December 17, 2024
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Notice of Planned
Procurement Posting on
SaskTenders
Effective January 1, 2025
The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) requires any municipality interested in participating in a buying group to publish a declaration of its intent to participate in a buying group. Participating in SARM’s buying group includes purchases from SARM’s Member Purchasing, Canoe Procurement Group of Canada, and Sourcewell.
Effective January 1, 2025, SARM’s legal counsel has advised that the provisions of the CFTA requiring a procuring entity to publish a notice of participation with the buying group applies to each of SARM’s members individually. The legal advice that we received is that the RM is the procuring entity and it is the RM’s responsibility to make this annual posting.
SARM is advising its members to individually post a notice of their participation with the SARM buying group on SaskTenders before making purchases from the SARM buying group’s offerings. This posting is only required to remain active for two weeks. You will need to repeat this posting annually if purchases are planned for the year.
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Notices of planned procurement for 2025 should not be posted on SaskTenders until January 1, 2025. Please see below for further details.
To create your municipality’s declaration, copy and paste the paragraph below onto a document with your municipality’s letterhead and attach to your Notice of Planned Procurement posting on SaskTenders.
(Insert Municipality Name) intends to participate in one or more procurements offered through the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), between (insert one year period including month/year). For further information and access to SARM’s Request for Proposal (RFP) notices, please review the Government of Saskatchewan website at sasktenders.ca/content/public/Search.aspx
Please contact Amanda Kozak, SARM's Procurement Advisor, if you have any questions at 306.761.3722 or akozak@sarm.ca.
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SARM Resolutions Committee
Expression of Interest
Looking for Rural Representatives from SARM Divisions 1, 3, & 5
At the 2019 SARM Annual Convention, delegates passed two resolutions calling for the creation of a Resolutions Committee. As such, the SARM Board of Directors has approved a resolution process, which includes the creation of a Resolutions Committee with representation from each of the six SARM divisions. The SARM Resolutions Committee assists the Board of Directors and staff to carryout and improve the resolution policy and has the authority to:
- Alter the wording, grammar, and format of resolutions to make them clear and distinct
- Combine like resolutions
- Recommend resolutions be withdrawn
- Categorize resolutions
- Amend background information that is deemed inaccurate or irrelevant in nature.
The Resolution Committee also evaluates and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors for improvements to the current resolution policies and procedures.
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We are contacting all members in Divisions 1, 3, and 5 for interest in a two year term.
The SARM Board will appoint interested members to the committee at their Board of Directors meeting.
If anyone on your council wishes to be on the Resolutions Committee, please submit the online Expression of Interest form linked below by Tuesday, January 3, 2025.
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Rat Control Program
Claim Deadline: December 31, 2024
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Civic Address Registry (CAR)
Signage Incentive Project
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is pleased to announce the CAR Signage Incentive Project. The project is a limited time offer to provide assistance with the cost of road name and civic address signage for Saskatchewan.
The Civic Address Registry (CAR) program works with communities to improve identification of property locations for 9-1-1 operators, dispatch services, and emergency responders. Communities that join CAR can participate in free training and access resources that locate properties more quickly and accurately.
The CAR Signage Incentive Project is being launched to encourage communities to participate in the CAR program and to increase the use of physical signage to assist in emergency response. There is no cost to participate in the CAR program or to apply for the incentive.
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SARM Calendar for Outlook
Similar to last year, in conjunction with the online calendar on our website, we have created an email calendar through Outlook for SARM members looking for an easier and more efficient way to keep track of important municipal deadlines and reminders. Please note this calendar is only compatible with Outlook.
If you are an Outlook user and wish to gain access to the '2025 SARM Member Calendar’, please click the link below to download the file. Once the calendar has finished downloading, double click the file in your Downloads folder to import the contents into your Outlook calendar.
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Disclaimer: The following RMs have requested the information below to be distributed and will be billed for using this service. | |
Looking to Hire:
RM of Tullymet No. 216, Road Maintenance Operator, Dec 30 - Close
RM of Vanscoy No. 345, Office Assistant, Dec 31 - Close
RM of Fertile Valley No. 285, Grader Operator, Dec 31 - Close
RM of Lost River No. 313, Foreman, Jan 10 - Close
RM of Kindersley No. 290, Assistant Foreman, Jan 10 - Close
RM of South Qu’Appelle No. 157, Foreman, Jan 12 - Close
RM of White Valley No. 49, Grader Operator, Jan 24 - Close
Looking to Buy/Sell:
RM of Preeceville No. 334, Snowblower, Jan 10 - Close
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SARM Classifieds Submissions
Ad postings for the SARM Classifieds can be submitted through the online submission forms. For questions, contact 306.757.3577 or sarm@sarm.ca.
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BEAT THE TAX! Pre-pay your Bulk Farm Fuel for 2025 before December 31, 2024, and receive up to $2,500 in Co-op gift cards.
BONUS: First 3 customers to pre-pay bulk farm fuel worth $100,000 will receive a $5,000 gift card.
Call your Saskatoon Co-op fuel team member today at 306.933.3833!
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