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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute a non-standard Software-as-a-Service Subscription Agreement with Siteimprove, Inc. for support services in the administration of the County website in the amount of $9,620 for the period of January 13, 2020 through January 12, 2021;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to sign four (4) one-year renewals to the yearly subscription under the same or similar terms as needed.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute a non-standard Software-as-a-Service Subscription Agreement with Siteimprove, Inc. for support services in the administration of the County website in the amount of $9,620 for the period of January 13, 2020 through January 12, 2021;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to sign four (4) one-year renewals to the yearly subscription under the same or similar terms as needed.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
It is requested that the Board of Supervisors authorize the Director of Information Technology to sign a non-standard Agreement with Siteimprove, Inc., to provide the County of Monterey the following services for the County's website:
- Quality Assurance to identify website quality issues, allowing County departments to work proactively to eliminate typical mistakes such as broken links, misspellings, and consistency issues.
- Accessibility with PDF scanning to check County website content and PDF files for accessibility compliance.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to identify technical and content-related issues affecting search engine rankings and traffic to the County website.
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