HomeMy WebLinkAbout503377 VISION INTERNET PROVIDERS INC - CONTRACT - RFP - 7365 PFA WEBSITE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATIPROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into the day and year set forth below, by and
between THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a Municipal Corporation acting on
behalf of the Poudre Fire Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "City" and Vision Internet
Providers, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Professional'.
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations herein expressed, it is agreed
by and between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Scope of Services. The Professional agrees to provide services in accordance
with the scope of services attached hereto as Exhibit "A", consisting of fifteen (15) pages, and
incorporated herein by this reference.
2. The Work Schedule. The services to be performed pursuant to this Agreement
shall be performed in accordance with the Project Schedule contained within Exhibit "D",
consisting of one (1) page, and incorporated herein by this reference.
3. Contract Period. This Agreement shall commence July 16, 2012, and shall
continue in full force and effect until February 28, 2013, unless sooner terminated as herein
provided.
4. Early Termination by City. Notwithstanding the time periods contained herein,
the City may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause by providing written notice of
termination to the Professional. Such notice shall be delivered at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the termination date contained in said notice unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties.
All notices provided under this Agreement shall be effective when mailed, postage prepaid and
sent to the following addresses:
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CONTENT EDITING
Advanced WYSIWYG Editor Style Gallery
Paste from MS Word Table Wizard
Search and Replace Undo/Redo
Spell Checker
ADVANCED NAVIGATION MANAGEMENT
Automatic Breadcrumbs
Link Redirect
Connected Pages
Navigation Control
Content Categories
Page Linking
Dynamic Drop Down Menus
Quick Links
Error 404 (Page Not Found) Handling
Single -Source Publishing
External Link Splash Page
Site Search (Google CSE)
Friendly URL Manager
Sitemap Generator
USER EXPERIENCE AND INTERACTIVITY
Business Directory
Job Postings
Calendar System (Monthly, Weekly,
News and Newsletters
Daily, and Yearly Views)
RFP Postings
Community Spotlight
Rotating Homepage Banners
Dynamic Homepage
Service Directory
Feedback Form
Staff Directory
Form and Survey Tool
Sticky News
Frequently Asked Questions
Weather Update
GovBlog
Online Payments
Extranet (Members Only
DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Department -Level Administration
Calendar
FAQ
News
Photo Gallery
Staff Directory
Department -Level Navigation
Department -Level Sitemap
Dynamic Department Homepages
OUTREACH, MEDIA, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Agenda and Minutes Manager Guest Book
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Audio and Video Embedding2
Bookmark and Share
e-Notification
Emergency Homepage Alert
Event Share
Forward to a Friend
ACCESSIBILITY
Automatic Alt -Tags
Dynamic Font Resizing
Dynamic Reader Download Links
Integrated TwitterTm API
OneClick Social Networking""
Photo Gallery
RSS FeedReader
RSS Feeds
visionMobileT""
Google Translation Integration
Printer Friendly Pages
Table Accessibility Tools
This section highlights several of our included interactive components and features that are
included in the scope of your project. For a complete list, please refer to page 9.
For websites where content authorship and updates are distributed throughout an organization's
departments, it is helpful to implement the Approval Cycle where content updates and changes
do not go live on the website until one or more persons have approved them. Our clients find
that having the Approval Cycle allows website maintenance to be delegated while ensuring
consistency throughout the site. This eliminates errors and the posting of inaccurate content.
Our Approval Cycle allows you to segment the management of content by groups of users (such
as departments), in addition to types of content as determined by the interactive components.
Unlike most content management systems available today which restrict you to only two-step
workflows such as authoring and publishing, the Vision CMS is extremely flexible allowing you
to define as many workflows as you require with as many steps in the approval as you deem
necessary! As your work requirements change overtime, you will want the flexibility and
scalability of the Vision CMS to customize your current and future approval process needs.
The advent of FOIA and Sunshine Laws has placed new requirements on government agencies
as they create and maintain websites. Though requirements vary across jurisdictions, archiving
documents and website content is fast becoming a necessary feature for all government
websites. To help keep your website compliant with these laws, the Archive Bin stores all
content deleted from your website, where it can be easily restored to the site or saved for
archiving purposes. Coupled with our expired content log, this feature not only meets often -
mandated archiving requirements, but also protects your agency from administrative error.
With Auto Archiving, your calendar, event, and news items are automatically archived on the
website. This archive system helps ensure that information is available for future reference by
both your staff and users.
2 Professional does not provide streaming media; however, the Vision CMS is
able to embed videos such as YouTube.
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Bookmark and Share
The Bookmark and Share component is a Web 2.0 feature that helps you spread your content
across the web. It makes it easy for website visitors to bookmark and share your content among
their favorite social destinations on the web. This tool allows website visitors to share your
content with popular social networking and news sites including Facebook, Twitter, Delicious,
Digg, Reddit and MySpace.
Calendar System
Interactive calendars are a staple of local government websites and are an essential tool for
your site's success. The dynamic Calendar System can be used to improve attendance at your
events and meetings by making it easier for users to find the types of events important to them.
The Calendar System allows staff to create calendars for any department or category your staff
chooses. These calendars can share events, preventing duplication of effort.
Calendars can be implemented in a user-friendly monthly or yearly format. To assist users
further, your website's Calendars will have filtering tools that allow them to find information by
month, category, or even departments. This makes it quite easy to locate specific information.
Our dynamic Calendar System contains a number of advanced functions including:
Recurring events function
Automatic archiving
Integration with e-Notification component
Ability to create and assign filtering categories to events
Ability to restrict use of categories by specific staff
Ability to control which events to include on the homepage of the site
Ability to insert calendar pages anywhere in the site navigation
Ability to apply different calendar formats including standard monthly calendar and a listing
of events
Add to my Outlook, Google, and Yahoo calendars link
Automatic event address link to Google Maps for driving directions
Automatic RSS feeds
NOTE: With the e-Notification component, calendar events may also be broadcast to
subscribers via email.
Component Manager
The Component Manager allows your administrator to create dynamic and user -centric pages.
Depending on the settings, content in the page can be automatically displayed and expired
without any managerial time from the administrator. For example, the administrator can create a
component page displaying events of a particular category and/or department. When an event
has expired, it will automatically be placed in a past events view. In addition, for some
components, there are multiple views to layout content to enhance users' usability experience.
This feature gives you the flexibility to create dynamic content pages in most any area of your
website.
