Re: [General] Finding OS CMS providers

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Nicholas Rabinowitz wrote:

> Hello -
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> I work for a large American nonprofit, and we're currently in the 
> process of relaunching our site.  This includes new IA, new graphic 
> design (which we're getting pro bono from a well-known local firm), 
> and, you guessed it, a new CMS.  We've done a lot of internal 
> requirements gathering, we have a good idea of what functionality we 
> must have and what we'd like to have, and we're in the process of 
> putting together an RFP.
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> We've identified a number of commercial CMS vendors to receive the 
> RFP, but most seem to have either inferior products or a price point 
> beyond our relatively limited (<$100k) non-profit budget. Using an OS 
> CMS seems like the perfect way to get an enterprise-level CMS within 
> our budget. Like may non-profits, however, we have limited in-house 
> resources (read: one developer with PHP experience) available to 
> implement and customize an OS product.  We'd consider working with 
> freelancers, but would prefer to work with a firm, and we'd like to 
> get responses to our RFP, so that we can compare apples to apples.
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> I've had some difficulty, however, identifying potential RFP 
> recipients to implement an OS CMS.  I've evaluated a number of CMS 
> products, and identified several that seem like they meet our 
> requirements, or could be customized to do so - notably Zope/Plone, 
> Midgard, and openCMS.  The sites for each of these products include 
> lists of service providers, but in many cases there are very few 
> companies listed in the US, and I suspect these lists are not a 
> complete representation of the companies that could implement the product.
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> Does anyone have suggestions about how and where I should look for 
> companies to help us implement an OS CMS? I feel that we've reached 
> exactly the same stumbling block as many non-profits when it comes to 
> OS CMSs - our business needs require an outside vendor, and we're not 
> sure where to look for OS providers, while the commercial companies 
> are beating down our door.
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> Thanks in advance for your help -
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> -Nick Rabinowitz
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> ::web coordinator, oxfam america
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