Web Design and Communications Consultant

The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council is seeking a Web Design and Communications Consultant to develop and implement a comprehensive communications plan to present complex health care quality and cost information in an understandable and useful way. The selected vendor will act as a consultant to the entity responsible for developing the website application, with key objectives including creating strategies for presenting comparative information through a website and other media, ensuring ADA compliance, and reaching target audiences of consumers, providers, media, and policymakers. The RFP was posted on June 29, 2007 with a due date of July 27, 2007. A bidders' conference was held on July 16, 2007.

The contract will be evaluated on a lowest-cost basis in accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30B. The RFP does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The incumbent vendor is not identified, but the Council's total budget for the year is $1 million, with a potential additional $300,000 appropriation. The specific pricing terms and award value are not provided in the documentation.