission is a network of networks that helps Canadians share knowledge, locally and globally, in order to build peace in the minds of men and women. To do so, CCUNESCO facilitates cooperation in the fields of education, sciences, culture, communication and information to address some of the most complex challenges facing humanity. Their activities are guided by the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other UNESCO priorities. The Commission operates under the authority of the Canada Council for the Arts.
The CCUNESCO's website is currently being redesigned to improve its Web presence and effectively share its mission throughout Canada and internationally, as well as reposition the Commission to be more relevant, engaging and supportive to its immediate stakeholders.
Since the beginning of 2017, the Commission has worked with external consultants to develop the Web strategy, information architecture and wireframes as well as develop a new look and feel for the website.
The Council is looking for help from a consultant to migrate the content from the old site to the new site as well as populate the redesigned site with new content. The Web development phase of the redesign is currently underway and the launch of the new website is planned for December 18, 2017. The website counts a maximum of 100 pages per language. The selected firm will be working closely with the Web developers and the Council's Web and Brand team.
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to seek proposals from bidders interested in providing Web content migration services for the CCUNESCO website. Bidders should have the ability to scale up their resources as needed in order to ensure we meet our launch date of December 18, 2017. Services include moving content from the old site to the new site as well as adding new content from webpage text to links, file types, metadata, permissions and targeting, etc.
