Website Request for Proposals (RFP)
1. DESCRIPTION, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF WEB SITE
a. Describe the Web project you wish to undertake. Is it a new site, a redesign, or an update?
b. What problems will this technology project solve or what new capabilities will it provide for your organization?
c. If you have made a decision beforehand, indicate whether this site relies on a database to display information or will be "static" HTML.
2. BUDGET & COST ESTIMATES
a. Provide a budget range so your solutions providers can scale their proposal accurately.
b. Indicate whether your organization is ready to start work, or you have to raise money to begin the project. If you do need to raise money, vendors may help you describe the project in order to maximize your chances of receiving funding.
3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
a. Organization must own or have full access to and have the right to customize site code.
b. Terms for proposal:
i. Key dates
ii. Proposals should be delivered to __________. Copies should be ____________(postmarked/ or received) by ______________.
iii. Please provide ______ copies of any proposals submitted.
iv. All proposals must include a statement of authorization to bid signed by a principal of the responding company
v. All proposals must use the proposal format outlined in this RFP.
vi. Parties submitting separate proposals may not discuss pricing information or they will be ineligible to bid on the project.
vii. Bidder status: bidder must disclose any relevant conflicts of interest and/or pending lawsuits.
4. BACKGROUND OF COMPANY OR PROPOSED COMPANY
a. Tell vendors about your organization. Provide links to information on your existing Web site, if applicable. When was your organization founded? How many staff members does your organization have?
5. AUDIENCE
a. Define the audience that will be using the site. Do you have a defined group of users or "stakeholders" who will be regularly using the site and have different needs?
b. Will the entire site be accessible to the general public?
c. Will logins be required? Will there be a separate section for “members” or “admins”?
d. Do you need the capability for staff or members to "log in" to access special information?
6. TOOLS AND FUNCTIONALITIES
a. Essential components: are there certain features that are essential to any proposal you will consider?
b. Non-essential components: Are there other features of your site that you would like but are not essential to submitted proposals?
7. REPORTING NEEDS
a. If the site is database driven, what types of information will you regularly need to draw from it?
8. SITE SPECIFICATIONS
a. Design parameters
b. Accessibility/Usability
i. Bobby-approved site means it is section 508 compliant
ii. Usability testing mid-stream will validate navigation choices
c. Platform, if applicable
i. Is this a redesign of a current site? If so, in what language is the current site built? (ex: cold fusion, ASP, PHP, Dreamweaver)
ii. On what format is the current.
1.OUTLINE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A CATERING WEBSITETABLE OF CO.docxjackiewalcutt
1.OUTLINE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A CATERING WEBSITE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
4
Solution
s, Scope of Work, and Deliverables
5-6
1. Preliminary Research
2. Strategic Planning
3. Interface Design - Graphic Design Work
4. Web application Front End Programming
5. Web application Back-end Development
6. Quality Assurance and Launch
7. SEO, Web Promotion, Statistics and Reporting
Maintenance and Hosting
7
Multimedia elements
9
Accessibility
11
OVERVIEW
General:
The purpose of the project is to execute a complete design & development of a professional Portal website for cooking school for corporate team building events. The cutting edge website will feature all the elements, functions, and specifications as required by the client.
Despite the evident complexity and depth of the Portal website for cooking school for corporate team building events, the user experience must remain particularly smooth and simple. The design must be high-end, pleasant and clean, creating an atmosphere of confidence and professionalism.
The major web technologies used on the website will be JOOMLA CMS ,YT Framework, PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript, AJAX, XHTML, CSS, XML, API.
The main goal of this plan is to determine an accurate time and budget estimate, as well as determine the main technological route, web technologies, methodologies, phases of work, and other important details to best achieve Client Name’s business and creative goals.
SOLUTIONS, SCOPE OF WORK, AND DELIVERABLES
The primary purpose of this website project is to create a website using the latest technologies and trends designed to portray Client Name aims and objectives. The process includes building a visual representation and integration with the technologies.
For this project, our work process will be a seven-step methodology for delivering the web solution. The seven step process includes the following deliverables for the development of a high end, database driven website, and cutting edge web application featuring all the specifications we discussed:
1. Preliminary Research and Discovery Phase:
a. Gathering all the final specifications of the project
b. In-depth research of the field, market pool, and target population
c. Establishing the strategy to best accomplish Client goals within budget and timeframe
d. Fine tuning the technological route for the design and development of the Ecommerce site
e. Determining the full and final in-depth scope of the project
2. Strategic Planning:
a. Conception of the main goals of the website and of the users’ pathways, including what we call “the preferred customer pathways”.
b. Conception of the website’s flow
d. Preparation of detailed charts and wireframes showing the different areas of the website, their features, the technologies that will be implemented, etc…
e. Optimization of the navigation according to the application’s goals
3. Web Design – Graphic Design Work:
a. Conceptio ...
Given that the definition of the xor func.docxbudbarber38650
Given
that
the
definition
of
the
xor
function
as:
Axor
B
=
AB’
+A’BA,
and
knowing
that
the
xor
operation
is
commutative
i.e.
the
ordedr
of
doing
the
xor
operation
is
irrelevant.
Prove
or
disprove
the
following
equations
using
only
an
algebraic
proof:
(a) X
+
Y
=
X
xor
Y
xor
XY.
(b) a’b
+
b’c
+c’a
=
ab’
+
bc’
+ca’
Note:
Consensus
might
might
be
helpful
here.
Prove
or
disprove
the
following
identities
of
following
Boolean
equations,
using
algebraic
manipulations
only.
Not
Kmaps
are
allowed
for
this
question.
(a) Prove
that:
AB
+
BC’D’
+
A’BC
+
C’D
=
B
+
C’D
(b) Prove
that:
AC’
+
A’B
+
B’C
+
D’
=
(A’
+
B’
+
C’
+
D’)(A
+B
+
C
+
D)
Which
of
the
following
statements
are
always
true?
Give
counter
examples
to
justify
your
answer.
1.
If
A
+
B
=
C,
then
AD`
+
BD`
=
CD`
2.
If
A+B+C
=
C
+D,
then
A
+
B
=
D
Given
that
A.B
=
0
and
A+B
=1,
first
find
the
relationship
between
A
and
B
given
the
previous
equations.
Then,
use
algebraic
manipulation
to
prove
the
following:
(𝐴
+
𝐶).
(𝐴
+
𝐵`).
(𝐴`
+
𝐶)
=
𝐴`.
C
Given
the
following
Boolean
functions
E
and
F,
as
shown
in
the
truth
table
below:
a)
List
the
minterms
and
Maxterms
of
both
𝐸
+
𝐹
as
well
as
𝐸`.