Community Spotlight
Being able to draw attention to important information is a necessity on a local government
website. With the Community Spotlight, your website can have a prominent area on the
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homepage that highlights community events, classes, announcements, business opportunities
and other information that would be especially important to your residents. Your staff will be able
to link Community Spotlight notices to webpages with additional details and change the
highlighted item to reflect current community events.
Connected Pages
Content on your website may be relevant to different departments, and thus may need to
appear in different navigation areas throughout the site. Connected Pages, unique to
Professional, allows you to create multiple instances of any web page and place them in
different areas of the website. Changes made to any instance of a Connected Page are
reflected immediately across all other instances, saving your staff precious time and eliminating
duplication of effort, while keeping information on the website consistent and easy to find.
Department Management
Key components on your website, including the dynamic Calendar System, News and
Newsletters, Frequently Asked Questions, and Job Postings, are setup to allow end -users to
filter through content by department. Additionally, your departments can choose to display their
department -specific items on their own custom pages. For example the Parks and Recreation
department can have their own events on their own calendar.
To provide consistency throughout the site, these department settings are managed in one -
central location similar to the Component Category Manager. The Department Manager allows
your website administrator to add unlimited departments, rename existing department names,
and delete any unused departments from the list. Any change made from this component will
automatically be reflected on all department functions throughout the website. Instead of limiting
you to a certain number of department entries, this component empowers you with UNLIMITED
potential as you maintain your website now and in the future.
Emergency Homepage Alert
In the case of an emergency, it is extremely important for government and public agencies to
reach out to residents in the most efficient way possible. By doing so, potentially lifesaving
information reaches those who need it most. Notifying the City's website users is simple with
the Emergency Homepage Alert. The notice is easily customized and can be prepared in
advance with common evacuation or shelter information. The Emergency Homepage Alert
would prominently cover the main area of the homepage so users would not miss it. The screen
shot shows the implementation of this in the Yolo County website.
e-Notification
Increase communication, draw in more repeat users, and get important information out more
quickly, using our email based e-Notification tool. Our tool provides a sign-up box allowing users
to add their email addresses to receive important notices, and set their preferences for the e-
Notifications they would like to receive. Each registration is verified via a confirmation email that
the user must respond to in order to complete the registration process. This same mechanism
allows each user to change preferences including opting out from subscription lists.
To better manage the e-Notification process, your staff can see how many subscribers there are
for each category, plus edit subscriber information and export the subscriber database for use in
other systems.
The best part about our e-Notification tool is that it also integrates with the Calendar, Job
Postings, RFP Postings, and News and Newsletter components, giving you the ability to
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broadcast event and news content from your website to your subscribers. There is no need to
recreate the content. This integrated approach enables your users to sign up for different types
and categories of content on a single subscription page in order to have it delivered directly into
their email box.
Extranet (Members Only)
Professional can implement an Extranet where restricted content is integrated into the main
City's website. The restricted content is not viewable by users until they log into the website (i.e.
designated staff or elected officials). Once they log in, they will see the additional content within
the menus or as an additional section to the main website.
When implementing the Extranet, you may want to have different levels of information access.
With our Extranet tool, you can define an unlimited number of groups such as designated staff,
executive management, and elected officials. Registered users can belong to any number of
groups and any number of groups can be associated with most pages in the Extranet. Once
implemented, the website visitors will need to log into the website using a username and
password to view the secure pages.
The basic Extranet tool includes functionality to restrict viewing pages in the navigation of the
website. Additionally, the tool offers the ability to restrict viewing content in the News and
Newsletters, Calendar, GovBlog, and Staff Directory components. An additional fee applies for
implementing Extranet functionality within other interactive components.
Form/Survey Tool
Interactive forms are the staple of an effective government website. They allow users to
communicate and interact with their government at convenient times. Professional's
Form/Survey Tool can be used to develop online forms for asking questions, getting feedback,
or submitting applications. Keep in mind that these online forms can be used for replicating
many paper forms the City uses.
The Form/Survey Tool also provides you with the ability to easily create your own online
surveys and track the results in real-time. In contrast to the traditional paper survey approach,
online surveys are more convenient because they eliminate the time and expense of mailing
back responses. Furthermore, you can display the results in several formats, including graphical
representations. This allows your staff to aggregate the responses and view them in report
format.
Along with the ability to create your own online forms, we will also include a set of 12 form
templates. You can customize these forms to be used for employment applications, service
requests, business license applications, gathering feedback, submitting events to the website's
online calendar, and satisfaction surveys. Additionally, your staff can customize these forms for
more specific functions.
The tool supports fill in the blank, multiple choice, multiple select, and ranking type questions. It
also has an export function so you can analyze the results using Excel or any other program
capable of importing CSV files. This is a third party tool, so only graphic design may be
customized and the Approval Cycle functionality is not available.
Forward to a Friend
What better way to build traffic to your website than through the Forward to a Friend component.
In content rich websites like yours, people will often find information they want to share with
others. With the Forward to a Friend component, you can easily forward a page of interest to a
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coworker, friend or colleague. Additionally, the interactive components will automatically have a
link for forwarding to a friend. The simple form asks for both the sender and recipient's email
addresses and, if they care to, allows comments to be sent with the page link. The recipient will
receive a short email from their colleague directing them to a specific page on your website.
This component empowers your online visitors to share information from your website that they
find particularly useful.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are a website staple that visitors have come to expect.
While traditional FAQs consist of long lists of questions that may overwhelm users, our
component provides a simple and easy way for them to find the information they need. Website
visitors are able to browse the list of questions (and answers) by categories you define. Multiple
categories may be assigned to each question so that your visitors will be able to find answers
based upon the category that best matches what they are looking for.
Your staff will also love the feature because our component presents a much simpler solution to
creating FAQs. Questions and their associated answers are submitted through a simple and
centralized interface. Our component does the rest!
Image Library
The Image Library is a centralized place where all images used in the website are stored. This
saves space because only a single version of each image is used on the entire site. This also
provides greater control, as you can restrict the ability to add new images to specific staff
members within your organization. Images remain archived when deleted to prevent accidental
broken links within the website while the content management system tracks all pages using
individual photos to make it easier for you to replace images in individual pages.
The Image Library also incorporates several components that make managing images much
easier. They include automatic scaling and sizing of photos to the maximum size recommended
Section 508 compliance.
