Website Redevelopment and Migration Services Using WordPress and Drupal CMS
Location:
Ontario, Canada
Posted on:
Nov 22, 2025
Deadline:
Dec 19, 2025
Summary:
Lakehead University seeks a vendor for strategic website redevelopment and migration using WordPress or Drupal, including CMS evaluation, integration, and optimization.
(1) Vendor needs to provide website redevelopment and migration services using word press and drupal CMS.– Strategic redesign and redevelopment of its institutional website.– Platform: Drupal 7 (multi–site architecture comprising the main institutional site and numerous departmental and faculty subsites).– Hosting: Currently hosted in an on–premises virtualized environment managed by Lakehead’s Technology Services Centre (TSC), running Apache on CentOS Linux with MariaDB database.– Source code management/ deployment: Git–based version control; internal development, staging, and production environments maintained jointly by the Web Development team.– Collaborate with Communications, Marketing, and Web Development teams to align the digital experience with brand, messaging, and accessibility priorities to ensure the redesigned site embodies the refreshed brand strategy and narrative, reflects Lakehead’s distinctive value proposition, and aligns content priorities with recruitment and engagement goals.– Facilitate a CMS platform evaluation to determine the most suitable long–term solution (e.g., Drupal 11, WordPress VIP).– Configure and develop the chosen CMS platform according to approved designs and architecture, ensuring alignment with refreshed brand system, accessibility standards, and long–term governance framework.– Integrate analytics, search, and authentication systems (e.g., Google Analytics 4, Sitel improve, SSO) with infrastructure designed to accommodate enhanced search capabilities and emerging Al–driven tools for recruitment and user engagement.– Optimize site speed, SEO, and accessibility prior to launch.(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than December 5, 2025.