𝐹`
and
fill
in
the
table.
b)
Express𝐸+𝐹 as
well
as
𝐸`.𝐹’in
minimum
number
of
literals.
Hint:
A
literal
is
a
variable
in
the
complemented
or
non-‐complemented
state
i.e.
X
is
a
literal
X`
is
a
literal,
XY
is
two
literals.
That
could
be
SOP
or
POS
format
that
produces
minimum
number
of
literals.
c)
Implement
𝐸
+
𝐹
as
well
as
𝐸`.
𝐹`
using
the
minimum
possible
number
of
gates
and
describe
your
implementation
in
terms
of
number
of
levels
and
gate
inputs
and
number
of
gates
of
each
gate
type
you
have
used
as
well
as
overall
number
of
gates.
Note:
no
restrictions
on
the
number
of
inputs
of
any
gates.
Solve
of
the
following:
a)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝐴
+
𝐵
+
𝐶
+
𝐷
using
only
2-‐input
NAND
gates.
b)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷
using
only
2-‐input
NOR
gates.
c)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝑎`𝑏`𝑐`
+
𝑎`𝑏𝑐
+
𝑎𝑏`𝑐
+
𝑎𝑏𝑐`
using
only
two-‐input
XNOR
gates.
Hint:
Using
only
one
XNOR
gate,
implement
an
inverter,
and
then
1.OUTLINE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A CATERING WEBSITETABLE OF CO.docxjackiewalcutt
1.OUTLINE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A CATERING WEBSITE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
4
Solution
s, Scope of Work, and Deliverables
5-6
1. Preliminary Research
2. Strategic Planning
3. Interface Design - Graphic Design Work
4. Web application Front End Programming
5. Web application Back-end Development
6. Quality Assurance and Launch
7. SEO, Web Promotion, Statistics and Reporting
Maintenance and Hosting
7
Multimedia elements
9
Accessibility
11
OVERVIEW
General:
The purpose of the project is to execute a complete design & development of a professional Portal website for cooking school for corporate team building events. The cutting edge website will feature all the elements, functions, and specifications as required by the client.
Despite the evident complexity and depth of the Portal website for cooking school for corporate team building events, the user experience must remain particularly smooth and simple. The design must be high-end, pleasant and clean, creating an atmosphere of confidence and professionalism.
The major web technologies used on the website will be JOOMLA CMS ,YT Framework, PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript, AJAX, XHTML, CSS, XML, API.
The main goal of this plan is to determine an accurate time and budget estimate, as well as determine the main technological route, web technologies, methodologies, phases of work, and other important details to best achieve Client Name’s business and creative goals.
SOLUTIONS, SCOPE OF WORK, AND DELIVERABLES
The primary purpose of this website project is to create a website using the latest technologies and trends designed to portray Client Name aims and objectives. The process includes building a visual representation and integration with the technologies.
For this project, our work process will be a seven-step methodology for delivering the web solution. The seven step process includes the following deliverables for the development of a high end, database driven website, and cutting edge web application featuring all the specifications we discussed:
1. Preliminary Research and Discovery Phase:
a. Gathering all the final specifications of the project
b. In-depth research of the field, market pool, and target population
c. Establishing the strategy to best accomplish Client goals within budget and timeframe
d. Fine tuning the technological route for the design and development of the Ecommerce site
e. Determining the full and final in-depth scope of the project
2. Strategic Planning:
a. Conception of the main goals of the website and of the users’ pathways, including what we call “the preferred customer pathways”.
b. Conception of the website’s flow
d. Preparation of detailed charts and wireframes showing the different areas of the website, their features, the technologies that will be implemented, etc…
e. Optimization of the navigation according to the application’s goals
3. Web Design – Graphic Design Work:
a. Conceptio ...
Given that the definition of the xor func.docxbudbarber38650
Given
that
the
definition
of
the
xor
function
as:
Axor
B
=
AB’
+A’BA,
and
knowing
that
the
xor
operation
is
commutative
i.e.
the
ordedr
of
doing
the
xor
operation
is
irrelevant.
Prove
or
disprove
the
following
equations
using
only
an
algebraic
proof:
(a) X
+
Y
=
X
xor
Y
xor
XY.
(b) a’b
+
b’c
+c’a
=
ab’
+
bc’
+ca’
Note:
Consensus
might
might
be
helpful
here.
Prove
or
disprove
the
following
identities
of
following
Boolean
equations,
using
algebraic
manipulations
only.
Not
Kmaps
are
allowed
for
this
question.
(a) Prove
that:
AB
+
BC’D’
+
A’BC
+
C’D
=
B
+
C’D
(b) Prove
that:
AC’
+
A’B
+
B’C
+
D’
=
(A’
+
B’
+
C’
+
D’)(A
+B
+
C
+
D)
Which
of
the
following
statements
are
always
true?
Give
counter
examples
to
justify
your
answer.
1.
If
A
+
B
=
C,
then
AD`
+
BD`
=
CD`
2.
If
A+B+C
=
C
+D,
then
A
+
B
=
D
Given
that
A.B
=
0
and
A+B
=1,
first
find
the
relationship
between
A
and
B
given
the
previous
equations.
Then,
use
algebraic
manipulation
to
prove
the
following:
(𝐴
+
𝐶).
(𝐴
+
𝐵`).
(𝐴`
+
𝐶)
=
𝐴`.
C
Given
the
following
Boolean
functions
E
and
F,
as
shown
in
the
truth
table
below:
a)
List
the
minterms
and
Maxterms
of
both
𝐸
+
𝐹
as
well
as
𝐸`.
𝐹`
and
fill
in
the
table.
b)
Express𝐸+𝐹 as
well
as
𝐸`.𝐹’in
minimum
number
of
literals.
Hint:
A
literal
is
a
variable
in
the
complemented
or
non-‐complemented
state
i.e.
X
is
a
literal
X`
is
a
literal,
XY
is
two
literals.
That
could
be
SOP
or
POS
format
that
produces
minimum
number
of
literals.
c)
Implement
𝐸
+
𝐹
as
well
as
𝐸`.
𝐹`
using
the
minimum
possible
number
of
gates
and
describe
your
implementation
in
terms
of
number
of
levels
and
gate
inputs
and
number
of
gates
of
each
gate
type
you
have
used
as
well
as
overall
number
of
gates.
Note:
no
restrictions
on
the
number
of
inputs
of
any
gates.
Solve
of
the
following:
a)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝐴
+
𝐵
+
𝐶
+
𝐷
using
only
2-‐input
NAND
gates.
b)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷
using
only
2-‐input
NOR
gates.
c)
Implement
𝑌
=
𝑎`𝑏`𝑐`
+
𝑎`𝑏𝑐
+
𝑎𝑏`𝑐
+
𝑎𝑏𝑐`
using
only
two-‐input
XNOR
gates.
