RFP Announcement Template

This page is a template to give a starting place for announcing a funded contribution request for proposal. Feel free to modify to fit your needs, but try to retain the links to important information to help providers make informed decisions and appropriate bids.

Template

Hello all! Axim Collaborative is pleased to announce a new contribution project to help advance Open edX platform. This project aims to <short project description>. We are seeking proposals from existing community members as well as qualified organizations looking for a first project to join the community. All proposals from providers interested in undertaking this work must be submitted by <proposal deadline> and Axim expect to choose a provider by <decision deadline>.

<long project description>

<description of high level selection criteria>

Details on the selection and project status, as well as a draft Statement of Work explaining the proposed project in more detail, are located at <confluence “funded contributions” page for this project>. The draft Statement of Work can (and will) be amended as conversations with the providers unfold but should be considered the most authoritative source of what we are looking for from these proposals.

Please send all proposals to funded-contributions@tcril.org and cc myself at <your email>. Feel free to contact me with any questions on Slack at <slack username> or comment on the announcement post at <discuss announcement link>.

We are looking forward to your questions and proposals!

 

Example Post

tCRIL Funded Contribution - Redis Streams as Event Bus