REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR WEBSITE REDESIGN

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR WEBSITE REDESIGN

Issued: August 7, 2013 - Proposals Due: September 6, 2013, 3 pm

Tracie Onstad Bills
CRRA Board President
84 W. Santa Clara Street, Suite 888
San Jose, CA 95113
408.249.4502
tracie@cascadiaconsulting.com

The California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA, founded in 1974)is California’s statewide recycling association. It is the oldest and one of the largest non-profit recycling organizations in the United States.

Through issuance of this Request for Proposals (RFP), CRRA issoliciting Proposalsfrom qualified firms(herein “Proposers”) to update the Organization’s website, including a Content Management System (CMS) and online membership system, and to provide option for hosting of the website and on-going technical support.

Please refer to Section 3 for the specific scope of services being requested.

1. BACKGROUND 

The California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA, founded in 1974) is California’s statewide recycling association. It is the oldest and one of the largest non-profit recycling organizations in the United States. A 501(C)3 organization, CRRA is dedicated to achieving environmental sustainability in and beyond California through Zero Waste strategies including product stewardship, waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting. CRRA provides its members with resources to advance local, regional and state wide waste reduction efforts which result in critical environmental and climate protection outcomes. CRRA’s members represent all aspects of California’sreduce-reuse-recycle-compost economy. Our members work for cities, counties, municipal districts, and businesses as well as hauling companies, material processors, non-profit organizations, state agencies, and allied professionals.

2. INTRODUCTION

The current website at www.CRRA.com was launched in 2010 and updated to reflect the new logo and colors of CRRA in 2012. While it met the needs of the Organization at the time it was developed, over time, however, its CMS has become outdated and a second site, www.CRRA.us was launched in 2012 to meet and manage its membership and conference registration needs.

The CRRA.com site is the main site, using Joomla 1.5x as its CMS. The CRRA.us site is through Wild Apricot, replicating the look and feel of the CRRA.com site. Due to its outdated CMS, the CRRA.com site’s security has become vulnerable and the site has been previously hacked.

The intent of the website RFP is to integrate the two sites into one, CRRA.com, with a CMS and an online Membership System that is easy to manage, maintain and update, and is secure.

The redesigned website must include the following features:

• Easy and intuitive navigation
• Quick to load and operate
• Ability to create and reorganize pages
• Secure areas
• Intuitive content management system
• Ability to self-edit
• Homepage slide show
• Social media integration
• Integration between site and online membership system2
• Integration between site and email newsletters in design and content
• Integration/aggregation of statistics across all platforms (website, social media, email 
newsletters)
• Dynamic/adaptive display of main site for variety of devices

In addition, CRRA would like a homepage that allows for showcasing new items in a manner that is visually appealing and draws attention quickly. The redesigned site must also allow CRRA staff to easily update content without directly accessing source code.

Source: http://www.crra.com/pdf/CRRA_Website_Redesign_RFP_2013_Final.pdf