SASKATOON – The CEO and President of SaskBuilds talked up the benefits of Public Private Partnerships (P3s) at a luncheon in Saskatoon on Wednesday.
Addressing a room full of members from the North Saskatoon Business Association, Rupen Pandya spoke about the cost savings, opportunity for innovation and value P3s create.
Pandya attempted to quash negative myths associated with the funding model.
In October 2013, Saskatchewan announced nine new joint-use schools would be built under the P3 model.
During the luncheon, a number of people in the construction sector expressed concern about bundling those schools under one contract.
“Clearly whenever there is a new field of public policy that’s emerging in the province there’s questions about it’s interaction with the existing flow of business,” said Pandya.
“I just wanted to clarify for some of the members here today what the opportunities were relative to P3 procurement.”
He says SaskBuilds is continuing to work on the design of the schools and expects to seek requests for quotation by mid-year.
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