Capitol Corridor Website Redesign Services

The vendor is required to provide from experienced and qualified website design agencies or consultants to provide comprehensive website redesign services.
- Research and discovery:
• Conduct target audience research and focus groups to define user personas and design the site based on the preferences and behaviors of our key audience groups.
• Also, conduct competitor analysis to identify opportunities and areas for improvement.
- Design:
• Create wireframes for key pages to outline the structure and layout. provide design mockups of key pages and offer an interactive prototype for testing.
• Ensure that the website’s visual design aligns with capitol corridor’s current brand guidelines.
• Focus on intuitive user flows, easy navigation, and accessibility.
• Site should comply with the american disabilities act (ADA).
• Finally, develop a content prioritization and site-map method to govern the layout and hierarchy of the site.
• All items should incorporate feedback and approval from authority.
- Development:
• Convert approved mockups into responsive html, CSS, and JavaScript (and all other pertinent languages as applicable), ensuring compatibility with modern browsers. build a secure and scalable back-end system, integrating necessary features such as Amtrak® booking widget, etc.
• Optimize the site structure for search engine optimization, including metadata, schema markup, and clean code for indexing by search engines.
• Search engine optimization strategy to receive input and approval by authority.
• Smigrate existing content from the old site to the new platform. integration of translations, contact forms, blog, social media, google analytics, etc.
• Ensure hosting and domain registration is established as well as the secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate.
- Quality assurance and quality control & testing:
• Test the website across a variety of devices and browsers to ensure a consistent experience.
• Conduct usability testing to assess user interactions and gather feedback before the final launch.
• Address any bugs, broken links, or technical issues discovered during testing.
• Conduct content management system platform training for authority staff who will have editor or administration access.
• launch site.
- Maintenance services, website improvements, customer service:
• Hosting maintenance including monthly backups, software updates, security updates and plug-in updates.
• Monthly reporting on site analytics.
• General content updates and new content development based on the needs of authority and its marketing program.
- Budget and administration:
• The project should not exceed more than $200,000.00 for all work.
• The budget should cover:
i. Website design and development costs
ii. Any third-party tools, licenses, or plugins required
iii. Content migration
iv. post-launch support and maintenance
v. Ongoing costs (e.g., hosting, SSL, etc.).
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 25, 2025