Hint:
Using
only
one
XNOR
gate,
implement
an
inverter,
and
then
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Request for Proposal MGMT 393 Group Case Project
A. INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO VENDORSA.1 introduction
We invite vendors to submit proposals and prepare a presentation to design and implement and support a corporate informations system in accordance with the requirements, terms, and conditions of this Request for Proposal (RFP).
This RFP sets forth the requirements for all services and solicits a detailed response from vendors to include pricing, design, drawing, and service descriptions in the specified format.
Our objectives are to implement a new startup business and have a newly developed business information system that will allow us to be competitive within our industry. We believe this can be accomplished with an effective Manaement Information System that comprises of a reliable computer network, data communications services and various information technology components. A.2 Background Information
Our new startup company is called Eagle Ridge Aviation and we are an airplane reseller with our headquarters in Denver, CO approximately 15 employees in Denver, Irvine CA, and Orlando FL. Our projected corporation’s annual revenues for the 2017 fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, is estimated 4 million. Our goal is to sell 2 airplanes per quarter at an average selling price of $500,000 per airplane.
We currently have not purchased any technology including computers or accounting software. This is especially proving to be difficult for the accounting department which performs all accounting services with the “old fashion” GAAP standards of double entry accounting (book-keeping) by hand. The sales and marketing departments have equally struggled without the availability of computers.
Our company also does not have a phone system in place either and currenty just using our cell phones.
A.3 General Conditions
This RFP is not an offer to contract. Acceptance of a proposal neither commitsour company to award a contract to any vendor, even if all requirements stated in this RFP are met, nor limitsour right to negotiate in our best interest. We reserve the right to contract with a vendor for reasons other than lowest price.
Failure to answer any question in this RFP may subject the proposal to disqualification. Failure to meet a qualification or requirement will not necessarily subject a proposal to disqualification.
A.3.1 Valid Period of Offer
The pricing, terms, and conditions stated in your response must remain valid for 90 days from the date of delivery of the proposal to our company.
A.3.2 Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure
The information contained in this RFP (or accumulated through other written or verbal communication) is confidential. It is for proposal purposes only and is not to be disclosed or used for any other purpose.
Information received in response to this RFP will be held in strict confidence and not disclosed to any party, other than our company,without the express written consent of said vendor. We ...
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Deakin Business School
Department of Information Systems & Business Analytics
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By completing and including this form with your assignment submission, you are declaring that the submission is entirely your own, except where material quoted or paraphrased is referenced in the text. You are also declaring that it has not been submitted for any other assessment in any other Unit or Course.
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Assignment 2: Proposal
Propose an IT Infrastructure Design
Solution
for iTech Company
Date due:
Type:
Week 10
Individual assignment
Weighting: 40%
Rationale
Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical learning to practical, real world
situations. This is Individual assignment that each student must design and configure an IT
infrastructure solution for a small organization.
A hard copy report of approximately 2500 must be provided to present your proposed ideas.
The report must satisfy the following specific criteria:
1. Demonstrate ability to plan, locate information using the Internet, organisations and
publications and analyse this information.
2. Demonstrate k ...
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Using MySQL SELECT commands answer the questions listed below using the Tiny Video schema used in your previous assignment. Submit via the D2L drop box the final SQL script for each problem. All questions are worth 2 points each.
1. Write a query to display the columns listed below. The query should list each customer once, whether they have rented a movie or not. Where the customer has rented a movie it should show only the first rental date. The output should be sorted by membership number.
2. Write a query to display the columns listed below. The query should list each customer who has not rented a move. The output should be sorted by membership number.
3. Write a query to display the columns listed below. The query should list each customer where the total detail rental fee is greater than twice the overall average detail rental fee. The output should be sorted by membership number. (Hint: A HAVING clause will be needed)
4. Write a query to display the columns listed below. The query should list each customer in which the video rental is overdue. The Days_Overdue column should calculate the number of days overdue based upon the due date and return date. The output should be sorted by membership number and then by the detail due date.
5. Write a query to display the columns listed below. For each customer the query should show the current system date, the current day (when you do the problem the date and day will be different), the number of characters in the member last name, the last date the customer rented a video and how many total videos the person rented.
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(Hint: To add a second line of output code, simply add a second System.out.print in the statement.)
Take this code to www.ideone.com. Important: On the bottom left of the compiler window, ensure that the toggle menu states Java and not another programming language. (The compiler automatically defaults to whatever language was used last.) Enter the code into the line that states: “// your code goes here”.
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Plug your own content in to this presentation in order to present your ideas clearly to remote clients, save time, apply to more projects quicker and ultimately win more pitches.
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ingly interested in social issues and the
production processes employed in food
production. Livestock products (meat
and dairy products) certainly seem
to get the majority of the spotlight in
regard to consumers' concern for pro-
duction processes.
Shoppers in supermarkets and din-
ers in restaurants have increased access
to information via the Internet, and are
in constant communication with one
another via social media and alterna-
tive news sources about perceptions
of animal agriculture. Even though
most U.S. consumers are not directly
in contact with livestock, concern for
the treatment of animals, including
those employed in food production,
is evident — and increasing. While
in the past consumers were mainly
concerned with factors like the fat or
nutritional content of pork, for exam-
ple, today's savvy shoppers are con-
sidering other factors, like the welfare
of livestock (pigs), safety of workers
employed on farms and potential envi-
ronmental impacts (externalities) of
livestock operations.
Large-scale changes in production
practices are taking place in livestock
24 April 15, 2014
production due to pressures from vari-
ous interested parties. Changes such
as the discontinued use of gestation
stalls, for example, are being sought
via traditional regulatory channels in
some states, but are also being pushed
via non-traditional market channels.
Consider the cumbersome process
of changing regulations, versus the
oftentimes faster (and perhaps easier)
channel of influencing key market
actors. It is no surprise that consum-
ers' concerns are increasingly voiced to
supermarkets and restaurants which,
in turn, take action to satisfy their
customers by placing pressure on sup-
ply-chain players. Changes sought via
"the market," rather than legislation or
regulation, are increasingly common,
and the use of market channels for
communicating throughout the supply
chain is unlikely to stop anytime soon.
www.nationalhogfarmer.com
Figure 1. Reported Recollection of Exposure to Media
Stories Regarding Pig Welfare, by Source
7 0 %
0 %
Television Internet
Media source
Printed Magazines
Newspaper
Books I have not seen
any media stories
regarding pig
welfare.
