APPLICATION FORM FOR A LICENCE FOR THE VALUE ADDED RESELLING OF PROPERTY SALES DATA

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1 1 APPLICATION FORM FOR A LICENCE FOR THE VALUE ADDED RESELLING OF PROPERTY SALES DATA Name of the licence applicant:... Address:... ACN:... ABN:... Contact Name:... Contact Address:... Telephone:... Fax:... Mobile:... Contact Address:... The respondent hereby declares he / she is authorised to apply for a licence on behalf of the licence applicant. The respondent declares the information contained in this completed Application form is true and correct. Name of authorised respondent:... Position Title:... address of respondent:... Date:... Do not send supporting information with this application. The Principal will request additional information if required. Note: once you have completed the application form in its entirety please attach and send via the LSG Data Supply Team. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 2 business days please contact the Coordinator Custom Data products on Phone: or LSGDataSupplyTeam@sa.gov.au. ABN GPO Box 1354 Adelaide South Australia Telephone (08) Facsimile (08) Subscribe online to receive news and information from Land Services Group

2 2 Any reference below to the Principal is to be read as the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure on behalf of the Minister. 1. Mandatory Criteria Please note a Yes response with subject to conditions or any other conditions for any of the Mandatory Criteria may be treated as a no response if those conditions are not acceptable to the Principal. 1.1 The Applicant agrees to fully accept all of the terms and conditions of the Data Licence Agreement, in the event the Applicant is offered a Data Licence Agreement by the Principal. The Principal requires each licensee to accept the same terms and conditions of use as detailed in the licence agreement document. Please provide your answer below by clearly indicating your chosen response. Please indicate your answer below by clearly indicating your chosen response. YES NO Comments (optional) 1.2 If the Applicant is successful in being granted a licence, the Applicant agrees to pay the nominated annual licence fee (currently set at $136, GST Inc as at 1 October 2011), in accordance with the licence terms and conditions. Note: The annual licence fee is payable quarterly in advance, with annual increments in line with general increases in Government fees and charges, from 1 October each year. Please indicate your answer below by clearly indicating your chosen response. YES NO

3 3 Comments (optional) 1.3 If requested to do so by the Principal, or the Principals contractor, the Applicant agrees to comply with all reasonable requests for a technical data security audit to be performed, to assess applications used by the licensee that supply data to customers and to assess the infrastructure supporting those applications. Please indicate your answer below by clearly indicating your chosen response. YES NO Comments (optional) 1.4 The Applicant has provided sufficient information to permit a proper evaluation against all of the Principals requirements. Applicants are not required to submit anything in response to this criterion. The Principal will assess the Applicants submission against this requirement.

4 4 2. CAPABILITY CRITERIA 2.1 Experience Applicants are required to provide details of their experience in the information services market with particular emphasis on the value-adding of data. Demonstrated experience in the development and delivery of property and land information products is preferred. Please indicate if this experience includes servicing markets outside of Australia. Note: If the Applicants experience includes utilising services of third parties to develop and / or support delivery of the Applicants information products/services, separate details of those arrangements must be supplied (eg: nature and extent of that arrangement).

5 2.1 Response Continued 5

6 6 2.2 Data security Applicants are required to provide details of the security arrangements that currently exist (or will be implemented) to protect licensed data from unauthorised access and to ensure that it is not used in a manner contrary to the terms of the licensing arrangements (refer to Data Licence Agreement). Please clearly indicate if any of these arrangements do not currently exist. Please provide details for each of the items below for this requirement. Note: All shortlisted Applicants must also pass a subsequent technical security audit. 2.2 (a): Network perimeter security. 2.2 (b): Web server security configuration.

7 7 2.2 (c): Database and database server security configuration. 2.2 (d): Use and nature of any data encryption techniques employed. 2.2 (e): Client authentication and authorisation measures.

8 8 2.2 (f): Input and output data validation measures. 2.2 (g): Other application level security mechanisms. 2.2 (h): Intrusion detection or prevention measures.

9 9 2.2 (i): Security maintenance and software upgrade practices for servers and applications. 2.2 (j): Physical security. 2.2 (k): Personnel security.

10 (l): Assurance processes undertaken to confirm effectiveness of security measures. 2.2 (m): Any other IT or non-it security measures considered relevant. 2.3 Product development Applicants should note in preparing their response for this requirement that whilst 2.1 focuses on the Applicant s experience, this requirement focuses on the applicant s ability to research and develop new information products. Please provide details for each of the items below for this requirement. Note: The Principal will treat all information as commercial-in-confidence. 2.3 (a): Please provide details of the Applicants research and product development capabilities.

11 (a): Response Continued 2.3 (b): Please summarise how your products and or services satisfy the needs of industry sectors and clients as well as anticipated market volumes and demand.

