Request for Proposals: Development of ORV Trails Best Practices Guideline
The BC Power Sports Coalition (BCPSC) has obtained initial funding to work towards the creation of a BCPSC Best Practices Guide for ORV Trail Infrastructure in BC similar to the (Whistler Mountain Biking Trail Guide) and NOHVCC Great Trails Guide. The purpose would be to establish benchmarks in all aspects of BC ORV Trails development and stewardship that the members of BCPSC can follow to ensure a smoother process when dealing with applications for trail maintenance and building agreements with Governments and First Nations.
Our collective member ORV clubs are frequently volunteering their time and resources to complete all this work on the ground, yet at every turn they are being asked to reinvent the wheel with each new application for trails or shelters. This project is intended to streamline applications, clarify expectations, and create quality investments in our infrastructure.
The BCSPC Trail Infrastructure Guidelines will provide the best practices benchmarks for trail stewards and clubs that are preparing to build or maintain trails infrastructure (ex: trails, shelters). Recreational Sites and Trails BC Branch of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (RSTBC) and First Nations land managers would know what is being done, how it is being done and that it will be done to current best practices. It would also provide the ORV stewards and clubs with a clear understanding of the minimum expected best practices that should be met, further aiding their planning and budgeting. It would provide consistency in the completion of projects.
The plan is to work with ORV Trail Stewards, Governments and First Nations to draft this document to ensure that the living document reflects the needs and perspectives of all parties. This work is a tool to improve back-country ORV trail infrastructure and is not intended to be a prescriptive policy statement or series of rigid requirements for new or existing infrastructure. Rather a new set of best practices to aim for when we are creating new trails, new shelters, or improving existing ones with the understanding that every project and ecological system has its own unique needs for sustainability.
Further details are available HERE.
Deadline for Submission: January 31st, 2023, at 1700 hours Pacific Time
To Apply: Email packages must include all required documents in one email addressed with the subject line: “Request for Proposals (RFP #2301-001) for “Services” and can be emailed to projects@bcpsc.ca. All email submissions received after the deadline will not be opened or considered.
