About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Truro & Colchester Partnership for Economic Prosperity seeks qualified web design and development firms to complete an in-progress website redesign and create a new Physician Resources section. The contractor will perform offsite work within the existing WP Engine-hosted WordPress environment, which uses a Hestia Pro Child Theme, Elementor Pro, and WPForms. Eligibility is restricted to onshore entities in Canada. Proponents must submit questions to Karen Putnam at [email protected] by November 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. AST, and one electronic PDF proposal to the same email address by November 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. AST. Evaluation criteria include relevant experience and quality of comparable work weighted at 20%, alongside price and overall value weighted at 15%. The anticipated base project budget is $10,000, excluding applicable taxes.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Truro & Colchester Partnership for Economic Prosperity
Scope of work
- Review and complete existing redesign pages, templates, content, navigation, and functionality
- Apply new logo, colours, and brand guidance consistently across the website
- Update WordPress core, Hestia parent and child themes, and plugins while preserving customizations
- Develop a four-page Physician Resources section with overview, practice, living, and settling content
- Implement a prominent menu item, inquiry form, and navigation for physician resources
- Optimize supplied imagery and video embeds and configure agreed analytics
- Provide testing for accessibility, responsiveness, browsers, forms, links, media, and performance
- Deliver launch support, rollback plan, post-launch warranty, administrator training, and documentation
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Understanding of the project and proposed approach | 25% |
| Relevant experience and quality of comparable work | 20% |
| Qualifications and availability of the proposed team | 15% |
| Content, accessibility, technical, and quality-assurance approach | 15% |
| Work plan and ability to meet the schedule | 10% |
| Price and overall value | 15% |
Minimum qualifications
- Qualified web design and development firms
Documents to include with your response
- Proponent profile, primary contact, project team, relevant qualifications, availability, and subcontractors
- Understanding of the assignment and approach to evaluating and reusing the existing redesign
- Three comparable projects, preferably using WordPress with working links and proponent contribution
- Contact details for at least two client references
- Work plan, milestones, launch date, review rounds, client responsibilities, dependencies, and scheduling concerns
- Content and technical approach covering writing, accessibility, QA, security, performance, deployment, and editing tools
- Pricing breakdown, assumptions, exclusions, payment terms, included warranty, and optional monthly maintenance
Key dates
- RFP issue date
- October 29, 2026
- Deadline for questions
- November 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. AST
- Responses to questions issued
- November 9, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. AST
- Proposal submission deadline
- November 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. AST
- Preferred proponent selected
- November 23, 2026
- Project kickoff following agreement execution
- Week of November 30, 2026
- Target launch
- March 12, 2027
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit one electronic proposal in PDF format to Karen Putnam. Use the subject line Website Redesign RFP — Proponent Name.
Contract details
- Term
- From kickoff during the week of November 30, 2026 through target launch on March 12, 2027, plus post-launch warranty
- Estimated value
- $10,000 excluding applicable taxes