RFP-CN-044 - Website Development 2018

The City of Dexter is a tax-exempt municipal government located in Washtenaw County. The City provides services to approximately 5,000 residents. The City’s website was originally established in 2002, and then completely re-designed beginning in 2011 with launch in 2013 to provide public access to information about services and activities offered by the City and to communicate information about the City. The current site was designed in Drupal 5, which no longer receives updates. To improve the site for users, the City would like to update and upgrade its website on a new platform and include additional online services and to utilize advances in technology as outlined in the specifications section of this document. This update would not be a complete structural overhaul, but rather further improvement and refinement of the structure that was put in place during the 2013 website development process. The purpose of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to assist in the selection of a Vendor that will provide the City with an improved website that will:

1. Continue to provide a clean and attractive design that reflects the community’s character;
2. Be highly intuitive for residents and users to navigate;
3. Improve service to residents with additional and/or up-to-date features;
4. Utilize standardized module features designed for local governmental functions, while maintaining a consistent look that appropriately reflects the character of the community;
5. Be easy to maintain for staff using an intuitive content management system;
6. Provide for simple upload of documents, information, images, and videos;
7. Eliminate duplicative pages and information;
8. Provide advanced search capabilities.