We're a small media business that has been running for many years.
We're looking for an experienced programmer to write a new user portal for our YearBooks.
Although we're based in Wollongong NSW, the successful applicant can live anywhere in Australia.
We've written a detailed scoping document for this one-off task. It is too long to fit within Seek's text limit but this table of contents gives you an overview. We'll include just a few of these sections below.
Contents
Background to our Company
Background to the YearBooks
Intended Functions Performed by the Portal
Review of the Current Portal and its Shortcomings
Functions of the New Portal
Reports
Selection Criteria for Successful Tenderer
Timeline, Milestones & Contacts
Background to our Company
We are a small B2B media company, Bicycle Lane Pty Ltd, based in Wollongong NSW, with four part time employees including myself and some occasional contractors.
We publish two websites and newsletters with related social media, that each include a YearBook.
One media title is The Latz Report, the other is the Micromobility Report
The Latz Report covers bicycle trade news.
The Micromobility Report covers three main areas:
All forms of light electric vehicles including e-bikes, e-scooters etc
Mobility for people with a disability
Infrastructure (public infrastructure such as bike paths, bike share schemes and many other categories)
Both are focused upon the Australian market and the vast majority of both YearBook listers and YearBook target audiences are Australian based.
Background to the YearBooks
The YearBooks are sourcing guides primarily produced to facilitate B2B (business to business) and B2G (business to government) transactions.
They contain four sections:
Section One Main Address List This includes all details for each listing company
Section Two Product Types This is a cross reference index by product category
Section Three Brand Names This is a cross reference index by brand name
Section Four Organisation Types This is a cross reference index by organisation type
Both of our YearBooks are produced in print and online (flipbook) formats. The content of the online and print versions of each respective YearBook is identical and we do not update the flipbook versions at all during each year, even though this would be technically possible to do.
We publish the two YearBooks, one for each of our two media titles, six months apart.
Selection Criteria for Successful Tenderer
Essential
Must be based in Australia – we will not be using an offshore contractor.
Must have excellent communication skills particularly and speak English as a first language.
Must write the portal program code in a mainstream software platform that has a large customer base and a large number of other programmers who use that platform.
Must be able to provide at least three trade referees (ie contacts, not written references) of past clients for whom they’ve done similar work.
Desirable
Being based in the same city as we are (Wollongong NSW) would be ideal, but if not, then ideally in the same time zone ie eastern Australia.
Timeline, Milestones & Contacts
April / May 2024 We will be putting the new portal development contract out to tender
May 2024 Discussions with potential contractors and selection of the winning bid.
May – July 2024 development of the new portal including ample opportunity for our team to test and give feedback.
Monday 5th August 2024 New portal goes live and opened to listers.
Friday 11th October. Material deadline for Micromobility Report YearBook. Portal is closed to listers and data is downloaded for YearBook production.
Contact Details:
Please email your tender to:
Phil Latz, Publisher
If you have any questions please use the same email address or call
You can see flipbook versions of current yearbooks here: