Summary of eligibility criteria for new projects:
· The federal and
provincial contribution for new projects must be fully funded by savings that
have been or will be realized in implementing previously approved ISF projects.
· New projects must meet
all ISF eligibility criteria (available at www.bcfontario.ca), including that they
will be complete by March 31, 2011.
· Projects must be
enabled by federal and provincial funding. To be eligible, a project must:
o not have been planned or
scheduled to be conducted within 2010/11
o not involve a construction
contract awarded prior to notification of project approval by the governments
of
o not have started
construction prior to notification of project approval by the governments of
· Due to time
restrictions, projects that require a federal Environmental Assessment will not
be considered.
Please submit your application in SIMSI using the
above-noted user name and password. When doing so, please be sure to:
- Identify (by
project number[s]) the source, as well
as the precise dollar value(s), of the savings to be used for the new
project. Please also describe the status of the projects in which the savings
have been/will be realized.
- Fill out all fields
of the application with sufficient details and substantiation for the project
to be assessed.
- Provide a description
and status summary of any design work required for implementation of the new
project, including the timelines for conducting any design work not yet
complete. Preference will be given to projects that do not have outstanding
design work or can have outstanding design work completed very quickly.
When submitting your application, please upload the
following additional documents in support of your application:
-
A letter identifying how each new project is incremental
(i.e. enabled by federal and provincial funding). Please indicate whether or
not the project has been included in your organization’s Long Term Capital Plan
(if applicable) and if so, when the project was scheduled to be implemented
according to that Plan. If the project was not a part of your organization’s
Long Term Capital Plan, please indicate when it would have been undertaken
without ISF funding.
-
A detailed construction schedule that substantiates that
construction can be completed by March 31, 2011.
- A
completed engineer’s attestation for a project over $1 million or for a project
completing after December 31, 2010. (see form attached).