Social Networking with Business Search

THE High 5 Group is developing a social networking website with business search functionality to cater to a particular market niche. The site should be similar in nature to Facebook. We are anticipating that the site should be developed on the LAMP platform and utilizing open source technologies where available. We expect that proper development documentation will be created and adequate testing will be done. We need help in deciding how to host the site. Graphic design work will be needed; however, we have some development we will do on our own. The site should have the following functionality: - User Accounts: created and maintained by the user; ability to tie user accounts to business acounts - Business Accounts: created and maintained by business owner - Map technology (ie, google maps) - Photo uploads (mobile phone photo upload) for each account - Photo comments for each photo in accounts - User mail - Message board on user/business accounts - User Forums: Ability to create custom forums - Business Rating System - Location Based Advertising based on user location - Custom User Templates and Color Schemes - RSS News Feeds: user selectable - User Accounts ability to join groups and link to other user/business accounts - Mobile/PDA friendly design - Calendar Functionality Please present your monetary bid, project development duration, example sites, design examples and a brief explanation of why your company is best for our business. Further details will be provided after we analyze your initial proposal.