Grand Valley State University Workday #1254547

Website Redesign, Build, and Maintenance for Michigan SBDC

Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business is seeking a vendor to redesign, build, and provide ongoing maintenance for the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) website. - Government Buyer: - Grand Valley State University, Seidman College of Business, Marketing & Communications office (on behalf of Michigan SBDC) - Products/Services Requested: - Complete website redesign, build, and deployment - Migration and reformatting of existing content - Ongoing backend maintenance and support - Guidance on concept and copywriting - Staff training for website management - Technical and Functional Requirements: - Replacement of end-of-life WordPress theme with a secure, scalable, ADA-compliant CMS - Strict adherence to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards (compliance validation required) - Multilingual support (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese) - Integration with HubSpot (newsletter signups), Google Tag Manager, Blackthorne (event registrations), FormAssembly (centralized intake forms), and Salesforce - New features: centralized intake forms, calendar scheduling (e.g., Calendly), improved navigation, enhanced SEO - Preferred CMS: WordPress with widely-used, supported themes (Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress), but alternative enterprise-grade CMS solutions considered - Hosting currently with SP Engine; alternatives may be proposed - Plugin preferences: Gravity Forms, GTranslate, Wordfence Security, Yoast SEO - Vendor Requirements: - Provide three references and relevant project samples - Submit line-item pricing including ongoing maintenance - No specific OEMs are mandated, but plugin and integration preferences are detailed.

Description

Grand Valley State University is seeking proposals for the redesign, build, and maintenance of the Michigan SBDC website. The project aims to replace the current WordPress theme that has reached end-of-life, ensure ADA compliance, improve messaging and navigation, and integrate new features such as centralized intake and calendar scheduling. The website must maintain existing functionalities including multilingual support and integration with systems like HubSpot, Google Tag Manager, and Blackthorne. The selected vendor will handle discovery, design, development, migration, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

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