I am looking for people that can code in ASP or give me a price quote.

I need a portal system to be constructed like www.intranets.com

Go in a register for a free 30 day trial. The registration process is also what is needed and is crucial to the project as well.

The application will be designed as an N-Tier or multi-tier project. Front-end / Middle application layer / backend DB

This application will span accross 3 seperate servers. Backend will be utilizing SQL 2000 DB and IIS 5.

Please take a look at www.intranets.com and give me a price quote and time frame for completion.

Yes, this is a very high-level RFP but just looking for price quotes right now. Of course quality of work and price will be factor in making up my mind.

email me: tmoura@level3i.com

Wrong place to ask here, most people can't code $h!t let alone a full ass :D

Are you targetting .NET or just COM+?

This changes scope dramatically as a COM+ back end would most likely have to be coded in C++ / ATL in order to be scalable. If .NET, then C# or managed [ick] C++ would be far easier.

Could you provide some sort of a scope with identifiable function points? Something along the lines of:

Content:
- Email
- Calendar
- Collaboration tools (Forum, Online Meetings, Whiteboard, etc.)
- File library
- News, Stock Quotes, Polls (typical CMS related items)

Technology:
- Webdav for file management?
- Exchange server for the backend email / collaboration services?
- Authentication via Active Directory, KRB, or ???

Etc. If I were to throw a snap quote I'd say you are talking in the $250,000 to $350,000 range and a short term staff of four developers. That's keeping it in the US though, you would likely get a much better price from outside the US.

Mostly, you are talking some serious system integration here and quite a bit of comsetics and interaction between developer / designer. It's a lot of work to put a full fledged web application of that calibur together.

Of course, I could just be talking non-sense and blowing your requirements way out there as well.

I hope you are able to find a good team to develop this, it seems like an intriguing project.

Keep it in the US btw, since the trend now is for companies to move away from outsourcing to India and Pakistan due to the tension in the region.

$250,000 to $350,000 range and a short term staff of four developersThe figure I had in mind was larger, if in fact the poster wants to duplicate all the functionality that Intranets.com appears to deliver, and how robust and flexible the design needs to be. The DM piece alone could cost that, depending on the answer to that last question.

What's the purpose? Who's the target market? How will it be delivered? Product? ASP?

This may be a case where buy beats build.

We do both - my firm is a boutique systems integration consultancy that focuses on dm, content, knowledge, workflow management solutions - frequently integrated with portals or line of business applications. There are a number of vendors doing this type of work, buying and customizing should not be ruled out.

Somehow I doubt that a VC or other source of investment funds required to do a far-reaching project with the broad specifications hinted at would be surfing WHT.

Yeah, perhaps I wasn't real clear on my numbers. I meant $250,000 to $350,000 *as well as* four short term developers. Short term contracts, at roughly $85/hr for six months adds another $349,000 alone. The 250-350 figure is for management fees and 250,000 is a low-ball number for any project, but considering the potential of .NET and how quickly apps like this can now be built it is fairly reasonable to say it could be done on that budget.

Sorry if I was easily misunderstood. :)

I can help you get a few dedicated programmers from India at a good price! If you are interested pm me.

Make sure they don't get drafted before the end of the project :D

At this point I will only look at US companies and programers.

I being in the web development and new media industry think it is not right that ALL of us in some way or another strugle here while a great deal of contracts go to outside companies.

I have been told several times by clients that it is nice to have the ability to fly to meet me and that I am in the US.

I have nothing wrong with developers in other countries, but I do have a problem when there are thousands that need the work right here.

Project has tentitive backing from private equity investor. Investor is $600m strong.

Project deals with online gaming community.

Any other questions please email me as if it gets to in depth then an NDA will have to be delivered and signed.

This is a business concept and model that I have come up with and have found the correct investment backing.

Project is still long ways off. Now doing the development research. As a fellow designer and developer I can only accomplish so many aspects and at this point it is focused on the overall business model.

By the way..

By me posting this is in NO WAY saying that it is a full on job offer.

So, no need to flame me at any point in the future.

I am just getting quotes as best as possible and will end up talking to some of you in more detail at a later date.

Once I have selected the right vendor for the project. They and their numbers will be included as actual numbers within the final business plan.

The guy who posts on this board name interactive6 is a awesome ASP coder.

thanks
-scoochy

That is cool if you have the money to get US based people. I believe that if you can you should get US based people, because if needed you can meet in person a lot easier, and you will have more control. However, I believe that it is good to have the option to get programmers for less from other countries, because it gives those people a chance that can't fund $500,000 for a project.


If you change your mind or anything just let me know.


Have a good day!

Try http:/www.rentacoder.com

The site is full of ASP developers and you should get a much better idea of the actual cost.