Development Application Approvals Software Solution Addendum

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Development Application Approvals Software Solution 
RFP-2023.005 
 Addendum #1 
Date: May 17, 2022 
 
Q1: Could you please confirm the number of users. 
 
A1: The Islands Trust includes twenty-six (26) planning staff. 
 
 
Q2: Could you please confirm the budget. 
 
A2: The purpose of this RFP is for the marketplace to identify a proposed price 
for the services being requested. 
 
 
Q3: Could you please confirm how many types of licenses and permits you require. 
 
A3: The Islands Trust requires licenses for the following fifteen (15) 
applications/referrals: 
a) Rezoning applications; 
b) Development variance permit applications; 
c) Development permit applications; 
d) Temporary use permit applications; 
e) Heritage alteration permit applications; 
f) Siting and use permit applications; 
g) Soil deposit and removal applications; 
h) Agricultural land commission applications; 
i) Strata conversion applications; 
j) Board of variance applications; 
k) Building permit referrals; 
l) Subdivision referrals; 
m) Crown land referrals; 
n) Liquor and cannabis referrals; and 
o) Innovation, science and economic development referrals. 
 
Q4: How many named users will need mobile access and how many will need desktop 
access? 
 
A4: The Islands Trust requires 26 – 30 desktop.  The islands Trust does not 
require mobile access for staff, just for the public. 

 
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Q5: Does Islands Trust currently use Bluebeam Revu?  If not, how many Plan Reviewers 
would need access to electronic plan markup capabilities? 
 
A5: The Islands Trust does not use Bluebeam Revu.  The Islands Trust requires 
twenty (20) staff for plan reviews. 
 
 
Q6: You mention that you would like us to take property information from BC 
Assessments.  Can this data be taken from your GIS instead? 
 
A6: The Islands Trust maintains BC Assessment records via an annual full-roll 
XML file plus weekly XML updates, referred to as data advice deliveries.  The 
Islands Trust is interested in incorporating a data loading utility to maintain these 
records. 
 
The Islands Trust currently maintains Land Title and BC Assessment data loading 
scripts, which facilitates planner access to title and assessment records when 
managing applications.  The Islands Trust would like to incorporate these 
features in the new solution.  Property information access via the GIS would 
include all attributes provided by ParcelMap BC, and ideally relate back to the 
LTO and BCA data, along with application specific attributes. 
 
 
 
Q7: Is it possible to provide more detail on what Islands Trust means by “referrals” 
related to building permit referrals, subdivision, referrals, crown land referrals, liquor and 
cannabis referrals, etc. that are listed on page 10?  We see this as meaning passing on 
referrals to other municipalities contained within the Islands Trust that may be 
responsible for these. 
 
A7: Yes – referrals are applications that start at other agencies (Province or 
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