Notice to Vendors - Website Development Services for Mineral Journeys Project
Solicitation number BC221713
Publication date
Closing date and time 2025/12/01 02:45 EST
Description
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is providing a potential opportunity with early notice on the following forthcoming scheduled project.
Project title: Request For Proposals (RFP) Website Development Services for Mineral Journeys Project (UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth)
Estimated Date of Posting: Week of November 24, 2025
Please logon to BCBid https://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/ and Bonfire portal https://ubc.bonfirehub.ca/ to view the advertised opportunity and access the RFP documents during the posting duration period.
The Pacific Museum of Earth (PME) at UBC is seeking a qualified digital design and development company to create Mineral Journeys: Pasts, Presents and Futures, an interactive, bilingual online experience funded by Digital Museums Canada. The contractor will collaborate with PME’s exhibit designers and content team on user experience and visual direction and will be responsible for full front- and back-end web development, accessibility implementation (WCAG 2.1 AA), bilingual integration, user testing, quality assurance, and technical documentation. Design assets and illustrations are being developed in-house, but the museum welcomes proposals that include additional design or creative refinement to ensure cohesion and functionality across platforms. The project runs through 2028 and is now entering Phase 2 (User Experience Approach: Content, Design and Technical).
Please note this notice does not:Commit UBC to issue any procurement invitations Restrict UBC to any particular procurement approach for any project listed Provide a complete list of upcoming UBC’s procurement opportunities Constitute a call for tenders or proposals; or Create any contractual or other legal obligation owed to any potential supplier by UBCIf your organization is interested in this opportunity, please provide us with details of the appropriate contact at your company. Please advise if you would like more information.
Please contact Gina Tong, Procurement Officer at gina.tong@ubc.ca if you have any questions.
Warm Regards,
Gina Tong
Procurement Officer
Project title: Request For Proposals (RFP) Website Development Services for Mineral Journeys Project (UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth)
Estimated Date of Posting: Week of November 24, 2025
Please logon to BCBid https://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/ and Bonfire portal https://ubc.bonfirehub.ca/ to view the advertised opportunity and access the RFP documents during the posting duration period.
The Pacific Museum of Earth (PME) at UBC is seeking a qualified digital design and development company to create Mineral Journeys: Pasts, Presents and Futures, an interactive, bilingual online experience funded by Digital Museums Canada. The contractor will collaborate with PME’s exhibit designers and content team on user experience and visual direction and will be responsible for full front- and back-end web development, accessibility implementation (WCAG 2.1 AA), bilingual integration, user testing, quality assurance, and technical documentation. Design assets and illustrations are being developed in-house, but the museum welcomes proposals that include additional design or creative refinement to ensure cohesion and functionality across platforms. The project runs through 2028 and is now entering Phase 2 (User Experience Approach: Content, Design and Technical).
Please note this notice does not:Commit UBC to issue any procurement invitations Restrict UBC to any particular procurement approach for any project listed Provide a complete list of upcoming UBC’s procurement opportunities Constitute a call for tenders or proposals; or Create any contractual or other legal obligation owed to any potential supplier by UBCIf your organization is interested in this opportunity, please provide us with details of the appropriate contact at your company. Please advise if you would like more information.
Please contact Gina Tong, Procurement Officer at gina.tong@ubc.ca if you have any questions.
Warm Regards,
Gina Tong
Procurement Officer
Contract duration
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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University of British Columbia
- Contracting authority
- Gina Tong
- Email
- gina.tong@ubc.ca
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