Integrated TwitterTm API
Utilizing Vision Internet's built-in social networking components, your staff will be able to
connect with residents like never before. The Vision Content Management System now includes
integrated TwitterT API at no additional charge, which allows your staff to send TwitterTM
messages through the system. Community members subscribed to TwitterTl^ can instantly
receive these messages via cell phone text messages, email and RSS feeds. This is a useful
way to get information out to residents quickly - your staff can use the Twitter system to send
out critical alerts, emergency notifications, news and event updates, and more. The TwitterTm
system can also be used for officials to send "micro-blogs," keeping them in touch with target
constituents.
Job Postings
Job Postings is one of the most popular types of content on local government websites. By
posting jobs within the site, you are both attracting possible candidates and averting the flood of
telephone inquiries about positions that do not exist. This, of course, keeps your administrative
costs down.
Our Job Postings component makes posting jobs a snap. Your HR staff fills out a simple form
with fields such as position, department, salary, and benefits. Staff can schedule when postings
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go live on the website and when they expire, thus simplifying the process and reducing your
administrative time and costs.
To make it easy for users, postings can include interactive components for filtering available
positions by category, type of position, posting date, and salary. As is normal for all our
components, your staff is able to define the categories or classification of Job Postings.
NOTE: With the e-Notification component, job postings may also be broadcast to subscribers
via email.
News and Newsletters
By posting news on your site, you will improve communication with your target audiences. Our
experience is that news can take many forms, including press releases, newsletters, feature
stories, and 'what's new" content. With our News and Newsletters component, each of these
types of news can be implemented onto a single section of the website or have their own
separate area. To ensure usability for website visitors while providing simplicity for staff, news
content is automatically moved to an archive section at a predefined interval after publishing.
Website visitors can also browse the archive by category. This is a great way to provide a
historical archive while making site administration easy. Additionally, RSS feeds of the News
and Newsletters are automatically available to website visitors.
NOTE: News and Newsletters integrates with eNotification for broadcasting information to
subscribers via email.
OneClick Social NetworkingTM
The innovative OneClick Social NetworkingTm component will allow your staff to post content to
your website and to the most popular social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook,
with one click - saving your staff precious time and helping you broadcast your news, alerts,
events and other notices easily and selectively all across the web. OneClick Social
Networking'"' works by generating an RSS feed of each component, which can be connected to
Twitter, Facebook and any other tool that allows importing of RSS feeds using a third party
service.
Our OneClick Social Networking'"" component integrates with the included Dynamic Calendar
System, Job Postings, News and Newsletters, and RFP Postings components.
Online Payments
The Online Payments functionality is a core tool integrated into the content management
system, and used by other components requiring online transactions. It would include
integration with an online transaction service3 where transaction information would be
transmitted securely to a third -party vendor. This vendor would then process the credit card or
e-check and transfer the funds from the transaction to your bank account.
A recording of each transaction is logged into a local database for reconciliation with the
transaction report made available from the vendor. Transactions recorded within the central
database would also be associated with the transactions by different applications using the tool.
For security reasons, however, credit card information will not be stored into the database. This
is an add -on to payment related functions and forms. Transaction based forms and/or functions
are an additional cost beyond the Online Payments tool.
3 Our standard online payment service is Authorize.Net. Integration of other
services may result in additional fees.
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Photo Gallery
Nothing spices up a website like pictures. With our Photo Gallery component, your website
visitors can browse through images of your beautiful region and its exciting events. Users can
view photo albums defined by your staff, and either look at images via thumbnails or a slide
show. Simply upload the image from the Image Library to the new album and add a caption;
thumbnails are created and added to pages based upon the predefined template. To make it
easier for website users to find photo albums of particular events, the Photo Gallery may be
viewed as either a thumbnail display or as a Flash view listing.
What a great way to save staff time while livening up your website!
RFP Postings
To make future Requests for Proposals simpler, easier to manage, and more cost effective, the
website can include an RFP Postings where they can be posted along with amendments and
updates.
Potential vendors can download RFPs in a PDF format. Because RFPs are time sensitive, you
can schedule when the RFP posting would be live on the website and when it would be
removed, thus ensuring your website is kept up-to-date with minimal staff time required.
Additionally the RFP Postings can be integrated with our e-Notification system to alert users by
email.
Rotating Homepage Banners
Rotating Homepage Banners is a great way for you to mix up the design on your site, and
ensure that your homepage always looks fresh and inviting. You can easily change the images
at any time, and each rotating image can be set to link to a different page on the site, allowing
you to use the banner area to highlight special features, events and services. This makes it a
great marketing tool for your Authority!
RSS FeedReader
In contrast to our RSS Feeds feature, which allows users to syndicate content from your website
to their readers such as My Yahoo, iGoogle, My MSN etc., the RSS FeedReader allows you to
syndicate content from other websites into your website. Syndicated content can vary and be
selected by you to include feeds about your overall organization or individual departments,
making your website more comprehensive and up-to-date.
RSS Feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds keep local residents, potential visitors, and other
subscribers up-to-date on important news, events, and announcements from your website.
Users can subscribe to your website and receive automatic updates in their RSS readers,
mobile phones and personal homepages (such as iGoogle, My MSN and My Yahoo!) as a
convenient way of remaining current on community events.
Service Directory
Key to serving your community is making it easy for them to find the services they need. While
we generally recommend organizing information by topic or service in addition to by department
and target audience, the interactive Service Directory allows users to filter or search a list of
services by category, department, and keyword, thus simplifying the entire process.
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For each service in the directory, you can provide a title and description plus associate the
service with contacts in the Staff Directory.
Staff Directory
It is often difficult for website visitors to find the correct person to contact in a government
agency. However, the useful Staff Directory component greatly simplifies this search. It can list
all staff persons, departments, even related agencies and partners, along with their contact
information and description of their role or area of specialization. Your website users will love
the convenience, simplicity, and accessibility; they can easily filter the list of staff based upon
name, department, or other criteria determined to be important to them.
Additionally, your staff will be pleased that they can make their email addresses available to
others without exposing their contact information to spammers. Our component "masks" email
addresses so that email -harvesting software used by spammers cannot automatically extract
them from your website.
Updated and Expired Content Reporting
This handy administrative feature provides website administrators a snapshot of website
activities. An initial search can display expired content, created or updated content, then can be
further filtered by content type or by department. Need to quickly find out what section of your
website hasn't been updated for a while? Curious to see which department has been most
actively creating new content? The Updated and Expired Content Manager makes website
oversight easy!
visionMobileTM
visionMobileTM dynamically converts all standard web pages and key components, such as the
Calendar, News and Newsletters, Job Postings, and FAQs, to your mobile website. Updates
remain simple and easy with dynamic posting to the traditional website and the mobile version.
