BCFCC SIMSI Navigation Changes

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https//bcfcc-fccvc.infrastructure.gc.ca/

• All applications must be submitted online
• USER NAME and PASSWORD supplied from the
  Infrastructure Secretariat
• Application must be accurate and complete before
  submitting
• After Aug 11 the online application will be
  closed until the next round of intakes is
  officially launched

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SIMSI Changes

• A new, project-focused flow
• Category selection first
• Contact information last
• EA information separate
• Simpler, cleaner, faster
• Removed unnecessary or unused pages and data
  fields
• Removed unnecessary or cluttering text blocks
• Updated wording
• More practical for users and officers
• Document upload feature with reminders
• Pre-submit review for completeness and quality
• Modernized system
• Based on all new, refreshed hardware for speed
  and reliability
• Sessions auto-save and exit after 60 minutes for
  security

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Applicant User Homepage

• New, modernized look
• Buttons replace text links
• Create New Application large, top, and centre

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Project Category Selection

• New look and feel to start the application
  process
• Graphic icons replace the old text-based
  drop-down list

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Project Sub-Category Nature

• Critical eligibility questions added up front
• Warning message if answered incorrectly
• Opportunity to include a prepared business plan
• Sub-Categories available for selection based on
  selected Project Category

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Mandatory Screening Criteria

• Simple, logical questions representing the
  mandatory criteria based on the selected category

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Project Benefits

• Category-specific Benefits questions
• Opportunity to include a Cost-Benefit Analysis or
  other study to support and strengthen application

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Project Rationale

• Clean Project Rationale page
• Streamlined by moving the descriptive help text
  from within the questions to on-demand pop-up
  windows

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Project Information

• Applicants upload a copy of a Local Government
  Resolution rather than answering questions
• Opportunity to attach a Site Plan or Map.
• Municipal Population is no longer captured

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Total Project Costs

• New Total Project Costs page merges the previous
  Eligible Costs and Ineligible Costs pages
• Taxes now handled in a more suitable and
  consistent manor
• Name of the person responsible for the accuracy
  of cost estimates is required

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Project Financing

• Project Financing page simplified
• Reduced Financing table from a listing by Fiscal
  Year to simple Totals
• Anticipated Project Duration added, Timelines
  page removed altogether
• Fewer but more intuitive sources of funds

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Other Project Financing

• Clarified questions to remove references to full
  cost recovery and borrowing of funds, federal
  or otherwise?

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Environmental Assessment

• EA page significantly restructured
• Simplified questions relocated to a separate,
  downloadable document to be filled in off-line
  and re-attached to the application

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Document Upload

• Document upload capability provides an
  opportunity for applicants to attach
  supplementary documents to strengthen or clarify
  their proposal

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Contact Information

• Contact information is provided for verification
  and updating as necessary
• Majority of information is pre-populated

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Application Errors Page

• Once submitted, errors and/or omissions are
  highlighted
• The relevant page name and error description are
  displayed for each error found
• Application may not be submitted until all errors
  addressed

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Submit Page

• Once all errors are addressed, applicants get
  confirmation number and date
• Applications go to a pre-submit status
• Project Officers review the application for
  completeness and general quality
• If necessary, the application can be returned to
  applicant for updates

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Questions?