Agency Health Department

Contractor Kuumba Collective LLC

SWIFT Contract Number 240235

Project Name Capacity Strengthening Project

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Kuumba collective provided Training and developed training modules, held listening sessions with grantees and internal grant managers, provided one – one consultations with grantees to assist and guide Capacity Strengthening Grantees to develop and strengthen their capacity to better able them to successfully apply for state funding.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 01/01/2024 - 00:00

Original end date Fri, 06/28/2024 - 00:00

Actual end date Fri, 06/28/2024 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $77766.10

Amendments $0

Contract total $77766.10

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Equity Select

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Amy Michael

Evaluator Email Address amy.michael@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness The contractor was often late with promised documents and items that were promised by a certain date. Invoices were always on time, and they were always on time for meetings.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The final products from Kuumba were high quality.

Evaluate the contractor's cost A little high for what was delivered.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Communicating with the contractor was sometimes difficult, E-mails were sometimes not answered or answered late, unless a supervisor was cc’d. MDH did not have an opportunity to review their work, final products were submitted without the opportunity for MDH to review. There expertise for non-profit work is excellent, though they did not deliver all of the items on their work plan.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? No

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): none

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral