E-learning Website - Social Media+Content Sharing

This project is for development of a website, and some database tasks. Summary of the project is in the attached document. I would expect the below at this stage: (a) Go through the basic summary to get an idea of the type of the work needed. I am OK with any technology, however would prefer lice free technology tools (PHP, MySQL, etc) (b) We would like to have starting discussions to explain the concept of the website in detail (ok skype or on phone). We may also be able to provide you with some design/architecture of the website (including user interface) and the integrated database. However, first we would like to have idea from your developers and answer any questions that you might have (this is to make sure that your developers do not get biased/narrowed down to our way of thinking too much, we are open for innovative and creative designs of the website) (c) Bid for an approximate cost, Make sure you understand that amount of work and the expected timeline and the mode of delivery (phased, milestones, etc). We expect approximately 1 month for the complete implementation of the website, and normally would not entertain part payments, etc. (d) Before the start of the work, and during the work progress, we would like to be in continuous touch with the developer(s) to make sure we can rectify the overall direction of the implementation if its deviating too much from our expectation. (e) Since, cost is an important factor, we would like to "re-use" some of your other projects in the similar domain and adopt the code to our requirements. If you can manage to do this in easy and cost-effective way, even at the cost of certain features which are otherwise expecting on our website, then we can discuss that. (f) There is a task of database gathering and one-off entry of the static data during the implementation of the website. In case your developers are not equipped with that kind of skills then let us know separately and we can float a smaller data project separately to collect the data and provide to you during the implementation phase itself. At the end, we want the fully functional website (with data) on day-1 of go-live. (g) Any third party services to be used in our website (such as payment gateway, email service, chat service, analytic solutions, etc ), you can suggest as certain alternatives with pros/cons and we can then choose one of those for you to implement. Please clarify the pricing of such 3rd party services explicitly either by taking into bid amount itself, or let us know clearly at the start itself about how much we need to pay out to those service providers, if any. (h) We expect technical support after go-live for a significant amount of time. Needless to say: This is the first phase of our project, and we are happy with the project implementation and the subsequent support then in next few months (after go live), we would directly get our 2nd phase project attributed to the same developer. Ensure your code and architecture is flexible and enhanceable. Please respond to us with your sample work, testimonials, and contact details and we would get back to you. In case your developers are based in India (Delhi or Mumbai): then one of our team members will be happy to meet face-to-face with you. Otherwise, we can always discuss via phone/skype/hangout/ etc