Agency TRANSPORTATION DEPT

Contractor University of Minnesota

SWIFT Contract Number B28270/14692

Project Name Research/Assess the Farmer/MnDOT Economics et al

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Provide a methodology to assess the benefits/costs to Mn/DOT when considering deploying (or removing) a living snow fence and determining the appropriate compensation to the prospective farmer by developing the living snow fence calculator. Living snow fences will be created which would reduce motor vehicle accidents and increase winter driving efficiencies in snow problem areas of Minnesota as well as improving carbon sequestration through living snow fences and avoiding carbon emissions of road maintenance equipment.

The results of the work will be used to document landowner costs to establish and maintaining living snow fences. Determine cost savings related to snow removal and carbon sequestration due to living snow fence growth. This will be done by conducting interviews with farmers who have adopted living snow fences to better understand their costs in establishing and maintaining living snow fences. This information would be used to develop the cost calculator. The results will allow Mn/DOT to estimate the cost savings related to lowered snow removal costs and accident and safety costs provided by living snow fences and better estimate payments to landowners who provide those cost savings through the establishment of living snow fences.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 06/15/2009 - 00:00

Original end date Mon, 01/31/2011 - 00:00

Actual end date Tue, 02/28/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $99000.00

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Contract total $99000.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Trunk Highway

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Daniel Gullickson

Evaluator Email Address daniel.gullickson@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness They delivered the project on time and were very responsive

Evaluate the contractor's quality Good to Excellent quality throughout the project

Evaluate the contractor's cost Delivered the project within the established budget

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance They were passionate on this submit matter and are receiving national interest in this subject from the agroforestry community across the country.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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