Prairie South School Division issued more than $60 million in tender contracts over the summer, with the new joint-use school on South Hill making up the bulk of that amount.
The division handed out 16 tenders worth $61,071,370.84 between June 1 and Aug. 31, according to a recent board report.
The largest tender was given to Graham Construction for $52,090,342.46 for the construction of the new school. The second-largest school-related tender was given to ASL Construction for $8,020,246.38 to construct underground infrastructure and upgrade roads in phases 5 and 6 of the Westheath neighbourhood.
Prairie South and Holy Trinity Catholic School Division will split the costs of the Westheath-related tender with the City of Moose Jaw; the educational organizations will pay $5,696,502.68 and the municipality is expected to pay $2,323,743.70.
Other tenders PSSD awarded over the summer include:
- $264,703 to Adrien Boire for a new asphalt play surface in Gravelbourg
- A tender for snow removal services at various Moose Jaw locations to Strictly Frences; division administration explained the cost won’t be known until the company clears snow
- $16,716 to C&S Builders for upgrades to home economics cabinets at Peacock Collegiate
- $60,710 to Wild Rose Sports to sand and paint lines on Peacock’s gym floor
- $59,419 to Horizon Computers for new Cisco hardware switches
- $44,926 to Lenovo for new computer servers for this school year
- $203,412 to Access Group for new Chromebooks
- $10,814 to Elco Systems for new computer monitors
- $97,804 to GenX for Chrome licences, PCs and charging carts
- $39,171 to PC Corp for notebook computers
- $51,388 to IBM Canada for the renewal of the Palo Alto Firewall
- $20,356 to Royal Stewart for the supply and install of new basketball backboards at Lindale School
- $21,164 to Inland Audio Video for the upgrade of the sound and video system in the division board room
- $48,956 to Genoptics for the supply and install of an outdoor digital sign at Assiniboia Elementary School
- $21,293 to Fab-Cut Systems for new welding tables at Peacock Collegiate
The next PSSD board meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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