The South Seattle Community Food Hub (SSCFH) intends to address food insecurity and systemic gaps in the local food system, with an emphasis on advancing racial equity and community-led solutions that prioritize the needs and assets of local growers and hunger relief organizations.

The SSCFH seeks a website developer to design and build an initial website incorporating the following objectives, audiences, and key functionalities.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Create a website for the start-up SSCFH on Word Press using no-cost templates and no- or low-cost plug-ins as needed, with the ability to be built upon in the future.
• Research and make recommendations to SSCFH for site hosting.
• Create website documentation and training materials to support SSCFH staff and volunteers to manage day-to-day aspects of updating site.

OBJECTIVES

• Modern visual look that will incorporate/help establish agency branding.
• User-friendly navigation for audiences with different skill levels.
• Mobile-responsive and adhering to accessibility standards, including language access.

AUDIENCES

• Community operational partners, potential partners, and funders of the SSCFH.
• Food system stakeholders including food access organizations, hunger relief organizations, growers, producers, and consumers.
• Community members/general public interested in equitable food movement.
• Current and prospective donors, volunteers, and staff.

KEY FUNCTIONALITIES

• Present in compelling visual format case for support of the SSCFH including project mission and vision, history and progress updates, and leadership team.
• User friendly way for the site to be viewed in different languages.
• Document library to host/share key project documents.
• Capacity to add a fundraising component to the site at a future date.
• Form for people to express interest in partnering with the hub as vendors, volunteers, etc.
• News feed to feature media stories.
• Usability testing prior to going live.
• Ongoing support and maintenance plan options (work not included in this initial budget)

PROJECT TIMELINE

• RFP released: May 25th
• RFP submissions due: June 22nd
• Review of proposals and interview finalists completed by: July 12th
• Selected vendor will be notified by: July 17th
• Project begins: July 24th*
• Target date for project completion: September 1st*

*Final date to be negotiated.

REQUIREMENTS

Ideal candidate has experience designing websites for grassroots nonprofit organizations. Please include in proposal:

• Budget, estimated hours and hourly rates for those involved in the project.
• Previous website project examples, portfolio links, and client references.

BUDGET

$12,000 - $15,000 depending on the above specifications.

CONTACT

For questions or additional information, please contact ky magdalene at southseattlecommunityfoodhub@gmail.com.

TO REPLY

Email submissions to: southseattlecommunityfoodhub@gmail.com.