REGINA – The province is touting improved procurement numbers for contracts awarded to Saskatchewan bidders.
At an announcement Monday at the Legislature, the province reported that during the 2025-26 fiscal year, over 94 per cent of executive government contracts, said Minister for SaskBuilds and Procurement Sean Wilson. The value of the contracts was approximately $698 million, he said.
Wilson said the numbers “reflect the strength of Saskatchewan businesses and the important role that they play in delivering goods and services for our province.” He adds that their focus going forward remains to provide a procurement process that is “fair, transparent, and competitive, while supporting Saskatchewan businesses and delivering value for taxpayers.”
Travis Keisig, appearing on behalf of Jeremy Harrison, Minister of Crown Investment Corporation, pointed to other procurement initiatives by the government including SaskPower’s purchase of up to 10,000 tons of steel from Evraz, now Interpro. The amount, he said, is the “equivalent of three years worth of steel, which will be used for transmission infrastructure, critical for the construction and maintenance of Saskatchewan's power grid.”Keisig noted that in the 25-26 fiscal year, the crown sector generated $2.1 billion in goods and services and of that, $1.5 billion was awarded to Saskatchewan suppliers.
As well, during the 2025-26 fiscal year, the crown sector procured $152 million, over seven per cent, from Indigenous suppliers — an increase of over $26 million from the previous year.
The government had been under some pressure in this session from the opposition New Democrats to make more efforts to prioritize Saskatchewan workers. Wilson made it known he felt the government was doing just that, with the 94 per cent procurement number.
“If I was in grade four and I came home with a 94 per cent on my report card, my parents wouldn't be asking where the other six per cent is,” said Wilson.
“Having 94 per cent of Saskatchewan companies currently working in the province and doing executive government work is an extremely high number, and it is an increase from 90 per cent from last year. And overall, if you take the 94 per cent that the Saskatchewan companies are building and just pop it into Canada, we're at 99 per cent. So, I mean, you can't get better numbers than that.”
Keisig noted there are certain items that Sask Power purchases, such as natural gas turbines coming from Germany continuously, that are a “very niche market, and those are not manufactured anywhere in Canada or North America, which is the reason why a certain percentage is not Saskatchewan or Canadian.”
