Agency Revenue Dept

Contractor Larson Software

SWIFT Contract Number 37854

Project Name Java Developer

Project Number (if applicable) {Empty}

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The contractor is responsible for maintaining our EDE (Electronic Data Exchange) system. In addition he performs mission critical business and technical support for many of DOR’s Java based systems. He is currently involved in projects to eliminate DOR’s reliance on the State mainframe, move from BEA Weblogic to Oracle Glassfish, implement our eCRV (Electronic Certificate of Real Estate Value) system to 87 Counties statewide, eliminate the use of IBM’s MQ Series middleware, and in providing technical assistance to DOR in the last phase of implementation of our Integrated Tax System (GenTax).
The contractor is responsible for maintaining our EDE (Electronic Data Exchange) system. In addition he performs mission critical business and technical support for many of DOR’s Java based systems. He is currently involved in projects to eliminate DOR’s reliance on the State mainframe, move from BEA Weblogic to Oracle Glassfish, implement our eCRV (Electronic Certificate of Real Estate Value) system to 87 Counties statewide, eliminate the use of IBM’s MQ Series middleware, and in providing technical assistance to DOR in the last phase of implementation of our Integrated Tax System (GenTax).
Necessary to keep existing applications operational by bridging the gap until State employees can be hired. The contractor will provide the knowledge transfer.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 11/28/2011 - 00:00

Original end date Wed, 11/21/2012 - 00:00

Actual end date Wed, 11/21/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) {Empty}

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $176000

Amendments $0

Contract total $176000

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? agency

Is this a sole source contract? Yes

If this was a single source contract, explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services (if applicable) Contractor's knowledge was needed to bridge a gap and transfer knowledge to new State employees which will be hired.

Evaluator Name mary ann novotny

Evaluator Email Address mary.ann.novotny@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness assignments always on time or early

Evaluate the contractor's quality Top quality. Richard Sloss helped develop stanards for development and deployment that our permanent Java Developers still use. His work on our document exchange system kept the system running flawlessly, and made code reuse between it and other systems possible.

Evaluate the contractor's cost rate was towards the top of the scale but the value was definitely there.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Excellant!

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 5 - very satisfied