INTRODUCTION

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is requesting preliminary proposals from Web-development and/or information-architecture companies or consultants for designing a user-centered interface (navigation) and content structure for the NCAA Web site, "NCAA Online" (home page: www.ncaa.org). This Request for Proposal (RFP) is intended to describe the types of services that will be performed and contains an overview of the terms under which services are to be provided.

Respondents to this request should discuss fee and expense structures for all services described in the Scope of Work section. Additionally, all respondents should provide a time frame describing the procedures and course of action to establish NCAA accounts.

BACKGROUND

The NCAA is an unincorporated not-for-profit 501c(3) educational organization. The NCAA national office is located in Indianapolis in White River State Park. The national office building comprises office space, a conference center and the NCAA Hall of Champions. In addition, the NCAA operates a distribution center located about two miles north of the national office. The NCAA also has a three-person Washington, D.C., office to assist with legislative and government affairs. Approximately 350 staff members are employed at the Indianapolis locations and the Washington, D.C., office.

The NCAA is a voluntary organization through which approximately 1,200 institutions, athletics conferences and organizations speak and act on athletics matters at the national level. The NCAA has over 130 committees and subcommittees that meet periodically throughout each year. The NCAA also supports numerous student-athlete and scholarship programs.

PURPOSE

All information included herein is for the singular purpose of enabling the responding companies to prepare a summary of their industry experience and describe how they would meet the NCAA's needs. Submissions to the request shall not be returned and shall be deemed the property of the NCAA.

SCOPE OF WORK

The NCAA is requesting that a qualified Web-site design/information architecture company or consultant, guided by NCAA Web-audience research (currently in progress) and organizational goals, provide the following services: