Under the new style contracts the contractor must:
■ design, construct and commission specified school facilities at its own cost, by specified dates. These school facilities include all the schools' buildings, fixtures, fittings, equipment, electrical goods, furniture, grounds, playgrounds, paths and gardens
■ provide operational, cleaning, security, safety, utility, maintenance and repair services for each school facility
■ hand the school facilities over to the State, or a new contractor nominated by the State, at the termination of the contract.
This replaced the traditional procurement approach which uses individual school construction contracts and many short-term service and supply contracts.