Melissa McKendree (left) and Nicole Olynk Widmar
A national-scale study completed
at Purdue University by Nicole Olynk
Widmar, Melissa McKendree, and
Candace Croney in 2013 was focused
on assessing consumers' perceptions of
various por.
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B R O O K I N G S
M E T R O P O L I TA N
P O L I CY
P R O G RA M
6
I . I N T R O D U C T I O N
A
s the global economy has become more integrated and urbanized,
fueled in large part by technology, major cities and metropolitan
areas have become key engines of economic growth. The 123 largest
metro areas in the world generate nearly one third of global output
with only 13 percent of the world’s population.
In this urban-centered world, the classic notion of a
global city has been upended. This report introduces
a redefined map of global cities, drawing on a new
typology that demonstrates how metro areas vary in
the ways they attract and amass economic drivers
and contribute to global economic growth in distinct
ways. New concerns about economic stagnation—in
both developing and developed economies—add
urgency to mapping the role of the world’s cities and
the extent to which they are well-positioned to deliver
the next round of global growth.1
Instead of a ranking or indexed score, which many
prior cities indices and reports have capably deliv-
ered,2 this analysis differentiates the assets and
challenges faced by seven types of global cities.
This perspective reveals that all major cities are
indeed global; they participate as critical nodes in
an integrated marketplace and are shaped by global
currents. But cities also operate from much differ-
ent starting points and experience diverse economic
trajectories. Concerns about global growth, productiv-
ity, and wages are not monolithic, and so this typology
can inform the variety of paths cities take to address
these challenges. For metro leaders, this typology
can also ensure better application of peer com-
parisons, enable the identification of more relevant
global innovations to local challenges, and reinforce a
city-region’s relative role and performance to inform
economic strategies that ensure ongoing prosperity.
This report proceeds in four parts. In the following
section, Part II, we explore the three global forces of
urbanization, globalization, and technological change,
and how together they are demanding that city-
regions focus on five core factors—traded clusters,
innovation, talent, infrastructure connectivity, and
governance—to bolster their economic competitive-
ness. Building on these factors, Part III outlines the
data and methods deployed to create the metropoli-
tan typology. Part IV explores the collective economic
clout of the metro areas in our sample and introduces
the new typology of global cities. Finally, Part V
explores the future investments, policies, and strate-
gies required for each grouping of metro areas. Within
the typology framework, we explore the priorities for
action going forward, including the implications for
governance.
REDEFINING
GLOBAL CITIES
THE SEVEN TYPES
OF GLOBAL METRO
ECONOMIES
7
U R B A N I Z AT I O N
The world is becoming more urba.
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B L O C K C H A I N &
S U P P LY C H A I N S
S U N I L W A T T A L
T E M P L E U N I V E R S I T Y
• To understand the power of blockchain systems, and the things they can do, it is important to
distinguish between three things that are commonly muddled up, namely the bitcoin currency,
the specific blockchain that underpins it and the idea of blockchains in general.
• Economist, 2015
WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN?
• A technology that permits transactions to be recorded
– Cryptographically chains blocks in order
– Allows resulting ledger accessed by different servers
– Information stored can never be deleted
• A digital distributed ledger that is stored and maintained on multiple systems belonging to multiple
entities sharing identical information (Deloitte)
• Bitcoin was the first demonstrable use
HISTORY OF BLOCKCHAIN
T YPES OF BLOCKCHAINS
• public or permissionless blockchains
– everyone who wants to engage in the network can openly see all transactions. The technology is
transparent, and all who want to engage in making transactions on the blockchain can do so.
• private or permissioned blockchains
– closed and accessible only to a selected few who have permission to engage in the blockchain.
BLOCKCHAIN FEATURES
• A blockchain lets us agree on the state of the system, even if we don’t all trust each other!
• We don’t want a single trusted arbiter of the state of the world.
• A blockchain is a hash chain with some other stuff added
– Validity conditions
– Way to resolve disagreements
• The spread of blockchains is bad for anyone in the “trust business”
WHAT IS BITCOIN
• A protocol that supports a decentralized, pseudo-anonymous, peer-to-peer digital currency
• A publicly disclosed linked ledger of transactions stored in a blockchain
• A reward driven system for achieving consensus (mining) based on “Proofs of Work” for
helping to secure the network
• A “scare token” economy with an eventual cap of about 21M bitcoins
10
OTHER USES OF BLOCKCHAIN
• Supply Chain
• Online advertising
• Smart Contracts
• Voting
BENEFITS OF BLOCKCHAIN
• Consistent
• Democratic
• Secure and accurate
• Segmented and private
• Permanent and tamper resistant
• Quickly updated
• Intelligent – smart contracts
BARRIERS TO BLOCKCHAIN
ADOPTION
• Hype
• Finding the right balance in regulation
• Cybersecurity
• Ease of use over shared databases
• Lack of understanding and knowledge
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
• Margin Erosion
• Demand changes
• Ripple Effect
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Lack of end to end visibility
• Obsolescence of Technology
APPLICATIONS IN SUPPLY CHAINS
• Traceability
• International Trade
• Continuity of Information
• Data Analytics
• Visibility
• Digital contracts and payments
• Check fraud and gaming
EX AMPLES OF BLOCKCHAIN IN
SUPPLY CHAINS
• 300 Cubits
– Blokcchain technology for the shipping industry
• BanQu
– Payment for small businesses
• Bext360
– Social sustainability.
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Año 15, núm. 43 / enero – abril de 2012. Análisis 97
Orientalizing New Spain:
Perspectives on Asian Influence
in Colonial Mexico1
Edward R. Slack, Jr.2
Resumen
E ste artículo investiga la totalidad de la influencia de Asia sobre la Nueva España que resultó de la conquista de Manila en 1571 y la re-gularización del comercio Transpacífico -comúnmente conocido como
los galeones de Manila o las naos de China- entre las Filipinas y Acapulco.
En sus inicios, una oleada constante de inmigrantes asiáticos, mercancías y
nuevas técnicas de producción influyeron mesuradamente en la sociedad y
la economía colonial mediante un proceso que el autor denomina “Orientali-
zación”. No obstante, en ninguna manera “Orientalización” se debe equiparar
con el concepto de Edward Said de “Orientalismo” por la relación histórica,
única e intima de la Nueva España con Asia a principios de la edad Moderna.
Abstract
This article examines the totality of Asia’s influence on New Spain that resulted
from the conquest of Manila in 1571 and the regularization of transpacific tra-
de – more widely known as the Manila Galleons or naos de China – between the
Philippines and Acapulco. In its wake, a steady stream of Asian immigrants,
commodities, and manufacturing techniques measurably impacted colonial
society and economy through a process the author calls “Orientalization.”
