The Municipality of Powassan (the Municipality) is seeking is seeking to engage the services of a Website Design Consultant (hereinafter referred to as the Bidder) to redesign, host, and support the Municipal website found at https://www.powassan.net/. Proposals are to be based on the Scope of Work as outlined in Section 3 of the RFP.

The goals of a redesign of the Municipality of Powassan’s website are to:

• Provide simple electronic access to public services, public domain information and serve as a communications tool on various types of hardware used by the end-user. The updated site shall be compatible with mobile devices.
• Comply with all accessibility standards in Ontario that will be in effect by December 31, 2025 and strive to meet W3C guidelines for content and accessibility.
• Provide an improved look and enhanced functionality; be easy to use for the public, the media and Municipal staff; and offer robust search capabilities.
• Provide information aimed at attracting new residents and businesses.
• Act as the Municipality of Powassan’s primary point of contact for tourism and economic development in the Municipality.
• Act as the primary medium for the disbursement of information in the event of an emergency.
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO); the site pages and public content must be optimized for search engines and follow best practices and standards for elements such as meta tags, site structure, semantic tags, XML sitemap, site verification, readable URL structure, page titles, alt and title attributes, etc.