by Brianna Crandall — March 4, 2015—Energy efficiency and multi-technical services provider Cofely announced last week that the company has been awarded a 25-year contract to provide integrated facilities management (FM), energy management, and project services for the new Civic Operations Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The $160 million public-private partnership (P3) contract was awarded by the Saskatoon City Council to ITS (Integrated Team Solutions), which is a consortium consisting of EllisDon Capital Inc., Fengate Capital, Kasian Architecture, EllisDon Corporation and Cofely Services Inc. Cofely will be the FM lead, and the other companies will design, build, and finance the project.
Cofely has been involved with this initiative from the earliest stages, advising the design-build team and the city on issues that will impact the ongoing facilities management, including design and infrastructure resilience, product selection, energy usage and operational efficiencies. Cofely will provide maintenance, refurbishment and renewal services maintaining prescribed performance specifications throughout the 25-year operational term.
The Civic Operations Centre (COC) is situated on a 180-acre site. This initiative, involving the relocation of the city’s Transit Maintenance Facility and Snow Management Facility, is the first phase of a wider plan to collocate several key civic operations and services to this site. Construction is expected to start in spring 2015 and is due to be completed by late 2016 with the Snow Management Facility operational by January 2017.
According to a press release issued by the City of Saskatoon, the P3 model is expected to achieve value for taxpayer dollars equivalent to $92.3 million when compared to the traditional “design-bid-build” approach typically used by the city.
Cofely GDF SUEZ is a global player in energy efficiency, multi-technical services and outsourcing for companies and communities. Its experts design, develop and manage tailored, smart and sustainable solutions to help organizations run their facilities more efficiently. With 90,000 employees in nearly 40 countries, Cofely is the leading brand of GDF SUEZ Energy Services, one of the five business lines of GDF SUEZ Group.
