The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (“the Museum”) requires a list of pre-qualified suppliers to provide Software Development Services. The Pre-Qualified Supplier Listing will be open for a period commencing from February 1, 2019. With acceptable and active delivery of Work from Pre-Qualified Suppliers off the Pre-Qualified Supplier Listing, their status does not expire. A new Request for Pre-Qualification will be published every year, but new or past suppliers can apply at any time, upon request.
The purpose of this Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) is to obtain a listing of qualified suppliers that will be available to carry out the Work as described at ANNEX 1 – Summary of Services.
The Museum requires a list of qualified Suppliers to carry out all Work as described in each individual RFP or RFQ published to Pre-Qualified participants from time to time.
A new Request for Pre-Qualification will be published every year, but new or past Suppliers can apply at any time by contacting bids@humanrights.ca.
Background:
Rapid advancements in technology have changed the nature of digital experience in museums. CMHR has established itself as a leader in inclusive digital experience design, including pioneering technology such as augmented reality, virtual reality, location-based services, and immersive experiences. When the CMHR’s Digital Outreach team creates digital experiences, we are looking at mixed-media, multi-faceted experiential design so as to provide multiple entry points to content and stories for the variety of our audience. Our audience is diverse and is not only on site. Digital allows us to provide various experiential entry points (passive, active, interactive and immersive is the variety we focus on), experience types (static, print, built, digital), and extend CMHR’s in-gallery and online offerings to remote audiences.
The Museum’s commitment to the integration of immersive and pervasive digital storytelling has resulted in the creation of the Digital Dialogue Initiative (DDI) in 2016, which builds on the Museum’s ecosystem of digital experience planning, community engagement, social media interaction, and user-contributed content. One of the core software appliances launched under this banner is our new website: https://beta.humanrights.ca.
We focus on a variety of experience design premises:
- Providing a mix of passive, active, interactive and immersive experiences
- Facilitating in-gallery vs remote audience experience design via multiplatform (transmedia) storytelling
Design tactics we focus on for building engagement are creating opportunities for both participation and personalization:
- Visitors care more (are more engaged) when they share ownership
- Visitors are more engaged where there is personal relevance and contribution
CMHR is seeking software and media development services to evolve new and existing products including websites, applications, virtual reality and augmented reality experiences, along with digital and mixed-media installations.
