Agency Education Department

Contractor NCS Pearson

SWIFT Contract Number B19113

Project Name Minnesota Assessments

Project Number (if applicable) {Empty}

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Contractor provided development, administration, scoring and reporting for the state and federally mandated assessments.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 09/22/2008 - 00:00

Original end date Mon, 08/31/2009 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 02/19/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $22679592

Amendments {Empty}

Contract total $66202470

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? state and federal

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Linda Sams

Evaluator Email Address Linda.Sams@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Contractor met the major milestone dates.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Assessment has very high standards in quality of materials and services. We were happy but not necessarily satistfied they completely met our standards.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Costs were within industry expectations. Contractor was good about make small scope changes without increasing costs to contract.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance The contrator performed satisfactorily.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): {Empty}

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 4 - satisfied