Region: North America
Country: Canada
Keywords: Knowledge Lab, Municipal
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This report has been prepared for the sole purpose of assisting SaskBuilds and the Ministry in analyzing the potential Value for Money associated with the Joint-Use Schools Projects.
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Saskatchewan is growing – both its economy and population size have experienced an unprecedented increase over the past several years. This continued growth has placed pressure on enrolment in some existing schools.
The Saskatchewan Government is responding by building 18 new publicly owned and operated elementary schools on nine joint‐use sites in four of the province’s fastest growing communities: Martensville, Regina, Saskatoon, and Warman.
Each joint‐use site will include two schools: one public and one Catholic, along with a 90‐space childcare centre and community space. The schools will offer educational programming for students ranging from pre‐kindergarten to grade 8. Joint‐use schools between school divisions provide options for shared programming opportunities for students, and have the potential to strengthen school division partnerships.
Procurement for the schools began on
July 31, 2014, when the Government announced that in partnership with the five corresponding school divisions, it would proceed with a Design‐Build‐Finance‐Maintain (DBFM) public‐private partnership (P3) to concurrently construct the schools by September 2017. Two parallel competitive procurement processes were conducted:
- Project 1 ‐ Six schools on three sites in Regina; and
- Project 2 ‐ Twelve schools on six sites in Saskatoon, Martensville and Warman.
By using a P3, the government will deliver the province’s largest construction of new schools on‐time, on‐budget, and approximately nine years sooner than could have been achieved through a traditional approach.
The project is forecasted to create approximately 2,300 construction‐related jobs in Saskatchewan with 1,600 expected in the Saskatoon area and 700 in Regina.
Updated: April 12, 2022