However, “Orientalization” should in no way be equated with Edward Said’s
1. Artículo recibido el 28 de octubre de 2011 y dictaminado el 16 de noviembre de 2011.
2. Eastern Washington University.
98 México y la Cuenca del Pacífico. Año 15, núm. 43 / enero – abril de 2012
Edward R. Slack, Jr.
concept of “Orientalism” because of New Spain’s uniquely intimate historical
relationship with Asia in the early Modern era.
Introduction
Contrary to popular belief, the Philippines Islands were more a colony of New
Spain (Nueva España) than of “Old Spain” prior to the nineteenth century.
The Manila galleons, or naos de China (China ships), transported Asian pro-
ducts and peoples to Acapulco and other Mexican ports for approximately
250 years. Riding this ‘first wave’
of maritime contact between
the Americas and Asia were tra-
velers from China, Japan, the
Philippines, various kingdoms in
Southeast Asia and India known
collectively in New Spain as chinos
(Chinese) or indios chinos (Chine-
se Indians), as the word chino/a
became synonymous with the
Orient. The rather indiscrimi-
nate categorizing of everything
“Asian” under the Spanish noun
for the Ming/Qing empire, its
subjects and export items is easily
discovered in a variety of sources
from that age. To illustrate, the
eig hteenth centur y works of
Italian adventurer Gamelli Carreri and the criollo priest Joachin Antonio
de Basarás (who evangelized in Luzon) nonchalantly refer to the Philippine
Islands as “la China.”3 Additionally, words such as chinería (Chinese-esque,
European/Mexican imitation of Chines.
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Website Request for Proposals (RFP)1. DESCRIPTION, PURPOSE AND O.docx
1. Website Request for Proposals (RFP)
1. DESCRIPTION, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF WEB
SITE
a. Describe the Web project you wish to undertake. Is it a new
site, a redesign, or an update?
b. What problems will this technology project solve or what
new capabilities will it provide for your organization?
c. If you have made a decision beforehand, indicate whether this
site relies on a database to display information or will be
"static" HTML.
2. BUDGET & COST ESTIMATES
a. Provide a budget range so your solutions providers can scale
their proposal accurately.
b. Indicate whether your organization is ready to start work, or
you have to raise money to begin the project. If you do need to
raise money, vendors may help you describe the project in order
to maximize your chances of receiving funding.
3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
a. Organization must own or have full access to and have the
right to customize site code.
b. Terms for proposal:
i. Key dates
ii. Proposals should be delivered to __________. Copies should
be ____________(postmarked/ or received) by
______________.
iii. Please provide ______ copies of any proposals submitted.
iv. All proposals must include a statement of authorization to
bid signed by a principal of the responding company
v. All proposals must use the proposal format outlined in this
RFP.
vi. Parties submitting separate proposals may not discuss
pricing information or they will be ineligible to bid on the
project.
vii. Bidder status: bidder must disclose any relevant conflicts of
2. interest and/or pending lawsuits.
4. BACKGROUND OF COMPANY OR PROPOSED COMPANY
a. Tell vendors about your organization. Provide links to
information on your existing Web site, if applicable. When was
your organization founded? How many staff members does your
organization have?
5. AUDIENCE
a. Define the audience that will be using the site. Do you have a
defined group of users or "stakeholders" who will be regularly
using the site and have different needs?
b. Will the entire site be accessible to the general public?
c. Will logins be required? Will there be a separate section for
“members” or “admins”?
d. Do you need the capability for staff or members to "log in" to
access special information?
6. TOOLS AND FUNCTIONALITIES
a. Essential components: are there certain features that are
essential to any proposal you will consider?
b. Non-essential components: Are there other features of your
site that you would like but are not essential to submitted
proposals?
7. REPORTING NEEDS
a. If the site is database driven, what types of information will
you regularly need to draw from it?
8. SITE SPECIFICATIONS
a. Design parameters
b. Accessibility/Usability
i. Bobby-approved site means it is section 508 compliant
ii. Usability testing mid-stream will validate navigation choices
c. Platform, if applicable
i. Is this a redesign of a current site? If so, in what language is
the current site built? (ex: cold fusion, ASP, PHP,
Dreamweaver)
ii. On what format is the current site hosted? (Ex: NT, UNIX,
Apache)
d. eCommerce
3. i. Are you using an eCommerce system now?
ii. If so, what are you using?
9. AVAILABLE TECHNOLGY RESOURCES/INTEGRATION
ISSUES
a. Do you have existing pages of Web content that you expect
your Web developer to add to the new site? (Provide a map of
your current site indicating how many pages will need to be
transferred)
b. Do you have existing databases that will need to be imported
or connected to the new site?
c. Do you have existing e-Commerce systems, web forums or
other tools that the new site should be connected to?
10. STAFF RESOURCES
a. Point of contact/ project manager
b. Do you have a "Web team" of technical and non-technical
staff members that will be reviewing proposals? If not, consider
forming one.
c. Do you have a technology staff that vendors should plan to
work with?
11. PROPOSED TIMELINE: (Please indicate the timeline you
expect vendor to adhere to)
i. Develop RFP process (forward email address for questions on
RFP)
ii. RFP release date
iii. Submission of questions on RFP
iv. Notification of Intention to bid
v. Answers to questions emailed to all bidders
vi. Proposals due
vii. Finalist interviews
viii. Proposal award date
ix. Initial meetings
x. Drop-dead Date (no new concepts/functionality added)
xi. Beta site launch
xii. Proposed site launch
12. FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS
1. Executive Summary
4. 2. Technical Volume
a. Web development process: explain the process you will
follow to build the Web site, including major milestones and
evaluation
b. Address usability standards and testing
c. Address any important technology information and
specifications used in your solution (languages, platform, etc.)
3. Management Volume
a. Organizational structure: communication process; including
lines of reporting and any special tools used.
b. Schedule of deliverables; include major milestones and
testing proposal.
4. Budget Volume
a. Break down cost by production hours, tools and
functionalities
b. Maintenance and support: identify any costs that should be
assumed as part of the site and ongoing costs for maintenance
and support we need in the future.
c. License fees: identify the costs we will need to pay to
develop or host the site.
d. Hosting: identify whether we must or are highly encouraged
to host with your company. If hosting is provided as an option
or requirement, provide pricing options.
e. Training and Style Guide: identify costs to train our staff to
use site tools and provide a style guide.
f. Other charge areas: Please identify whether there will be
other expenses, consulting fees, future work, etc. to complete
this project.
5. Attachments
a. Qualifications and Experience: relevant case histories with
information on accessing online demos or examples
b. Biographies of all who will work on account
5. c. Professional references
RFP for Phone System
ABCD PVT. LTD. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
PRIVATE
Introduction
ABCD Pvt. Ltd. requires an integrated voice connectivity
solution for their Thapathali branch.
