Jadu Limited provide the website platform for Herefordshire Council with an agreement in place since 2016 – the contract covered creation of the website and on-going licences. To increase the functionality of the website and ease of creating forms then the council have made the decision to purchase the Photon product as a one off cost. In addition Jadu would be able to host the website through an annual fee creating a less resource intensive process for implementing updates. This will have the benefit of reducing staff time of creating a “work around” internally when applying updates with this time able to address other demands of the website in keeping content up to date and meeting the accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1 AA).
The variation of the contract also allows for an update on data protection requirements, anti-slavery and human trafficking legislation and accessible standards.
The changes to the website will provide more options for the user in creating digital forms to support people’s interaction with the council.