RFP–Web Design, Development and Maintenance Services

Duration: 1st June 2026 to 31st December 2026

Application closing date: 10th April 2026

Context & Scope

As Unearthodox continues to grow its profile and activities across research, engagement, incubation, fundraising, and partnerships, our website is a critical platform for communication, credibility, and impact. It supports our engagement with funders, partners, innovators, and wider audiences interested in social innovation for biodiversity conservation and regeneration.

While our current single website provider has delivered significant value and has proven to be a trusted and effective long-term partner, we see the need to transition to an agency-based model that better supports flexibility, long-term continuity, and resilience.

In parallel, Unearthodox has recently articulated a clearer hybrid identity as both a think-tank and an incubator (a “thinkubator”). Our current website structure, however, is still largely organised around programmes, with related content (activities, insights, reports, news, and innovator features) dispersed across different sections, and it doesn’t reflect our identity as a thinkubator. This assignment, therefore, aims to evolve how information flows across the website, enabling content to be surfaced and navigated through our hybrid identity while preserving existing content, URLs, and credibility built over time.

This Request for Proposals is issued to identify a professional agency capable of delivering website design, development, and maintenance services with flexibility, continuity, structured processes, and team-based coverage.

This process is intended to:

• Improve service continuity and risk management
• Ensure long and short-term responsiveness and flexibility, and maintain or improve the quality, performance, adaptability, and security of Unearthodox’s website.

The selected provider will be responsible for:

• Leading a light-to-moderate strategic revamp and restructuring of the existing website focused on information architecture, content organisation, and user experience rather than a full visual rebrand or rebuild.
• Providing ongoing website maintenance and support, including security updates, performance optimisation, and timely issue resolution.
• Delivering incremental, prioritised website enhancements aligned with Unearthodox’s evolving organisational priorities and programmes.

This engagement does not constitute a full website rebuild, replatforming, or custom CMS development.