Agency TRANSPORTATION DEPT

Contractor Value Management Strategies, Inc.

SWIFT Contract Number 45459

Project Name I35E Cayuga Bridge and MnPASS VE Study

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: MnDOT requires a Value Engineering (VE) study to be conducted on projects that are above a TPCE threshold of $20M. This project meets that cost threshold.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 04/27/2012 - 00:00

Original end date Mon, 12/31/2012 - 00:00

Actual end date Mon, 07/16/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $55685.12

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Contract total $49158.57

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 Anjani Milkert

Evaluator Email Address minnie.milkert@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness good

Evaluate the contractor's quality good

Evaluate the contractor's cost in line with other vendors

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance This was a combined study for two separate projects: 1) VE Study on the MnPASS project and 2) a traffic study for the combined Cayuga and MnPASS projects. The projects were unique, very large and complex. Managing the week was a big job. Rob Stewart kept the team on task while covering all the required steps in the VE job plan. The combined team, with members from VMS and MnDOT, developed some very promising recommendations.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 4 - satisfied