Also, intuitive navigation allows users to go through all page levels with ease. Your website will
be compatible with all major smart phones including iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows
Mobile phones and more.
In order to implement visionMobileT"', Professional will do the following:
• Professional will create a design for the mobile interface.
Professional will modify the existing website code to add the ability for the site to detect
when a user is visiting from a smart phone and send them to the new mobile format.
• visionMobileT"' will be compatible with iPhone OS Safari 4, Android Chrome 4, Windows
Mobile OS IE 6, BlackBerry Browser 4.5 and 5.0, Opera Mini 4 and 5, and Palm webOS.
• visionMobileT"' may not be compatible with previous or future versions.
Weather Update
Weather information is often important to visitors of government websites. By offering the local
weather on your own site, your online users will come into the habit of regularly visiting it and
thus become more familiar with the Authority and all that you have to offer them. For your
website, we will implement NOAA or Yahoo weather at no charge.
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Workspace
Tired of constantly checking the content management system for content changes needing
approval? Built especially to help manage the content publishing process, the Workspace
feature provides a central location for website administrators to review pending content changes
for your website before they are published. This view is customized to show only the content
relevant to you that is ready for publishing approval. You can filter items by content type, review
the changes, and approve multiple items — all with this one great feature!
Optional Interactive Components and Features
In addition to the included interactive components above, we can also offer you a number of
additional features. Below are details on some of these options. Please note that because our
content management system is so flexible, you may add these at any time in the future for an
additional budget.
Department Homepage Options
From our discussions with you we understand that some of the City's departments may require
a unique online presence. A customized look and feel for your departments will serve as an
attractive online resource for your users and provide them with the information they need.
Please note that, included at no additional charge with your project, we can provide any aspect
of the City's organization with its own departmental section of the main City website. The
departmental homepage, like all of the City's department homepages, can display specific news
items relevant to it that is also posted on the main homepage simultaneously, all without
duplication of effort. We will also provide a graphical banner that can be used for your
department pages. Since we will provide you with the original design work, your staff will be able
to create a distinct banner for any of your departments. As an option, we can provide more
banners for an additional cost.
Depending on your specific needs, the City may also wish to create a separate, unique online
presence for the department. Below are additional options we can offer you:
Custom Department Homepage
As an option to creating a different website for the City, we can provide you with a Custom
Department Homepage, which would create a unique customized look for the department while
keeping it as a department within your main site.
The design of the department's homepage will be based on the main City website design, and
will include the City's main navigation bar across the top, but the content area can be unique for
this department, and can include rotating images and dynamic elements such as news and
events listings specific to this department. The department's sub -navigation will be displayed on
the left side of its custom homepage as it is in standard department homepages. Elements in
the header, margins, and Tooter areas can also be different for the department if desired.
Additional Site/Custom Design
An Additional Site/Custom Design would provide a department with its own individualized and
attractive homepage tailored specifically to your users needs. This includes a navigation and
design that draws on all of the experience and expertise
team while following the main City website's structure for
However, while there would be consistency in your website
Design could have its own unique look.
of Professional's web development
consistency of navigation and use.
s layouts, an Additional Site/Custom
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Professional:
City:
With Copy to:
Vision Internet Providers, Inc.
Poudre Fire Authority
City of Fort Collins
2530 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor
102 Remington St.
Attn: Purchasing
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Fort Collins, CO 80524
PO Box 580
Attn: Steven Chapin,
Attn: Tom Hatfield & Eric
Fort Collins, CO 80522
President
Nelson, Project Managers
In the event of any such early termination by the City, the Professional shall be paid for services
rendered prior to the date of termination, subject only to the satisfactory performance of the
Professional's obligations under this Agreement. Such payment shall be the Professional's sole
right and remedy for such termination.
5. Design, Project Indemnity and Insurance Responsibility. The Professional shall
be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, timely completion and the
coordination of all services rendered by the Professional, including but not limited to designs,
plans, reports, specifications, and drawings and shall, without additional compensation,
promptly remedy and correct any errors, omissions, or other deficiencies. The Professional
shall indemnify, save and hold harmless the City, its officers and employees in accordance with
Colorado law, from all damages whatsoever claimed by third parties against the City; and for the
City's costs and reasonable attorneys fees, arising directly or indirectly out of the Professional's
negligent performance of any of the services furnished under this Agreement. The Professional
shall maintain commercial general liability insurance in the amount of $500,000 combined single
limits and errors and omissions insurance in the amount of $NA.
6. Compensation. In consideration of the services to be performed pursuant to
this Agreement, the City agrees to pay Professional a fixed fee not to exceed Fifty -Five
Thousand One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($55,150.00). Partial payments based upon the
Professional's billings and verification of the completion of the project stages outlined in Exhibits
B Rates and Costs, D Project Schedule and C Additional Terms and Conditions are permissible.
The amounts of all such partial payments shall be based upon the Professional's City -verified
progress in completing the services to be performed pursuant hereto and upon the City's
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An Additional Site/Custom Design will provide the same functionality as your main City website
since it will use the same backend and have the same interactive components. This means that
there is a single Vision Content Management System (VCMS) where all content is stored.
Through the use of the Approval Cycle each organization would have access to their own
content but could also share content, such as calendar and news items.
Professional will also migrate up to 50 pages of content; additional pages may be migrated for
an additional budget. Hosting prices will vary according to which option you select.
Facilities Directory
The Facilities Directory provides citizens with a listing of all types of facilities in the community.
Site users are able to search the listing by type (such as parks, recreation centers, and schools)
amenities (such as swimming pool, meeting rooms, and kitchen), and capacity. Because the
tool is designed to list all facilities in the community, it has a registration form where
organizations can put in the necessary information about the facility they have available.
Entered information does not become live on the website until after review and approval by your
designated administrator.
Facilities listed on the directory can also be added to a Google map of your area, providing
website visitors with a visual guide to local amenities.
Job Applicant Manager
With the Job Applicant Manager, website visitors can apply for jobs online by filling out an
application and submitting it for a specific job or for possible future positions. The information is
stored in a central database, and when submitted for a job, it is emailed to the manager
responsible for hiring. HR can generate lists of prospective employees via interactive tools that
they can filter by skills, experience, salary requirements, and/or application submittal date. This
is the ideal tool if you are filling several positions per month or want to build a database of
applicants for future positions.
