Opportunity
City of Houston BeaconBid #E17223312583707
Houston Solicits Design and Deployment of Three Regional Public-Facing Websites with Secure Backend
Posted
November 05, 2025
Respond By
December 02, 2025
Identifier
E17223312583707
NAICS
541512
The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety is seeking a qualified vendor to design, develop, and deploy three distinct public-facing regional websites: - Each website will serve a specific program and feature unique branding - Secure backend required, supporting: - Inquiry management - Public information dissemination - Search engine exclusion - Emergency communication management - Solution must align with three DHS grant-supported focus areas - Content management system (CMS) platform is vendor’s choice (open-source or proprietary), but must meet: - Security standards - Accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG 2.1 AA) - Project includes: - Migration of content from existing WordPress sites - Integration with M365 platform - Support for future API extensibility and data integration - All data must be hosted and stored within the U.S. - Solution must support group-based access controls - Support requirements: - Business hours support with 24/7 escalation - Analytics (Google Analytics preferred) - Optional pricing requested for additional content services and enhancements - No specific OEMs or vendors are named in the solicitation - Contract term: three years, with two optional one-year renewals (up to five years total)
Description
The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety is seeking a company to design, develop, and deploy three public-facing regional websites, each serving a specific program, with a secure backend. The system must support inquiry management, dissemination of public information, search engine exclusion, and emergency communication management across three DHS grant-supported focus areas. The contract term is three years with two one-year renewal options, for a maximum of five years. The project includes content migration from WordPress, unique branding for each site, and compliance with security and accessibility standards.