AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK has floated a tender for Recruitment of an Editing Firm (French, English). The project location is Cote d'Ivoire and the tender is closing on 20 Jul 2018. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 25003667. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Cote d'Ivoire

Summary : Recruitment of an Editing Firm (French, English)

Deadline : 20 Jul 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25003667

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : African Development Bank (AfDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Communication and External Relations Dept. (PCER) Avenue Jean-Paul II 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01 Tel: +225 2026 3900
Cote d'Ivoire
Email :n.diouf@afdb.org / c.chahed@afdb.org
URL :https://www.afdb.org/en/

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Recruitment of an Editing Firm (French, English).

1. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

The African Development Bank’s Department of Communications and External Relations (PCER) plans to recruit an experienced bilingual editing firm in French and English to assist in the editing of its content (articles, press releases, web page content, documents, flyers, brochures etc.) for a period of 12 months, with a proposed starting date of May 2, 2016.

The Communications and External Relations Department (PCER) manages all the content for the Bank’s official website, www.afdb.org. It is not only responsible for managing the Bank’s website content, and ensuring quality and style that is appropriate to the Bank, but also for supporting organizational units in their editing activities (press releases, interviews, feature stories, Op-Eds, speeches, blogs, etc.) PCER is the custodian of the Bank’s image and reputation for all content published or posted to the Bank website, and ensures that any information published about the Bank is accurate. The overall objective of this intervention is to improve the quality and accuracy of web content and publications produced by the African Development Bank.

Against the above background, the African Development Bank wishes to recruit a consulting firm to carry out rapid, round-the-clock editing of articles, press releases, briefs, event notices, brochures, reports, speeches, scripts, web content and other assignments as needed in French and English for PCER. The firm should be on hand to receive assignments and should track all assignments for billing purposes.

To that end, the consulting firm should have at its disposal a vast repertoire of professional French and English-language editors and copy editors available to take on rush assignments for quick turnaround within 1-4 hours/overnight or within an agreed timeframe depending on the volume of work and the urgency of the assignment. The copy to be submitted to PCER should be clean and error-free (no typos, grammatical errors, etc.), correctly formatted and in keeping with the Bank style.

The copy editors will also need to adapt tone and language to various audiences, using as less as
possible jargon.
2. SCOPE
The Consultant shall among other activities carryout the following: (i) Substantive, structural or
stylistic editing, (ii) copy editing, (iii) proofreading/fact-checking of content for the African
Development Bank (press releases, articles, briefs, reports, brochures, web pages, papers,
publications, event announcements, texts and translations from French of all materials listed
previously).
The following duties will be undertaken:
(i) Edit and rewrite as needed articles, web content, press releases, and briefs in keeping with the
Bank style;
(ii) Ensure the editing of content from other organizational units within the Bank prior to posting on
the external website;
(iii) Occasional revision of translations to ensure quality and coherence;
(iv) Other editing duties as needed.
Definitions:
• Substantive/Structural editing: Extensive editing, reorganizing a manuscript for content
and structure.
• Stylistic editing/Rewriting: Clarifying meaning, eliminating jargon, polishing language, and
other non-mechanical line editing.
• Copy editing/Fact-checking: Editing for grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, and other
mechanics of style; checking for consistency and for internal consistency of facts; editing
tables, figures, and lists.
• Proofreading: Proofing of edited material for minor, mechanical errors in copy (such as
spelling mistakes or small deviations from the style guide), errors, outdated material.
3. DELIVERABLES
The Consultant will need to deliver the following:
(i) Substantive, structural or stylistic editing, 1, 000-1, 500 words/hour
(ii) Copy editing, 2, 000-3, 500 words/hour
(iii) Proofreading 3, 000-4, 500 words/hour

Documents

 Tender Notice