To see an example, please view the details of a Job Posting on the City of Healdsburg site at
http://ci.healdsburg.ca.usAndex.aspx?page=124 and click on the Apply Online button.
Integration of Third -Party Components and Databases
Our content management system can easily work with third -party systems, provided they are
web -enabled. This includes applications for:
• Class and Facility Reservations
Dispatch/Record Management
eCommerce and ePayment
Employment Applications
Permitting
Others
Most of these types of components can be given the same look and feel as your main website
via modifications to the presentation template. For your project, we will provide you with an
HTML template that vendors of these third -party components can use. We will also integrate
links to these third -party components into the overall website navigation.
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While interfaces to third -party systems are not included within the budget, they are available for
an additional fee. We will provide a firm quote for interfaces after analyzing the databases and
requirements during the consulting phase of your project.
The Vision Process
Professional's process consists of six stages. In each, there are formal review and approval
points to give you full control of the project and ensure the final website meets your
expectations. The Vision Process is explained in the sections below:
Stage 1: Vision Stage
In the Vision Stage, we work with you to create the vision for your website now and for the
future. The Vision Stage emphasizes the objectives of the website and how it supports your
overall organizational goals. This vision then guides each subsequent step in the process.
To create this vision, we will:
Prepare and review a survey document which will focus on goals and objectives.
Lead an onsite brainstorming and planning session where we discuss your current website,
the results of surveys, the needs of users and staff, and possible approaches for the future.
Review your existing website and those of similar government and public agencies.
Study examples of other websites you like.
Review project goals and timeline.
Collect content and materials for the new website.
The heart of this stage is defining the vision for the project, setting goals, and timeline to ensure
the project's success.
Stage 2: Concept Stage
In the Concept Stage we realize the vision through:
Creation of the information architecture which supports easy access to information.
Defining the navigation strategy.
Review and recommendation of interactive components and features to ensure streamlined
navigation through special types of content.
Creation of a conceptual sitemap and categorization of pages. The navigation and
information architecture will take into account your current needs plus allow for future
expansion and growth.
Creation of a homepage layout wireframe that shows the placement of key information and
dynamic content.
The Concept Stage will conclude with your satisfaction and approval of the homepage layout
wireframe.
Stage 3: Design Stage
In the Design Stage our team continues with the graphic design for your homepage. Our
creative ability and expertise allows us to develop a compelling graphic design while maintaining
its usability. We work closely with your staff to establish a look and feel that reflects your
community. Our world -class designers take the time to create a truly professional design that
incorporates graphics, photos, fonts, colors, and other design elements that fit together to create
a stunning, harmonious design As part of our process we will provide art direction, design
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review, and up to three unique homepage design concepts for you to choose from. Once the
direction is established, we will provide necessary revisions until you are completely satisfied.
The Design Stage will conclude with your satisfaction and approval of the homepage design
comp.
Stage 4: Development Stage
During the Development Stage the process continues as we create the interior page design
then program the website. Development includes implementation of the Vision Content
Management SystemTm and integration of the interactive components and features. Quality is
ensured by our extensive experience, testing, and the proven Vision CMSTM.
Included in the scope of your project is the content migration of up to 100 pages into the new
website. We can provide guidance on the best practices for web content writing and will train
your staff on the best approach for migrating additional content. Alternatively, at your request we
can provide a price quote to migrate additional pages.
Migration is not a simple cut -and -paste process. As part of our migration service, we review the
formatting and layout of each page, reformat it using the new site's design styles, and lay it out
in a way that conforms to industry best practices for impact and readability.
For more information about the Vision Content Management SystemT7'4, please refer to page 9
Stage 5: Quality Assurance, Documentation, and Training Stage
While quality assurance is an integral part of every stage of the project, in the Quality
Assurance, Documentation, and Training Stage we:
Perform extensive functional testing.
Review content.
Create a custom training manual that incorporates actual screenshots of your site.
Provide administrator and content editor training.
For your project we will provide a one day onsite training consisting of two sessions; one for
your staff representatives on content editor training and the other session for advanced
administrator functions including system configuration, system maintenance, reporting, and
strategies for future expansion.
Note that the custom training manual incorporates screenshots from your website, making it
easy for staff to understand and use. It is an excellent reference for new staff to use as well.
Stage 6: Launch Stage
In the Launch Stage, the website is moved to the production server. Our launch process
includes the installation of necessary software, making configuration changes, and transferring
code and content. Once transferred, we again go through the final quality assurance process to
ensure the site transferred correctly plus do a final check for broken links, Section 508
compliance, and others. The site will be available to the public upon your final approval.
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EXHIBIT B
RATES AND COSTS
Below is a revised cost for Poudre Fire Authority/PFA's ("City")website. The budget below
includes the consulting, project management, graphic design, training, Vision Content
Management System'"', and the included interactive components described in our proposal.
Additionally, we are adding the following components to your project:
• Extranet (Members Only)
• Online Payments
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Consulting
71
$135
$9,585
Project Management
39
$135
$5,265
Design�� __
60
$125
$7,500
Design Production.
20
$95
$1,900
Dynamic Programming
112
$135
$15,120
HTML Programming
14
$105
$1,470
Content Migration
33
$85
$2,805
Quality Assurance
26
$105
$2,730
Training/Documentation
51
$125
$6,375
Total not to Exceed
$52,750
Also, City is opting to include one year of Website Hosting by Professional at an additional cost
of $2,400 for the first year.
With Hosting, total Not To Exceed Project Cost is: $55,150.00
Professional is looking forward to building a long-term relationship. As a token of our
commitment to your success, we will offer the following services at no cost:
Three months free maintenance and support4
Included warranty
One Year of Website Hosting
Hosting is a service that we provide to many of our clients. Professional can host your website
for $2,400 for the first year; however, you are free to host your site in-house or with a third -party
provider. In the event that we do not host the website, a onetime $475 fee applies for our
technical staff to assist you with the transfer and configuration. There are no additional
licensing fees, costs, or penalties for you to host the website on your own server.
One Year of Website Hosting 1 $2,40011
4 Up to five hours per month. The three months free offer does not apply to
Vision Live, the hosted CMS option.