This is a request for proposal to provide the equipment and
services outlined in Section II - System Requirements. ABCD
Pvt. Ltd. of Thapathali will award this contract on a competitive
basis.
Instructions for Completing the Proposal
The proposal needs to answer all questions listed in Part I -
Project Description. Be as brief and accurate as possible.
Submit three copies of your proposal.
Proposal Deadline
All proposals must be hand delivered no later than 5:00 PM,
Wednesday, MMMMDDYYYY Submit your proposal to ABCD
Pvt. Ltd. at the following address:
ABCD Pvt. Ltd.
Street Address
City, Anchal
6. Attn.: xxxxxxxxxxx
(999) 999-9999
Or
Mail an e-copy to [email protected]
Project Evaluation
Each submittal will be evaluated on a competitive basis against
other proposals submitted by other interested applicants.
Meetings between the vendor and ABCD Pvt. Ltd. to review the
proposals will be scheduled and confirmed by xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Proposal Schedule
The schedule for the Telecommunications System Projects is as
follows:
MMMM DD, YYYY
Request for Proposal faxed to vendors
MMMM DD, YYYY
Proposals Due
MMMM DD, YYYY
7. Project Evaluation Period by ABCD Pvt. Ltd.
MMMM DD, YYYY
Meetings with Vendors to Review
Proposal
MMMM DD, YYYY
ABCD Pvt. Ltd. visits local client provided as reference
MMMM DD, YYYY
Contract awarded
MMMM DD, YYYY
System is installed and operating
PART I – PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. Project Liaison. Designate a contact person who will serve
as the liaison between ABCD Pvt. Ltd. and your organization
for all matters pertaining to this proposal. Include the person’s
name, title, mailing address, direct telephone line, and fax
number.
2. Other Participants and Description of Involvement. Identify
and describe any additional parties and services to be involved
in carrying out this proposal. Include the person’s name, title,
mailing address, direct telephone line, and fax number.
3. Project Description. Provide a detailed description of
equipment and services following the requirements outline
format.
4. Total Cost. Identify the total cost with a breakdown by
activity and equipment. This should be provided in the form of
an Excel spreadsheet by outline activity (i.e., 1.1.3 = $ ###.##
or 1.1.4 = included).
8. 5. Project Management Plan. Provide a detailed and
consolidated description of how your organization plans to
manage the installation and maintenance of the service that is
being proposed.
6. Project Start Date. Describe steps taken to ensure a start-up
date which will allow you to complete the project on time.
Describe the expected availability of equipment and personnel
as of that date to support the proposal.
7. Additional Benefit to ABCD Pvt. Ltd. . Describe what the
applicant proposes to perform that will especially benefit the
system users and/or make the proposal stand out from other
applicants. This may include outstanding features of the
system, integration, guarantee project timeliness, etc.
PART II - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Phones
Console
Display
Standard
Total
Switch
Voice Mail
9. Total ports
I. Telephone System
A. PBX Switching Equipment
1. The proposed PBX shall be a stored program system, with a
fully digital switching matrix and program control.
2. The proposed PBX shall have a digital CPU capable of no
less than 500 Busy Hour Call Attempts to handle projected call
volumes
3. The proposed PBX shall have the ability to “field upgrade”
the system processor to support Computer Integrated
applications.
4. The PBX system, as configured and proposed, shall be
capable of “virtually non-blocking” communications, capable of
400 simultaneous conversations.
5. The proposed system shall have demonstrated support for
industry standard interfaces including TSAPI and TAPI
6. The proposed system should support LCR
7. The proposed system should include remote system
administration capability
8. The PBX switching cabinet should provide for physical
security
9. The administrator console, if external to the switch, will be
10. provided by the vendor complete with software
10. The proposed system shall have intercom capability
(user/group programmable voice/ring)
11. Speed dial capability of 300 system numbers that are not
affected by user speed dial
12. Conference call capability, internal/external mixture, 10
parties
13. System must comply with ICM/Q.SIG standard for
international expandability
14. System shall provide digital audio interface or
music/advertisements on hold
a) Optional second channel for background music
B. Attended console
1. Digital instrument with digital display
2. Programmable BLF/DSS keys. Ability to support 100
programmable keys
C. Telephone Station Equipment
1. Except for Analog/Fax/Modem ports, all station equipment
should be digital to the station desktop
2. Station equipment should be modular and support the
addition of headset adapters and PC dialing interfaces (TAPI) as
required (up to all stations)
a) Conform to industry standard interface as defined by
11. Plantronix
b) The existing installed Plantronix headsets devices should be
reusable
3. Display equipped stations should have the ability to display
ANI and DNIS information and alphanumeric identifiers, date
and time, internal caller ID, message quantity, and queue status
4. Digital telephones shall be configurable to support ACD
functions via software/configuration changes
5. The following telephone equipment station should include,
but not be limited to:
a) Plentiful keys for telephone lines and special features to
include:
(1) Variable volume control
(2) Do not disturb capability
(3) Follow me functionality
(4) No less than 4 programmable buttons for speed dialing
(5) Visual indicator for voice messaging that provides one touch
access
(6) Ability to handle three incoming lines
(7) Ability to handle three way conferencing
(8) Two-way speaker for hands free operation and speaker
button
12. (9) Mute capability for conversation privacy
(10) Automatic re-dial capability
(11) Pick-up capability
(12) Transfer and Hold as separate functions
(13) Headset button and mute button
b) Modular capability to support asynchronous data transfer
c) Non-proprietary interface
D. Voice Messaging/Call processing Server
1. The voice messaging/server shall be manufactured by the
PBX manufacturer
2. Voice messaging server must provide digital integration
3. Minimum of 32 port capacity
4. System failure should default to attendant console
5. System must have a minimum of four-tier decision tree on
auto attendant main menu
6. User recordable system prompts
7. Software for both messaging and call processing/automated
attendant/audio text shall be included in the proposed
configuration
8. System software programmable for the following features
shall be included:
13. a) Call forward
b) Pager alert
c) Fax on demand
d) Multiple follow me
e) Forward to group
f) Ability to add message header
g) Ability to save messages to a separate space
h) Five programmable message greetings
i) Busy greeting
j) User selectable date and time stamp
k) Call recording capability
9. Multilingual prompts and TDD support should be available as
optional features
10. Optional message queuing, camp busy
11. Message exchange or “networking” shall be included in each
voice mail processor proposed
a) Message transfer between identical vendor voice messaging
(option for transfer to alternate vendor voice messaging)
12. System administrator
a) System shall provide on-board reporting capability for usage
14. (bill back reports), call processing applications, and security
b) Additional administrator functions to include
(1) Number of messages per box
(2) Message roll-over by time and/or quantity
(3) Variable message length
(4) Remote administration
13. Message mailbox security shall include (at a minimum)
a) Variable password length
b) Minimum password length
c) Encrypted password storage (on disk)
d) Message retention for locked mailboxes