12 2.3 (b): Response Continued 12

13 (c): Please provide summary details of the revenue model(s) covering your various derivative information products, current or proposed (eg: subscription fee etc), including products that are supplied free-to-market. 2.3 (c) Continued

14 (d) please provide details of the Applicants proposal(s) for products utilising the licensed data.

15 (e) Please provide details of the Applicants strategic direction and target markets. 2.4 Downstream control Applicants need to demonstrate how they will ensure their customers are informed about, and comply with, the conditions of use for licensed data. Please provide information on the types of controls that the Applicant will use.

16 Privacy Although the licensed data does not contain names of natural persons, it is a license condition that Licensees do not diminish the privacy of natural persons by any means, including data matching or correlating the licensed data with data from other sources. Please provide information about privacy policies and practices the Applicant applies in its business. 2.6 Financial Applicants are required to demonstrate that they have the financial capacity to perform all the obligations as required by the licensing arrangements as detailed in the licence agreement. Please provide details for each of the items below for this requirement. 2.6 (a) Are there or have there been any bankruptcy actions against a director of the Applicant, its parent or associated entities within the past 5 years? if yes please supply details. YES NO (please provide details below)

17 (b) Are there or have there been any actions of insolvency proceedings, actual or threatened (including Voluntary Administration, Application to Wind Up, or other) against the Applicant, its parent or associated entities within the past 5 years? - if yes please supply details. YES NO (please provide details below) 2.6 (c) Are there or have there been any de-registration actions against the respondent, it s parent or associated entities within the past 5 years? - if yes please supply details. YES (please provide details below) NO

18 (d) Is the Applicant trading solvent, and able to meet its debts as and when they fall due in the normal course of business? - if no please supply details. YES NO (please provide details below) 2.6 (e) The Principal requires each licensee to maintain adequate public liability and professional indemnity insurances for the life of the licence contract period. Successful applicants are required to provide copies of certificates of insurances (in the name of the Applicant entity) in the amounts of $20 million AUD for public liability and professional indemnity of $5 million AUD (for any one claim) and $10 million AUD (in aggregate claims). Applicants who do not have sufficient insurance cover must state their preparedness (below) to acquire such insurance cover in the event an offer of a licence to that Applicant is subsequently made by the Principal. Evidence of adequate insurance will be required before a licence contract will be offered. Does the Applicants current insurance satisfy this requirement? YES NO If NO to the above Does the Applicant agree to have insurance that satisfies this requirement before a licence contract is executed? YES NO

19 (e) Comments (optional) 2.6 (f) The Applicant should provide permission for the Principal to perform due diligence enquiries on the Applicant that may include financial, credit and security checks and a background search with prudential regulatory authorities. Does the Applicant give permission for the Principal to make enquiries and perform checks as deemed appropriate by the Principal? YES NO Comments (optional)

20 Organisational stability and maturity Execution of a Data Licence Agreement between a successful Applicant and the Principal will establish an on-going commercial relationship between the parties, for the life of the licence contract. It is a requirement of the Principal that the Applicant is able to demonstrate sound corporate behaviour. Please provide a brief history to demonstrate the Applicant organisation s stability and maturity.

21 Quality assurance processes Quality assurance processes assist organisations to mitigate risk and to satisfy compliance requirements. Please provide details of the Applicant organisations corporate quality assurance processes including details of any Quality Management Systems used in respect of data management. 2.9 Referee reports The Applicant is to provide a maximum of three (3) referees that are willing to respond to enquiries made by the Principal in relation to the application for a licence. Reference Site 1. Referee organisation name: Referee organisation address: Nature of relationship between the Applicant and the Referee:

22 22 Period of association between the Applicant and the Referee: Referee contact person name: Referee contact person phone number: Referee contact person address: Reference Site 2. Referee organisation name: Referee organisation address: Nature of relationship between the Applicant and the Referee: Period of association between the Applicant and the Referee: Referee contact person name: Referee contact person phone number: Referee contact person address: Reference Site 3. Referee organisation name: Referee organisation address: Nature of relationship between the Applicant and the Referee: Period of association between the Applicant and the Referee: Referee contact person name: Referee contact person phone number: Referee contact person address:

23 Implementation capabilities The Applicant must provide details of the proposed implementation plan for using licensed data, including details of implementation issues and how the Applicant plans to undertake product delivery and provide the required services within a given timeframe. This plan should cover the major activities, timeframes and resources for an initial implementation and rollout. Please provide details of the time frame to complete each task or responsibility and whether the task or responsibility is attributed to the Applicant or the Principal.

24 Response Continued Plea Once you have completed the application form in its entirety please attach and send via to LSG Data Supply Team. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 2 business days please contact the Coordinator Custom Data products on Phone: or LSGDataSupplyTeam@sa.gov.au.