The RFP will be out soon and will show what the city is planning to do. I spent some time on the city website and called Purchasing, and here is what I have learned about how to get the RFP.
The city maintains a “Vendor Self Service” site at https://www.ci.austin.tx.us/vss/Advantage. You can browse it without logging in. I was told the city typically puts new RFPs up on Mondays, but not always. The UI is not great, but here is how to find the previous RFPs for the city Web site.
- Click the Public Access button
- Click the Business Opportunities link
- Click the Search for Solicitations link
- There are four search fields. Each must have a value even if only * (wildcard). The department Communications and Technology is 5600. There is a “comodities” code for Web page design service: it is 91596. To find the previous RFP’s, put an * (asterisk) in the Description and Commodities fields, RFP* in the Number field, and 5600 in the Departments field. Select Status of Closed and hit Enter.
You can also register as a vendor and supposedly be emailed when the RFP is available. Presumably the Commodity and Department codes will be the same for the new RFP, but I don’t know that to be true.
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