e) Configurable logon attempts (“Hacker lock”)
14. Industry standard hard drive capable of 50 hours of storage
(minimum of 10 hours for Los Angeles)
15. Programmable backup feature using industry standards
E. UPS/Power backup
1. Minimum 2 hour power backup for each switch proposed
F. Serviceability
1. Warranty service is to include 24-hour support, 7 days per
15. week
2. Remote maintenance and repair capability
3. Response time
a) Critical function turnaround not to exceed one hour
b) Emergency turnaround not to exceed 4 hours
c) Standard turnaround not to exceed 48 hours (2 business days)
4. Lock contract for a five year maintenance agreement cost
5. Define coverage for in-house administration
6. Major/minor alarms should be automatically reported to the
Vendor Customer Service resources without manual call (via an
automated process)
7. Revision upgrades due to system usability to be at no cost
and to include training
8. System should have an administrative/maintenance
management interface. Interface should provide for the
following:
a) Customer moves, adds, and changes to site equipment. The
ability to make these changes shall be available during the
warranty period
b) System should have multilevel security
c) System should provide for management of LCR
tables/updates
16. d) System should provide for remote maintenance/management
with appropriate security
e) System reporting should be industry standard data format
G. Applications
1. Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) software shall be
included for a minimum of 15 agents
2. Real time display of ACD agent status is required
3. Customized reporting of ACD events for agents, trunk, and
call events requirement for a minimum period of 7-14 days
(historical)
II. Add-On Equipment
A. CTI Application Server
1. In addition to TAPI-based desktop control, vendor should
demonstrate a server based CTI system capable of skills based
routing
2. Server shall communicate with intelligent PC/Agent
workstations to provide a GUI interface or queue status and
permit “on the fly” redirection or reservation of calls in queue
B. Vendor to provide a packaged service solution including long
distance services, digital and voice
C. Demonstrate capability to support worldwide franchise
locations, with both voice and data
D. Development of package models to support franchise
network including the disposition of current equipment
17. III. Facilities
A. Facilities requirements shall be determined by a site review
of each facility. The following elements should be estimated on
the assumption that existing station and LAN cable will be
reused and that the vendor will “tone and tag” equipment for re-
use. New cable to existing sites will be negotiated following
the site review.
1. Environmental considerations to be define on initial site
inspection
a) Convection cooling preferred. If not, provide yearly
environmental costs
B. Negotiated price for additional cabling will be frozen not to
exceed contract price
IV. Additional requirements
A. System life cycle upgrades
1. Training provided at no charge
2. Upgrade schedule not to exceed specified contract cost
B. Training
1. Provide training for two system administrators. Training
package to include any follow up training
2. End user training (system and voice messaging)
a) Provide training beginning one week prior to system cutover
18. b) Provide training for a minimum of two weeks post system
cutover or until 90% of the users are trained
C. Documentation
1. Two sets of full system administrator manuals
2. End user voice messaging and system manuals as required
over the system life cycle
D. Installation
1. The voice messaging shall be in-house a minimum of 5 days
prior to cutover for the following purpose:
a) Programming/recording of system prompts
b) Developing of main menu
c) Set up and installation of user mailboxes
2. Voice messaging shield during system cutover
3. System cutover not to exceed 48 hours. Cutover to begin on
a Friday at 18:00 hours
E. Current telephone equipment
1. Broker by incoming vendor.
F. Our current long distance provider is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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19. R equest for P r oposal (R F P )
P ur pose
W orld C ommunity G rid is seeking proposals from research
organizations interested in harnessing
the immense power of I nternet-connected computers to
accelerate humanitarian research. Our goal
is to support innovative efforts that will benefit most from this
technology and promise to deliver
significant results on the most pressing issues facing the global
community. T o meet this goal,
W orld C ommunity G rid plans to implement as many as five
research projects per year.
B ack gr ound
G rid technology joins together many individual computers,
creating a large system with massive
computational power that exceeds the power of a few
supercomputers. T his capability can be
applied, on a global scale, to very large and complex problems
for the benefit of humanity.
I n 2003, the I B M C orporation was one of the sponsors of a
smallpox study that took advantage of
grid computing. T his study, using today’ s largest available
supercomputers, would have taken
years to complete. W ith grid computing, this study was
completed in less than six months and
identified 45 potential smallpox-treatment candidates.
W or ld C ommunity G r id: A P hilanthr opic I nitiative
20. A s a result of the smallpox study success, I B M sought
partners to create W orld C ommunity G rid as
a wholly philanthropic initiative, with the vision that it would
be the world’ s largest public
computing grid tackling projects for the benefit of humanity. T
he name was chosen carefully to
represent the endeavor’ s reach (worldwide), its volunteer and
scientific collaboration (community),
and its technical underpinnings (grid computing).
W ith technology and funding provided by the I B M C
orporation, W orld C ommunity G rid is making
grid technology available to public and not-for-profit
organizations to use in humanitarian research
that might otherwise not be completed due to the high cost of
the computer infrastructure required
in the absence of a public grid.
W orld C ommunity G rid is designed as a resource for research
done with a philanthropic or
humanitarian purpose and will only be available to projects
conducted for public and not-for-profit
purposes. I t will serve as a useful tool for the completion of a
certain stage of research, hastening
the progress of projects into further phases of development. R
esults must be made available to the
global research community by the sponsoring research
organization and remain in the public
domain.
B ecause projects must serve to promote human welfare directly
or indirectly, it is anticipated that
projects in the following disciplines will be run on W orld C
ommunity G rid:
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• New and existing infectious disease research: Research on
cures for HIV and AIDS,
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), malaria, and
others.
• Genomic and disease research: Studies that seek to identify
the functions of the proteins
that are coded by human genes and how they might relate to
cures for common diseases.
• Natural disasters and hunger: Earthquake predictions,
information on improving crop
yields and livestock production, and evaluation of the supply of
critical natural resources
such as water.
• Environmental Research: Meteorology and severe weather
prediction, pollution
remediation, climate modeling, and others.
Research that has the potential to assist economically
disadvantaged communities and those in
developing countries or to provide the initial research that can
open new fields of inquiry will have
priority.
Technical Requirements
Projects must meet three basic technological requirements, to
22. ensure benefits from grid computing:
1. Projects should have a need for millions of CPU hours of
computation to proceed.
