Website Design, Development and Hosting
The County Office requests proposals from
interested parties for a complete state-of-the-art website design for launch on or before
February 1, 2013. The main goals for the new website include:
• User-friendly format for the public, local school agencies, and internal staff
that adheres to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (ADA)
(http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/)
• Easy-to-access information on County Office functions and activities,
including the main web-page and five division pages with multiple subpages
• Seamless access to several agency web-pages hosted externally as well
as to twenty-three local school district web-pages
• Secure area for internal informational posting for employees and external
users
Proposals should include the following as well as the Section V requirements:
• Description of the proposed web-page development process with an
explanation of the process to be used in building the website, including
timeline with a deliverables schedule that will result in a February 1, 2013
launch
• Proposed budget for the project
• Estimate of the ongoing costs that will need to be budgeted for
maintaining and supporting the site once it is operational
• Recommendations for selecting and managing offsite hosting
• Plan for training staff to maintain and update website
• Current site is built in Sharepoint 2007 Content Management System
(CMS). Description of recommendation for CMS and process for transfer
to new CMS, if recommended
• Plan for keeping website secure
• Secure area for employee-only access, including link to web based e-mail
• Secure area for external user access (i.e. school district access to
financial information)
• Mobile device access
• Easy to use search within site
• Ability to link with social media
• Migration process: Description of method used to migrate files from the
current site to the new site, including timeline for SMCOE staff to review
• System must be accessible for editing on Windows and Macintosh
operating systems
• Provision of documentation for editing and maintenance functions
• System should easily run reports, including data on page access
