Website Design Mobile Application Development and Maintenance Services

The vendor required to provide to design, develop, and fully maintain a custom tourism focused website, a mobile application, and maintenance service.
- While third-party plugins may be used within the website’s CMS, no third-party developers or subcontractors may be used for the mobile application’s development or maintenance.
- The contractor shall deliver modern, secure, user-friendly digital solutions and provide ongoing maintenance and support for both platforms.
- Website design:
•    Provide custom UI and UX aligned with branding.
•    Build the website on a CMS (WordPress or similar).
•    Include the following features:
o    Pages: home, about, things to do, events, history, agriculture, outdoor recreation, restaurants, amusements, places to stay, plan, blog
o    Forms (contact and inquiry); direct email plug-in must be included.
o    Events calendar- must be able to have ability for participant submission, locality review and approval process; ai integration preferred.
o    Interactive map of locality with icons that link to high area tourism locations.
o    Social media integration from hashtags onto main page.
o    Audio and video integration required.
•    Integrate SEO and analytics; data must be compiled monthly.
•    Project must be fully ADA compliant in accordance with new 2026 required government regulations.
•    Provide all ongoing maintenance for technology updates and security.
- Mobile application:
•    Contractor shall develop an interactive, secure branded mobile application with:
o    Dashboard
o    Responsive trip planner
o    Push messaging
o    Daily content syncs: 4-hour content syncs preferred.
o    Audio/video/streaming capabilities
o    Capability to create custom curated tours
o    Ability to create locality driven check-ins and passports
o    Ability to showcase promo materials
o    Analytics dashboard
o    Automatic information syncs from website to application
•    Provide database integration.
•    Provide a responsive widget.
•    Must be compatible with iOS and Android.
•    Ensure secure, scalable backend development.
•    Application must be able to be integrated with tourism ai technology (via) for future application growth.
- Maintenance and support: 
•    Monthly updates, security patches, backups
•    Bug fixes and troubleshooting
•    Technical support (response time within 24 hours).

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years