Request for proposals: Website Hosting & Support Specialist
The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship (PA Wilds Center) seeks proposals from firms with experience providing hosting and development support services for multiple integrated websites. PA Wilds Center is a nonprofit leading a regional revitalization strategy that leverages the authentic place-based brand and more than 2+ million acres of public lands to establish the designated Pennsylvania Wilds region as a premier outdoor recreation destination, as a way to help diversify local economies, inspire stewardship, attract investment, retain the working-age population, and improve quality of life. As part of that effort, PA Wilds Center manages an entrepreneurial ecosystem and multiple websites with distinct audiences and purposes.
Through this request for proposals process, PA Wilds Center seeks to contract with a professional website developer who can provide support services and hosting for three of the websites, including: www.PAWilds.com, the primary visitor website that sees approximately 450,000 visitors a year; www.WildsCoPA.org, the website for PA Wilds based businesses and nonprofits to network and leverage the PA Wilds brand to grow; and www.PAWildsCenter.org, the nonprofit PA Wilds Center’s home base. For more information, see the Project Scope.
Timeline:
RFP Issued: November 9, 2024
Responses Due: November 29, 2024 by 5 PM EST
Notifications: December 6, 2024
Contract Start: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Contact: Send questions and proposals to LaKeshia Knarr at LKnarr@PAWildsCenter.org. See Submission Instructions section for more information.
Read the full RFP and submit proposals here.
ABOUT THE PA WILDS CENTER
The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to integrate conservation and economic development in a way that inspires the communities of the Pennsylvania Wilds. The Pennsylvania Wilds is a 13-county region that includes the counties of Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren, and northern Centre. The PA Wilds Center promotes the region and its 2+ million acres of public lands as a premier outdoor recreation destination as a way to diversify local economies, inspire stewardship, attract investment, retain population and improve quality of life. The PA Wilds Center’s core programs seek to help businesses leverage the PA Wilds brand and connect with new market opportunities, including: the Wilds Cooperative of PA, a network of more than 575 place-based businesses and organizations, and the PA Wilds Conservation Shop, a retail outlet primarily featuring products sourced from the WCO. For more information on the PA Wilds Center, visit www.PAWildsCenter.org. To learn more about the WCO, visit www.WildsCoPA.org. Explore the PA Wilds at www.PAWilds.com. Find regionally made products at www.ShopThePAWilds.com.
Media Contact
Britt Madera | Communications Manager
PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc.
bmadera@pawildscenter.org | 570-948-1051
