Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR CITY WEBSITE UPDATE AND REDESIGN WITH REVIZE, LLC (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On May 4, 2023, the Purchasing Division released an RFP (No. 23-017) for the City Website Update and Redesign project. The overall goal of this project is to design and implement new websites for the City's three domains (City of Carson main website, https://carsonca.gov, internal staff Intranet, https://intranet.carsonca.gov, and Community Center website, https://www.carsoncenter.com), that support the City Council's and executive team's vision of providing a modern user experience for City websites whereby content is easy to navigate and departments are able to update content on a 24/7 basis. The City Council is being asked to award and approve a contract with Revize LLC for this project.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. APPROVE a contract with Revize LLC for design and update of City websites for an amount not to exceed $207,000 over a period of 6 years (contract term will be 1 year for web development plus 5 years for maintenance and support); and
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the contract after approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson's current websites increasingly have more site visits each year. With growing use of and reliance upon web-based information in modern society, it is critical for us to keep our website not only technologically advanced but also as a transparency measure to highlight Carson's progress on new performance metrics and strategic priorities. We think it is also a great opportunity to reorganize the way we connect to and serve our public through this redesign process.
The new sites will offer residents, businesses, and visitors a dramatically improved user experience, state-of-the-art functional...
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