Municipal Website Design, Development and Hosting
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Request for Proposal for Website Design, Development and Hosting
The City of Entiat is requesting proposals for a webmaster to provide three services related to its website: (1) hosting the City's website, (2) redesign and maintenance of the existing website located at www.entiatwa.us, and (3) periodic updates to the City's website. The webmaster will perform these services under the direction of the City of Entiat staff.
The City of Entiat is a municipality of about 1250 citizens located in north-central Washington. Entiat is situated at the confluence of the Entiat and Columbia Rivers, about halfway between Wenatchee and Chelan. The City of Entiat uses a Council-Mayor form of government and has about eight full time employees.
Responsibilities:
Review, maintain, and update existing City of Entiat web pages for accuracy, currency, and functionality
Work with the City to create a new design that gives the site a professional, attractive, and contemporary look
Identify the optimum server platform and development language for the new website, considering both functionality and cost
Migrate the current website content to the new design
Develop and maintain functional links for campground reservations and utility payment
Integrate one-click social media profile join buttons for Facebook and Twitter
Provide a web interface that can accommodate individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. (See www.ada.gov/websites2_prnt.pdf)
Maintain documentation of the City's website
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as required and as time allows.
Additional Requirements:
The new site must be designed for continuous operation, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with maintenance windows clearly defined.
The City of Entiat will be in charge of content management and will own all content.
No web design company indictors will be permitted on the website.
The webmaster must identify a hosting facility outside its institutional technical architecture.
Qualifications:
The webmaster must possess excellent technical, verbal and written communication skills, be able to work independently, and have the ability to work with multiple constituents. The successful candidate will possess significant working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, VB, ASP, and SQL.
Compensation:
The City of Entiat has set aside a budget of up to $20,000 for the development and implementation of the redesigned website. Ideally, some of these funds would be used in ongoing maintence.
Minimum Proposal Contents:
A description of the respondent's ability to fulfill the responsibilities described above
Examples of websites created by the respondent
Requested compensation
Costs for software or hardware associated with the development of the new website, if any
A proposed timeline for the development of and migration to the new website.
Finalists will be contacted by the City of Entiat or designees to discuss details of the proposal. Discussions will lead to negotiation and then ultimately to a contract between the City of Entiat and the selected institution or individual.
Contacts and Deadline:
Send proposals, no later than February 22, 2018 at noon to:
RJ Lott, City of Entiat Community Development Director at RJLott.city@entiatwa.us
Electronic submissions are preferred.
