RTÉ e-commissioning

A Guide to

Submitting a Proposal

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Access the system at www.rte.ie/commissioning

Enter user name and password

How to submit a proposal

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Click ‘To Do List’ for proposals you are working on. If you are required by RTE to do anything it will appear here

Click ‘Blank Forms’, this will take you to the ‘Log A Proposal’ screen

Click ‘Admin Forms’ to track the status of proposals you have submitted to RTÉ

Your ‘To Do List’

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Click here to log a proposal

Your ‘To Do List’ (continued)

e-commissioningThe 3 stages are

1. Completing the proposal form

2. Saving or amending your proposal

3. Submitting your proposal

Mandatory fields are outlined in RED

Select genre AND programme category here

OR if you are responding to a specific tender, select here

Enter title here

Input a short snappy summary here

The Project Outline is where you can explain your full programme proposal (1 page A4 max)

Specific timing or events eg Christmas, Ryder Cup 2006

Please complete as far as possible

Completing proposals - Stage 1

e-commissioningEpisodes and duration must be entered here

If a Series has already been commissioned previously please indicate what number is proposed here

Enter total budget, RTE contribution and other funding here

Where the proposal exceeds the advertised amount explain here

Please tick if suitable for BCI (note link to BCI website

Please include title, reference and genre when sending in material

You must tick this box

Print draft for your records

N.B. Click <Save and Close>

when complete You have now completed Stage 1 !

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Click ‘To Do List’ to work

on your proposal

Highlight and select the Proposal

So far you have input and saved your proposal.

Now you must submit it to RTE, after checking it of course!

Proposal logged, but not yet submitted

Stage 2: Saving or amending your proposal

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The options appear at the

bottom of the screen

Select ‘Amend’ to work on it further

You are offered 3 options at this stage

1. Print

2. Amend

3. Submit

Submit when you are happy to forward to RTE

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The options appear at the bottom of the screen

Select ‘Amend’ to work on it further

You are offered different options at this stage

1 Print

2 Amend

3 Drama info

You must complete Drama info if you have selected the genre before you can submit

Stage 2: Drama: additional requirements

e-commissioningThis section gathers additional information required for drama submissions

Provide details of channel and target audience for the submission

Outline and premise

Distinctiveness for target audience

Describe and attach the supporting materials available (please do not attach scripts at this stage)

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Insert a detailed proposal outline here as described. You may cut and paste from another document, but please note that certain formatting may not copy fully.

In order to insert attachments

Click on the relevant attachment symbol, browse to your file, highlight and select ‘Upload’

Resumé 1 has now been attached as shown

NB Don’t forget to Save and Close!

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Once you have Saved and Closed, you can now:

1 Amend proposal

2. Amend additional drama information

3. Submit

Your drama submission is now complete.

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