RFI 240718 - Imagery

BC Assessment uses photos to assist in appraising residential properties and in some cases for customers to view on its public website. The photos allow the improvement (i.e house) on property to be evaluated for categorization, quality, and condition.  Beyond residential images, BC Assessment is also interested in obtaining photos for commercial, industrial properties and low and hi-rise condominiums. BC Assessment is requesting information from interested parties that utilize ground, aerial or satellite based technologies on their ability to obtain photos of residential, commercial and industrial properties. 
The intention of this Request for Information (RFI) is to:

• Communicate to the vendor community BC Assessment’s interest in procuring residential, commercial and industrial property photos;
• Understand the vantage point for the images to be supplied from aerial, street-front, satellite or other;
• Gather information to build BC Assessment’s understanding of features and functionalities available within the image space;
• Gather information that could assist BC Assessment in the development of a future procurement process;
• Determine ballpark pricing to be used for budgetary purposes;
• Understand whether market participants can take and deliver images to BC Assessment for a specific window of time, and
• Determine the level of market interest, and at BC Assessment’s discretion, have vendors that are interested in demonstrating their ability to:
  • Based on a list of properties provided by BC Assessment (attached in Appendix B), have vendors demonstrate their ability to provide photos on-demand and within a defined timeframe of these properties to demonstrate the outcomes of their technology solution(s).