RFP for website hosting

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is independent from government and enforces British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). FIPPA allows access to information held by public bodies (such as ministries, universities and hospitals) and determines how public bodies may collect, use and disclose personal information. PIPA sets out how private organizations (including businesses, charities, associations and labour organizations) may collect, use and disclose personal information.

The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists oversees the Lobbyists Transparency Act (LTA). The LTA requires individuals and organizations who lobby public office holders and meet specific criteria to register their lobbying activities in an online public registry. The goal of the LTA is to promote transparency in lobbying and government decision-making by allowing citizens to know who is attempting to influence public office holders' decisions.

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC) and the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists (ORL) requests proposals to host the established OIPC and ORL websites. This work will include:

· hosting the current OIPC and ORL websites, using Umbraco CMS, ensuring all personal information is stored on servers in Canada;
· providing maintenance and updates as required (including SSL and domain registration), and
· developing new tools/functionality as needed.

The OIPC website has the following components using the established Umbraco CMS:
- document tables, with a variety of document types
- online forms
- a newsfeed function that pulls from the document database
- a separate blog that is integrated into the website
- an interactive Sectional Index
- Advanced Search functionality
- language translation tools (both live web pages and pdf documents)

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