Project Overview
The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA) is seeking a web development firm to design, develop, and launch a new Trade & Investment Vancouver Island (TIVI) digital platform.
The website will serve as the regional gateway for investment attraction, trade, supply-chain development, and economic partnerships across Vancouver Island. It will bring together information currently spread across TIVI, FTZ Vancouver Island, and VIEA websites, while directing investors, businesses, governments, Indigenous Nations, and strategic partners to the right regional resources and organizations.
Scope of Work (Requirements)
Discovery & Strategy
- Project kickoff and stakeholder consultation
- Review existing websites, branding, infrastructure, hosting, analytics, and integrations
- Identify risks, dependencies, and technical requirements
- Develop website architecture, navigation, and user journeys
Information Architecture & UX
- Create a new sitemap and navigation structure
- Consolidate content from TIVI, FTZVI, and VIEA websites
- Reduce duplicate content and improve navigation
- Design for international and domestic investors, businesses, industry, site selectors, government, Indigenous Nations, economic development organizations, and partners.
Website Design & Development
The new responsive website will include sections such as:
- Home
- Why Vancouver Island
- Priority Sectors
- Communities
- Indigenous Partnerships
- Data & Intelligence
- Trade Resources
- Team Vancouver Island
- News & Insights
- Contact
Priority sector content includes marine and ocean innovation, advanced manufacturing, technology and innovation, food systems, clean energy, transportation and logistics.
WordPress is the preferred CMS, although alternative open-source platforms may be proposed if they provide comparable or better usability, sustainability, security, accessibility, and portability.
Content Migration
- Migrate approved content from VIEA.ca, FTZVI.ca, and TIVI.ca
- Identify opportunities to consolidate or simplify content
- Implement URL redirects to protect existing search visibility
- VIEA will provide new or revised content where substantial rewriting is required.
SEO & GEO / AI Search
A major requirement is optimization for both traditional and AI-driven search, including:
- Metadata architecture
- Schema markup
- Investor and sector keyword strategy
- Regional/local SEO
- Google Business Profile optimization
- FAQ schema
llms.txt- Citation-friendly content structure
- Canonical and redirect QA
- Core Web Vitals optimization
- GEO monitoring for 90 days after launch.
Creative & Marketing Assets
- Photography direction and optimization
- Video integration and optimization
- Sector iconography
- Social/Open Graph graphics
- Data-visualization templates
- Visual storytelling supporting investment attraction.
Accessibility, Performance & Security
- WCAG 2.2 AA compliance
- Responsive design
- Performance and page-speed optimization
- Image optimization
- SSL
- XML sitemap
- Metadata management
- Spam protection for forms
- Cross-browser and mobile testing
- QA before launch
Training & Post-Launch
- Staff training
- Technical documentation
- Administrative access and credentials
- Post-launch warranty
- 90 days of SEO/GEO monitoring
- Optional ongoing maintenance and technical support.
Key Dates
- RFP/TOR Issued: August 19, 2026
- Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM PST
Budget
- Up to $28,750 CAD
Why This Is a Great Opportunity, and for Whom
This is a strong project for an agency that wants to move beyond a standard brochure-style website. The selected firm will build a regional investment-attraction platform designed to generate leads, support economic development, and serve multiple high-value audiences. The project also has a defined budget, a January 2027 launch target, and potential for post-launch support, SEO/GEO monitoring, security updates, and future enhancements.
The combination of website development + investment marketing + SEO + GEO + content migration + lead generation makes this particularly relevant for agencies that can provide both technical delivery and digital strategy.
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