However, humanitarian projects with smaller CPU hour
requirements are able to apply.
2. The computer software algorithms required to accomplish the
computations should be such
that they can be subdivided into many smaller independent
computations.
3. If very large amounts of data are required, there should also
be a way to partition the data
into sufficiently small units corresponding to the computations.
Ideally, existing application software would meet the above
requirements. However, if existing
software does not already meet the required characteristics,
there may be technical modifications or
alternatives that could satisfy the requirements. In order to
meet the goal of opening new areas of
inquiry, World Community Grid will seek at least one project
each year that has a viable research
proposal yet requires technical support to develop application
software. The assessment of the
project usually will require technical discussions with World
Community Grid’s technical teams to
explore the possibilities and effort required to adapt the
project’s computational tasks to best exploit
the grid. This will ultimately be a factor in deciding whether to
proceed with a particular project.
Selection Criteria
23. Projects must meet the following Selection Criteria:
1. Project has specifically stated goals and anticipated results
and explains how the work will
significantly contribute to the eradication of human suffering or
benefit humanity. World
Community Grid welcomes projects that demonstrate the
potential to assist economically
disadvantaged communities and developing countries, or to
provide the initial research that
can open new fields of inquiry that benefit humanity.
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2. Project meets grid computing technical requirements and is
grid-enabled. The project shows
evidence that the project results will be accelerated by the use
of grid computing technology.
3. Project has adequate funding to complete the proposed
research and leverage World
Community Grid.
4. Project is not already running on another grid or
supercomputer.
5. Sponsoring research organization has the capacity to
complete the project and maximize the
use of the results generated through World Community Grid.
6. All information in the proposal is complete and accurate.
24. These criteria will be used for the first phase of proposal
review.
Review Criteria
Proposals that meet all selection criteria will then be evaluated
according to the following Review
Criteria:
1. How important is the proposed activity to advancing
knowledge and understanding within
its own field or across different fields?
2. What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?
Will there be a benefit for
economically disadvantaged communities or those in developing
countries?
3. What impact can World Community Grid have to accelerate
the research or reduce costs?
4. Is the proposed method or approach reasonable?
5. To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and
explore creative and original
concepts?
6. Will the results be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific
and technological
understanding?
Final decisions for all applications are at the sole discretion of
World Community Grid.
25. RFP Process
The following is the process that World Community Grid’s
project team will follow in reviewing
and approving proposals, as well as preliminary information on
the process that will take place once
a proposal is selected.
1. Research organizations are invited to visit
www.worldcommunitygrid.org and download a
copy of the Request for Proposals and the Proposal Application.
2. Once downloaded, the research organization completes the
required information (including
Attachment A: Affirmation of Non-Discrimination and Patriot
Act Compliance) and sends
it, via email, to [email protected] Submissions should not
contain confidential
information of the research organization. Once a proposal is
selected for World Community
Grid, summary information will be made available on the web
site.
3. In cases where similar proposals are received from different
organizations, the one received
first, based on the date and time stamp of the e-mail, will
receive preference, if all
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requirements have been met by both proposals. World
Community Grid staff may also
26. facilitate and encourage collaboration between and among
organizations submitting
complimentary proposals.
4. World Community Grid’s project team will review each RFP
response and pre-qualify it for
running on World Community Grid based on the six selection
criteria provided above.
During this step, the project team may contact the research
organization for more
information, if necessary.
5. If a proposal is complete and it is determined that the
application described in the proposal
meets the six selection criteria for World Community Grid, then
it will be evaluated by a
World Community Grid review committee.
6. External subject matter experts will review all qualified
RFP’s submitted by research
organizations on a quarterly basis. Updated information on the
schedule for reviewing and
selecting proposals will be posted on
www.worldcommunitygrid.org.
7. If World Community Grid accepts an application, then the
World Community Grid project
team will contact the research organization to inform them that
the application has been
accepted. Final decision for all application decisions are at the
sole discretion of World
Community Grid.
8. Once the acceptance is mutual, World Community Grid and
the research organization both
sign a Project Hosting Agreement.
27. 9. Following the signing of the Project Hosting Agreement,
World Community Grid’s project
team schedules the application to run on World Community
Grid and builds a project plan
with the research organization.
10. Following the conclusion of the project, the research
organization will make results
produced by World Community Grid freely available to other
research organizations as
provided in the Project Hosting Agreement.
11. World Community Grid will work collaboratively with
research organizations to encourage
public visibility and high participation in the grid project as
well as wide dissemination of
research findings and impact.
Contact Information
Please send any questions to [email protected] with your name,
email address, and
telephone number. Additional information and FAQs are
available at
www.worldcommunitygrid.org.
Request for Proposal (RFP) Template
Project Title
Company Background [Insert a concise paragraph outlining
your company’s background. Four to five sentences is a typical
28. length for a small or medium-sized company.]
Project Description [Insert a summary of your project, including
the problem/opportunity, goals/objectives and any information
that will help the vendors understand the need for the project.
Be sure not to outline specific requirements in this section. A
small project may consist of eight to10 sentences while a larger
project could be several pages in length.]
Design Requirements [Insert an outline of any requirements that
pertain to the design of the project. This could vary depending
on the type of project. For example, a website or marketing-
related project may include information regarding branding
standards or a style guide, whereas an IT project may include
information pertaining to how the project deliverable will
operate. Length varies widely based on the type of project.]
Technical and Infrastructure Requirements
[Insert any technical or infrastructure-related requirements,
such as a server or database configuration. Length varies
depending on the type of project.]
Functional Requirements
[Insert an outline of all the functionality you would like your
project to have and include a short description. For example, an
e-commerce project may include a catalog, shopping cart, order
history and a related products page. Length varies widely based
on the type of project.]
Estimated Project Duration
[Insert the estimated duration of the project or the required
completion date.]
Assumptions and Agreements
[Insert a list of any assumptions or agreements the vendors must
meet. For example, you may want to indicate that bids cannot
exceed a certain amount, that the proposals will not be returned
or that you reserve the right to dismiss any proposal for any
reason. Length varies depending on the type of project.]
Submission Information[Insert the deadline for submission and
the mailing and/or e-mail address]
29. For Additional Information or Clarification
[Insert a list of contacts who will be available to clarify any
questions regarding the RFP. It is not uncommon to have
separate contacts for specific disciplines; for example, one
contact for technical questions and another for marketing
questions.]
Basis for Award of Contract
[Insert a short paragraph or list that outlines your evaluation
criteria. It is not uncommon to list the weight that each criterion
holds in relation to the others.]
Anticipated Selection Schedule
[Insert the schedule for your selection process.]