Web Challenge: Who will develop the new platform for Creative Styria?
With Creative Styria, Styria’s creative industries are gaining a new identity and a strong, unified voice. Under the leadership of the SFG and in collaboration with the City of Graz and the Styrian Chamber of Commerce, an initiative is taking shape that highlights creativity and design as drivers of innovation and forges new links between the creative industries and the traditional economy.
What’s missing now? The right digital platform!
One platform, many possibilities
www.creative-styria.at is set to become a modern, bilingual web platform that informs, inspires and connects. A digital meeting place for creative professionals, businesses and anyone who wants to drive economic innovation through creative ideas.
Plans include a magazine featuring exciting real-world examples, an events calendar, a marketplace to connect supply and demand, as well as information on funding, calls for proposals and other services.
We are seeking an implementation partner to take charge of the concept, screen design and technical development. The groundwork has already been laid: a sitemap, the corporate design and a detailed requirements specification are ready.
The challenge: go-live on 14 December 2026
The timetable is ambitious – and that is precisely where the challenge lies. The contract is scheduled to be awarded on 9 November, with the first version due to go live as early as 14 December 2026.
What is therefore required is not only creative ideas and technical expertise, but also efficient project organisation, pragmatic solutions and the ability to deliver a compelling result within a short timeframe.
The first phase of development comprises around 20 pages in German and English, including responsive design, accessible implementation and a user-friendly content management system. Further features are planned for a second phase of development by the end of February 2027.
Whether you are an established web agency, a specialist development team or a well-connected one-person business: what matters most is the right expertise, compelling references and a willingness to take on this challenge.
Submit your tender now!
The SFG invites qualified service providers to submit a tender for the implementation of the new Creative Styria platform.
Key dates:
- 27 October 2026: deadline for queries
- 3 November 2026, 12:00: deadline for tenders
- 9 November 2026: planned award of contract
- 14 December 2026: go-live of the first phase
Please send tenders and enquiries by email to barbara.nussmueller@sfg.at.
All tender documents available for download
All information regarding the scope of services, technical requirements, selection criteria and the tendering process, as well as the supplementary documents, are available for download immediately below this post.
Ready for the challenge? We look forward to creative concepts, technical expertise and strong implementation partners!