Website Redevelopment
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview The City of Cockburn is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Tenderer to provide a modern, secure, accessible and scalable Content Management System (CMS), implementation services and ongoing support for the redevelopment, ongoing management and future enhancement of the City's website and digital services. Scope The City is procuring a CMS platform, Australian-hosted managed cloud solution and delivery partnership to support the redevelopment, ongoing management and future enhancement of the City's website and digital services, rather than a fully outsourced website design and development service. The City intends to utilise internal resources throughout the project and following implementation to develop, maintain, enhance and extend the solution. The scope includes: Provision of a modern, secure, accessible and scalable Content Management System (CMS) Implementation services for the CMS Provision of an Australian-hosted managed cloud solution Ongoing support for the redevelopment, management and future enhancement of the City's website and digital services Delivery partnership supporting the redevelopment, ongoing management and future enhancement of the website and digital services Supporting a collaborative delivery model that enables City developers, administrators and content owners to actively participate in implementation, ongoing management and future enhancement activities Contractor Requirements Suitably qualified and experienced in providing the required CMS, implementation services and ongoing support Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018, including the ability to provide a Modern Slavery Statement when requested Contract Terms and Conditions Contract period: five (5) years from the date of contract award Extension option: a Principal instigated option to extend for a further five (5) years, exercisable as five (5) separate one (1) year extension options (1+1+1+1+1 years), at the Principal's sole discretion Expected contract commencement: January 2027 Instructions to Tenderers Detailed functional, technical, hosting, security, integration, accessibility, operational and transition requirements are contained within the City of Cockburn Web Requirements Tender Assessment Workbook, which forms part of this procurement. A full statement of the services required under the proposed contract appears in the B01 Specification and in the Web Requirements Tender Assessment Workbook. Tenderers are required to address all requirements as outlined in the request. Tenderers must fully read and understand the Conditions provided in the Conditions of Responding and Tendering and in all documentation provided; failure to comply shall deem a submission non-compliant. Under the PRIS Act 2024 and the City's Privacy Management Policy, the City has obligations in relation to how it collects, stores, uses and accesses personal information. Details are provided in the Privacy Collection Notice (PCN) - City of Cockburn.
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