The idea is to build a shopping website. The website should be integrated to payment gateway to accept most popular methods of payments in India (like Netbanking/Debit Card/Credit Card/Pay at home delivery etc). The main website should have a simple content management system to post static content pages like (terms of service, privacy policy, about the website etc).
Application should be capable to scale to future changes. Bids without the following information will be rejected, with ZERO explanation:
1. Bid Winner will require to sign an Non-Disclosure Agreement.
2. Bidders should agree that we will have complete ownership of the source code.
3. Bidders should be able to show their past work experience.
4. Bids should contain Price, Time to completion, ETA for Alpha & Beta versions.
5. Bidders should complete the go-live process and solve any issues till the total software is installed on the live website.
6. Please specify the warranty period. Bids with highest warranty period will be given preference.
Change #1: --------------------------------- Yes, the spec is not complete here - we request you to give a ball park estimate based on this high level requirement. We will shortlist around 5 bidders and ask you to sign an NDA. Once we receive the signed NDA, we will send you a more detailed requirement (changes may still be required) for your revised bidding. We expect you to be close to +/-10% accurate then for us to select one.
We opted for PHP/MySQL because of the large availability of Open Source products that you may customize for us. We are also open to framework based developments. The whole idea is to keep the development quick and also keep it fairly easy to maintain in future. If you want to suggest other platforms like Microsoft or cold fusion, we are open to suggestions.
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