The contractor must provide high quality hosting for the website and provide ongoing support. The website and its platform must be available to be hosted in the city at City Hall if required in the future. The website must be oriented around a Content Management System (CMS) which City staff can operate and use to post content without the need for a web developer. Proposals should
include a description of the hosting environment (size, location and experience of the data centre), as well as a description of the proposed Content Management System. The City will favour data centres located in Canada, and Content Management Systems that have already been used successfully in Local Government websites.