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Optional Components and Features
In our proposal to you, we outlined a number of component options. We offer them to
demonstrate our forward thinking. Below is pricing for these options:
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Department Homepage Options
Dynamic Department Homepage (Included with base
project)
$0
Custom Department Homepage (Option #1)
$8,150i
Additional Site/Custom Design5 (Option #2)
$11,975
Facilities Directory
$3,730
Job Applicant Manager
$7,450
Optional Maintenance and Support Plans
Professional is able to provide ongoing website maintenance and hosting services. The
following table shows our fee structures for different plans. For a description of our maintenance
and hosting services, refer to page 9 of our proposal to you.
Optional Maintenance and Support Services
Option 1: Hourly
Hourly Custom Programming
Professional can charge the City for..
Rates
I- $135/hr
services on an as -needed basis.i
IGraphic Design -
We believe that this provides a
1$125/hr
simple and fair way of charging fori
any optional support since you will
Webmaster Service -
know the specific service you are
$105/hr
requesting and being charged for.
Content Migration -
!$85/hr
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Option 2:
Hours per
$110/hr for 3 to 7
In addition to our no -contract, as
Optional Support
month
hrs/mo
needed maintenance option, wel
and Maintenance
Or
also offer a Maintenance Plan for a
Plans
I (defined
number of hours per month
$100/hr for 8 or more
at a lower blended rate. AnyI
hrs/mo
unused hours can be applied to
upgrades and enhancements
relevant to your needs. C
5 Hosting for an Additional Site/Custom Design is $50 a month.
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EXHIBIT C
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. City agrees to pay Professional as follows:
(i) A payment equal to 10% of the total cost upon completion of on -site
consultation; otherwise known as Stage 1: Vision Stage.
(ii) A payment equal to 10% of the total cost upon PFA approval of the site
map; otherwise known as Stage 2: Concept Stage.
(iii) A payment equal to 30% of the total cost upon PFA approval of
homepage design comp; otherwise known as Stage 3: Design Stage.
(iv) A payment equal to 25% of the total cost upon completion of the Vision
Content Management System on a Contractor's server; otherwise known
as Stage 4: Development Stage.
(v) A payment equal to 25% of the total cost upon completion of the website
and PFA approval; otherwise known as Stage 5: Quality Assurance,
Documentation, and Training Stage; and Stage 6: Launch Stage.
2. Professional shall provide at no charge, monthly website maintenance and updates
("Maintenance") for up to five hours each month for a period of three months
commencing on the date of the website launch. Maintenance beyond five hours per
month in the first three months is optional. Optional services and maintenance after the
first three months are considered Extra Work as described in Paragraph 3.
3. Additional services not covered in this Agreement and extra hours will be presented to
City for approval prior to commencement of work ("Extra Work"). Extra Work will be billed
at Professional's prevailing hourly rates, which are currently as follows: Content Migration,
$85/hr.; Graphic Production, $95/hr.; Quality Assurance, Testing, Debugging, Technical
Support, Webmaster Services, HTML Programming, $105/hr.; Consulting, Project
Management, Database Design, Dynamic Programming, $135/hr.; Graphic Design,
Training, $125/hr.; Straight flatbed scanning will be billed at $10 per scan. Touch up work to
images will be billed at the Graphic Design hourly rate. City shall be responsible for any or all
additional fees including, without limitation: photography, stock images, illustration, fonts,
scanning, software, applications, online promotion, marketing, copy writing, redesign,
change orders, mailings, and fees to any third party vendors if applicable.
4. Professional shall provide for one unique domain, monthly website hosting and database
hosting on a shared server ("Hosting") for a period of twelve months commencing on the
date of the website launch. Hosting will be billed to City at the rate of $200 per month for
a period of twelve months ("Initial Term"). With respect to the Initial Term, unless one
party has given written notice to the other party of its intent not to renew this Agreement
at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the Initial Term, this Agreement will continue
in effect on a year-to-year basis thereafter until one party gives written notice to the other
of its intent not to renew this Agreement at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of
any renewal term. If the Term of this Agreement is extended or renewed in accordance
with the foregoing, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue,
unmodified, in full force and effect, until the end of the last applicable renewal or
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extension Term, except that all rates, fees, charges, and compensation payable to
Professional hereunder shall be increased by five percent (5%) per year, for each annual
renewal period extending the term hereof.
5. City understands and agrees that Professional will develop website frontend to be
compatible with Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0 and Firefox 3.0 and 3.6. Website backend
will be compatible with Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0. Website may not be compatible
with previous or future versions. Website will be optimized for 1024 x 768 pixels
resolution or above. City understands and agrees that the website will be developed
with Hypertext Markup Language ("HTML"), JavaScript, and Microsoft ASP.NET ("MS -
ASP") interfaced with a database created in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ("MS -SQL").
City understands and agrees that the website is developed to run on a Microsoft
Windows 2008 Server ("MS -Server"). visionMobileTm, if provided under this agreement,
will be compatible with iPhone OS Safari 4, Android Chrome 4, Windows Mobile OS IE
6, BlackBe.4 Browser 4.5 and 5.0, Opera Mini 4 and 5, and Palm webOS.
visionMobile may not be compatible with previous or future versions. visionMobileTm, if
provided under this Agreement, shall include "Powered by Vision Internet" in the Tooter
and always be linked to a Professional web page. City is responsible for the costs of all
software licensing.
City understands and agrees that the website frontend will be designed to be compliant
with Section 508 guidelines on accessibility. Content migrated into the website by
Professional will also be compliant. Compliance standards will be verified via Watchfire's
BobbyTM software prior to Completion. City understands and agrees that website
backend and third party tools may not be Section 508 compliant.
6. Limited Warranty: Professional does warrant that all of the deliverables included in this
Agreement will be conveyed to City. All programming code developed by Professional
within the project is warranted for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the
completion of the website ("Completion"). Professional will create a backup of the
website on the date of Completion. If any warranted problem arises while City or its
designee is maintaining the website, Professional will restore the website back to its
condition as it existed at Completion. If Professional is maintaining and .hosting the
website, Professional shall restore the website back to its condition as it existed at the
day of the most recent backup. Professional shall only be responsible for any costs
associated with correcting any unmodified programming code during this twelve (12)
month period following the Completion. Except as expressly set forth in the immediately
preceding paragraph, PROFESSIONAL MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF THIS
SERVICE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHATSOEVER. In no event, at any time,
shall the aggregate liability of Professional exceed the amount of fees paid by City to
Professional and Professional shall not be responsible for any lost profits or other
damages, including direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or any other
damages, however caused.
