RIPTA is soliciting proposals for website hosting, website maintenance and development. This includes the refresh, development, delivery and support of the Agency’s website, its Employee Portal, and Content Management System (CMS). RIPTA also maintains subsidiary websites that would also be covered as part of this contract (wave.ripta.com). The current needs are (1) Assist RIPTA staff with strategic planning for the technical development and modernization of the website, (2) website maintenance and development and (3) website hosting. RIPTA is seeking proposals from highly qualified website technology vendors who can demonstrate extensive experience in: • Successful website redesign/refresh projects • User experience and usability testing procedures • Information architecture • Website development and deployment • Website hosting • Cybersecurity • Content strategy development and execution • Search engine optimization • Responsive design using modern web technologies • KPIs and reporting • Ongoing support