Agency Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Contractor Waters & Co

SWIFT Contract Number 262243

Project Name FFN Communications and Marketing

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: To facilitate a statewide community platform to support communication and marketing goals focused on awareness, recruitment and a whole family systems approach towards the ecosystem of care for FFN child care providers.

Project Duration

Start Date Wed, 12/18/2024 - 00:00

Original end date Mon, 06/30/2025 - 00:00

Actual end date Mon, 06/30/2025 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $94800

Amendments $0

Contract total $94800

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Gaylene Spolarich

Evaluator Email Address gaylene.spolarich@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness All detailed timelines were met as indicated in the contract.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Waters & Co's ability to quickly understand our brand, target audience and dynamics of the project, delivered creative, strategic marketing materials in multiple languages for the FFN networks.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Fair, clearly itemized and managed to deliver the services they were contracted to fulfill.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Highly recommend Waters & Co to any team or organization looking for a creative marketing and communication campaign that delivers both vision and strategy that audiences will notice about your agency.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 5 - very satisfied