7. Professional may use any web pages developed for the City in any of its own
promotional materials as examples of its work. City agrees that Professional may place
in the website footer an unobtrusive text link reading "Developed by Vision Internet" or
the equivalent. Professional's footer text credit shall always be linked to a Professional
web page.
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8. Documents & Data; Licensing of Intellectual Property: This Agreement creates a
non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, or modify for its own use, any
and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in this website,
which are prepared or caused to be prepared by Professional under this Agreement
("Documents & Data"), to which Professional retains ownership of all intellectual property
rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the agreement documents,
City understands and agrees that Professional shall retain all right, title, and interest to
the Vision Content Management System (also known as the Vision Internet Content
Management System, VCMT, VCMS and the Vision Content Management Tool), and
Dynamic and Interactive Components.
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EXHIBIT D
PROJECT SCHEDULE
The table below shows our recommended development and launch schedule along with a list of
key deliverables/milestones.
Implementation Step Avg. Duration
Vision Stage
Initial kick-off meeting with the Authority's project manager
Survey preparation and review
2 — 4 Weeks
Onsite brainstorming and planning session -
Concept Stage
Creation of Information Architecture
Create conceptual sitemap
2 — 4 Weeks
Homepage layout witeframe
Design Stage
Unique, custom graphic design
Custom icons, buttons, screen elements, and backgrounds
3 — 4 Weeks
Up to 3 Homepage design comps
Development Stage
Implementation of Vision CMSTm .
Integration of interactive components
4-9 Weeks
Migration of up to 100 pages of content
Quality Assurance, Documentation, and Training Stage
Final testing
Customized training manual 2 — 3 Weeks
Onsite training
Soft Launch & Final Launch
Move website to production server
Completed website 2 Weeks
Website goes live. Contractor to host the website.
Total estimated time to launch 15 — 26 Weeks
The schedule may vary depending on additional components and participant decision times
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EXHIBIT "E"
CONFIDENTIALITY
IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES provided to the City of Fort Collins (the "City") pursuant to
this Agreement (the "Agreement"), the Professional hereby acknowledges that it has been
informed that the City has established policies and procedures with regard to the handling of
confidential information and other sensitive materials.
In consideration of access to certain information, data and material (hereinafter individually and
collectively, regardless of nature, referred to as "information") that are the property of and/or
relate to the City or its employees, customers or suppliers, which access is related to the
performance of services that the Professional has agreed to perform, the Professional hereby
acknowledges and agrees as follows:
That information that has or will come into its possession or knowledge in connection with the
performance of services for the City may be confidential and/or proprietary. The Professional
agrees to treat as confidential (a) all information that is owned by the City, or that relates to the
business of the City, or that is used by the City in carrying on business, and (b) all information
that is proprietary to a third party (including but not limited to customers and suppliers of the
City). The Professional shall not disclose any such information to any person not having a
legitimate need -to -know for purposes authorized by the City. Further, the Professional shall not
use such information to obtain any economic or other benefit for itself, or any third party, except
as specifically authorized by the City.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Professional understands that it shall have no
obligation under this Agreement with respect to information and material that (a) becomes
generally known to the public by publication or some means other than a breach of duty of this
Agreement, or (b) is required by law, regulation or court order to be disclosed, provided that the
request for such disclosure is proper and the disclosure does not exceed that which is required.
In the event of any disclosure under (b) above, the Professional shall furnish a copy of this
Agreement to anyone to whom it is required to make such disclosure and shall promptly advise
the City in writing of each such disclosure.
In the event that the Professional ceases to perform services for the City, or the City so requests
for any reason, the Professional shall promptly return to the City any and all information
described hereinabove, including all copies, notes and/or summaries (handwritten or
mechanically produced) thereof, in its possession or control or as to which it otherwise has
access.
The Professional understands and agrees that the City's remedies at law for a breach of the
Professional's obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement may be inadequate and that the
City shall, in the event of any such breach, be entitled to seek equitable relief (including without
limitation preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and specific performance) in addition to all
other remedies provided hereunder or available at law.
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approval of the Professional's actual reimbursable expenses. Final payment shall be made
following acceptance of the work by the City. Upon final payment, all designs, plans, reports,
specifications, drawings, and other services rendered by the Professional shall become the sole
property of the City.
7. City Representative. The City will designate, prior to commencement of work, its
project representative who shall make, within the scope of his or her authority, all necessary and
proper decisions with reference to the project. All requests for contract interpretations, change
orders, and other clarification or instruction shall be directed to the City Representative.
8. Project Drawings. Upon conclusion of the project and before final payment, the
Professional shall provide the City with a complete site map of the PFA website and a complete
drawing of the website homepage wireframe.
9. Monthly Report. Commencing thirty (30) days after the date of execution of this
Agreement and every thirty (30) days thereafter, Professional is required to provide the City
Representative with a written report of the status of the work with respect to the Scope of
Services, Work Schedule, and other material information. Failure to provide any required
monthly report may, at the option of the City, suspend the processing of any partial payment
request.
10. Independent Contractor. The services to be performed by Professional are those
of an independent contractor and not of an employee of the City of Fort Collins. The City shall
not be responsible for withholding any portion of Professional's compensation hereunder for the
payment of FICA, Workers' Compensation, other taxes or benefits or for any other purpose.
11. Personal Services. It is understood that the City enters into this Agreement
based on the special abilities of the Professional and that this Agreement shall be considered as
an agreement for personal services. Accordingly, the Professional shall neither assign any
responsibilities nor delegate any duties arising under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the City.
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12. Acceptance Not Waiver. The City's approval of drawings, designs, plans,
specifications, reports, and incidental work or materials furnished hereunder shall not in any way
relieve the Professional of responsibility for the quality or technical accuracy of the work. The
City's approval or acceptance of, or payment for, any of the services shall not be construed to
operate as a waiver of any rights or benefits provided to the City under this Agreement.
13. Default. Each and every term and condition hereof shall be deemed to be a
material element of this Agreement. In the event either party should fail or refuse to perform
according to the terms of this agreement, such party may be declared in default.
14. Remedies. In the event a party has been declared in default, such defaulting
party shall be allowed a period of ten (10) days within which to cure said default. In the event
the default remains uncorrected, the party declaring default may elect to (a) terminate the
Agreement and seek damages; (b) treat the Agreement as continuing and require specific
performance; or (c) avail himself of any other remedy at law or equity. If the non -defaulting
party commences legal or equitable actions against the defaulting party, the defaulting party
shall be liable to the non -defaulting party for the non -defaulting party's reasonable attorney fees
and costs incurred because of the default.
15. Binding Effect. This writing, together with the exhibits hereto, constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties and shall be binding upon said parties, their officers,
employees, agents and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the respective survivors, heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns of said parties.
16. Law/Severability. The laws of the State of Colorado shall govern the
construction, interpretation, execution and enforcement of this Agreement. In the event any
provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision of this
Agreement. ,
17. Prohibition Against Employing Illegal Aliens. Pursuant to Section 5-17.5-101,
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C.R.S., et. seq., Professional represents and agrees that:
a. As of the date of this Agreement:
Professional does not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien
who will perform work under this Agreement; and
2. Professional will participate in either the e-Verify program created in
Public Law 208, 104th Congress, as amended, and expanded in Public Law 156,
108th Congress, as amended, administered by the United States Department of
Homeland Security (the "e-Verify Program") or the Department Program (the
"Department Program"), an employment verification program established
pursuant to Section 8-17.5-102(5)(c) C.R.S. in order to confirm the employment
eligibility of all newly hired employees to perform work under this Agreement.
b. Professional shall not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien to
perform work under this Agreement or knowingly enter into a contract with a
subcontractor that knowingly employs or contracts with an illegal alien to perform work
under this Agreement.
C. Professional is prohibited from using the e-Verify Program or Department
Program procedures to undertake pre -employment screening of job applicants while this
Agreement is being performed.
d. If Professional obtains actual knowledge that a subcontractor performing work
under this Agreement knowingly employs or contracts with an illegal alien, Professional
shall:
1. Notify such subcontractor and the City within three days that Professional
has actual knowledge that the subcontractor is employing or contracting with an
illegal alien; and
2. Terminate the subcontract with the subcontractor if within three days of
receiving the notice required pursuant to this section the subcontractor does not
cease employing or contracting with the illegal alien; except that Professional
shall not terminate the contract with the subcontractor if during such three days
the subcontractor provides information to establish that the subcontractor has not
knowingly employed or contracted with an illegal alien.
e. Professional shall comply with any reasonable request by the Colorado
Department of Labor and Employment (the "Department") made in the course of an
investigation that the Department undertakes or is undertaking pursuant to the authority
established in Subsection 8-17.5-102 (5), C.R.S.
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f. If Professional violates any provision of this Agreement pertaining to the duties
imposed by Subsection 8-17.5-102, C.R.S. the City may terminate this Agreement. If this
Agreement is so terminated, Professional shall be liable for actual and consequential
damages to the City arising out of Professional's violation of Subsection 8-17.5-102,
C.R.S.
g. The City will notify the Office of the Secretary of State if Professional violates this
provision of this Agreement and the City terminates the Agreement for such breach.
18. Special Provisions. Special provisions or conditions relating to the services to be
performed pursuant to this Agreement are set forth in Exhibit "B " Rates and Costs, consisting of
two (2) pages, Exhibit "C" Additional Terms and Conditions, consisting of three (3) pages, and
Exhibit "E" Confidentiality, consisting of one (1) page, attached hereto and incorporated herein
by this reference.
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POUDRE FIRE AUTHORITY
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
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EXHIBIT A
SCOPE OF WORK
Following is the Scope of Work for the Poudre Fire Authority/PFA ("City")website to be
performed by Vision Internet Providers, Inc. ("Professional"). In this document the words
'We", "us", and "ours" refer to Professional. The words "you", "your' and "yours" refers to
City.
Implementation of the website will include:
Attractive Design: A website design that reflects the City, draws people in, and makes it
immediately obvious that the website is the best place to get information and access
resources.
Intuitive Navigation: Information should be easy to find with the most important information
accessible from the homepage to make it easier for website visitors.
Vision Content Management SvstemTM: The City should also implement a proven content
management system to facilitate content updates by non -technical staff throughout the City.
Integrated Interactive Components and Features: Interactive components and features
will make the website more engaging while improving usability and simplifying content
updates for staff.
Integrated Web 2.0/Gov 2.0: Your new website should include Web 2.0 features such as
RSS feeds, Google Maps and integrated OneClick Social NetworkingTm with Twitter and
Facebook to enable more immediate, fluid and targeted communications to your audiences.
Integration of Third -Party Components and Databases: Existing web -applications and
databases should be incorporated to the new website.
Each of these recommendations is discussed in more detail in the sections that follow.
City will have a design that makes it stand out among cities on both a regional and national
basis. The City's website will be inviting, easy to use, and will reflect your unique identity.
This will be accomplished through the following design characteristics:
Creative design that reflects your community and creative design elements that capture the
essence of the City.
Highly functional layout that makes important information available from the homepage
and pages throughout the site.
Photos and collages of the area the City serves.
Consistent look and feel throughout the site to make it easier for website visitors to
navigate the site and find information they need.
Section 508 Compliance making it accessible to persons with disabilities.
Easy to use drop down menus helping users to quickly understand navigation and locate
information with the least amount of clicks.
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Breadcrumbs showing the user's current path to let them know exactly where they are on
the website.
For your website, we recommend organizing information by department, topic, and/or target
users. Professional's approach allows users to find information in the variety of ways that are
most important to them. This is because content is available through multiple "paths" making it
simple for users to search the site regardless of their preferred method.
The City's website will utilize VCMS which was created in Microsoft ASP.NET and SQL Server.
Upon final payment, Professional will provide City with the source code for City's own use.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the agreement documents, City understands
and agrees that Professional shall retain all right, title, and interest to the Vision Content
Management System (also known as the Vision Internet Content Management System, VCMT,
VCMS and the Vision Content Management Tool), and Dynamic and Interactive Components.
VCMS includes numerous Web 2.0/Gov 2.0 features built in. These helpful and handy features
include RSS feeds, "Bookmark & Share" links, and more.
In addition to the creative design, effective navigation, and easy to use VCMS, we will provide
the City with interactive components for managing special types of content.
The Interactive Components to be utilized are:
SITE ADMINISTRATION AND SECURITY
Approval Cycle
Archive Bin
Audit Trail Log
Automatic Content Archiving
Content Review and Publishing
Component Manager
Content Scheduling
Document Central
Email Address Masking
Image Library
1 Included with Professional hosting.
Link Library
Multiple File and Image Uploading
Role -Based Security
Submission Validation (reCAPTCHA)
Recycle Bin
Updated and Expired Content
Reporting
Web Traffic Statistics1
Workspace
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