Ireland - SpunOut.ie: Invitation to Tender - Podcast Editing & Post-Production

Description

Podcast Editing & Post-Production Tender Brief
Deadline for applications is 11pm Sunday 1st March 2020.
1. Overview
Community Creations CLG t/a SpunOut.ie is seeking tender submissions to edit 7-10 podcasts, each 20 - 45 minutes long (final length), on a once off basis for online distribution. In this round, we invite production agencies and freelancers to apply to deliver all outputs before March 16th 2020. Final podcast edits are to be delivered on a running basis, that is, not in bulk on the due date.
2. Context
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people. We provide information to around 150,000+ active readers each month.Our vision is to help create an Ireland where young people aged between 16 and 25 are empowered with the information they need to live active, happy, and healthy lives.
We believe young people should have easy access to relevant, reliable, and non-judgemental information.
On SpunOut.ie we provide information on a range of different topics broken down into sections; education, employment, health, life and opinion.
SpunOut.ie provides a space for young people to have their voices heard and to share their life experiences with other young people. We do this by publishing articles written by readers aged 16 to 25 in the Opinion section on the site. With this project, we engaged 13 young volunteers in a 3 month programme on the Sustainable Development Goals, with an aim to produce a number of podcasts on the goals.
3. Tender Details
3.1 Key Criteria
Tenders will be assessed based on the following criteria:

Tender documentation - all of the required documents, as outlined in section 3.2, must be submitted as part of the tender process. Applications which fail to provide all required materials will not be assessed
Value for money - tenders will be evaluated in relation to the value for money offered for services provided. This will take into consideration the quality of product as well as the fee
Portfolio of work - the portfolio should demonstrate high-quality content, creativity and production values, and clearly demonstrate your suitability to deliver the projects required by SpunOut.ie
Experience and capacity - demonstrate how you or your company has the required skills and capacity to deliver projects for SpunOut.ie

3.2 Tender submissions should include the following documentation:

A CV or bio which clearly demonstrates

You or your company’s previous experience of similar work
Skills and suitability to deliver the tender

A portfolio of your work as detailed in section 3.1
A quote for this work, outlining

Standard service fees for this audio editing/post-production work
VAT (if applicable)
Any additional extras which may be desired or required

Please note the deadline for applications is 11pm Sunday 1st March 2020.
4 . Specification for Quote
4.1 Podcast specifications
Recording stems will be provided for each podcast. All podcasts are recorded with quality audio equipment (large diaphragm condenser microphones, pop shields etc). Unedited content length varies from 30 - 60 minutes.
We are aiming for a final episode length of 20 - 40 minutes. Initial, overall edit notes will be provided to the editor from SpunOut.ie. The audio editor will be tasked with making the content more succinct, while keeping the broad info provided within the podcast whole.
Each podcast has a basic and quite loose format of:

Official Intro
Musical sting (TBD)
Discussion between guests and host
Interview segment (only in some)
Musical sting (TBD)
Official outro

All the above will have been recorded at different times and in some cases in a different order to the above.
Musical sting to be sourced by the editor from Artlist.io, to which a login can be provided.
We are looking for a reasonably clean edit for each episode, with long pauses, more obvious ahhs/umms/ehhs, producer interjections, repetitions and unclear content, all removed.
4.2 Price
Costing should be provided either per day, with a guideline on number of days to complete 7-10 podcast episodes OR per podcast episode.
Quotes should include mixing for online distribution to podcast platforms.
Prices quoted should be inclusive of VAT, if and where applicable. Please outline the cost of any additional extras that may be required or desired by SpunOut.ie.
4.3 Other notes
Deliverables to be supplied in:

Stereo
48kHz
WAV & MP3 (320kbps) formats
Loudness of -16 LUFS
Final podcasts will be published on SpunOut.ie channels and websites and can/will be shared with our partners as appropriate

5. Tender submission
Please submit bids to heather@spunout.ie by 11pm Sunday 1st March 2020. Successful bidders will be notified by the close of business on Monday 2nd March 2020.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact heather@spunout.ie with the subject line: Podcast editor tender.

Opportunity closing date

01 March 2020

Value of contract

to be confirmed