PIMS offers an inventory management system that supports the Strategic Real Estate Services (SRES) branch of the Real Property Division (RPD) in managing and overseeing the disposal of assets surplus to government. It aids staff in optimizing the benefits of managing public real-estate assets for government and BC citizens, and aims to be a trusted source for accurate information on government-owned titled property.

The system supports the management of titled properties through the government property ownership life cycle from acquisition to disposal (transfer to another ministry or sale outside of the government). This includes the ability to manage internal workflows. PIMS assists with the collection, analysis, and reporting of spatial data and related asset information from multiple data sources.

Strategic Real Estate Services (SRES), comprised of professionals from a variety of backgrounds (sales, marketing, First Nations consultation, environmental management and communications) was formed to dispose of assets surplus to government in order to help government meet its commitment to balance the provincial budget and to generate economic activity in communities throughout BC. The SRES team is tasked with coordinating the province-wide management of this initiative, ensuring that all issues are addressed appropriately and that the return to government is maximized.

SRES is responsible for:

• Maintaining a complete inventory of the Province’s real estate assets
• Tracking Ministry organizations' compliance with policies related to disposition of real-estate assets
• Marketing property internally for repurposing (transfer to another ministry)
• Oversight of sales process from pre-marketing to completion
• First Nations Consultation on real estate development and dispositions
• Providing strategic real estate analysis and advice to ministries and broader public sectors
• Reporting to Treasury Board

To support SRES’s overall strategic real estate initiatives, a modern Inventory Management System was required that would aid in strategic decision making, support its client ministries and the Broader Public Sector, and remain compliant with current Inventory Policies (CPPM Policy Chapter 8: Asset Management). The system must be flexible to allow for ad hoc customized reporting and adaptable to support unforeseen future real-estate strategies.

All public-facing documentation is found in the GitHub Wiki. Here are some common pages you may want to visit:

• Development
• Glossary
• PIMS Team

Having issues with PIMS? See a problem in the GitHub repository?

Report your issue using the Issues page. Fill out the form and report your findings to help improve PIMS.

PIMS is primarily in its maintenance phase. Security and stability updates will continue to be addressed, but additional features are not actively being developed.

If you need to start an instance of PIMS on your local machine, see the Development page.

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