Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor Cortec Corporation

SWIFT Contract Number B51754 / 26760

Project Name Water-borne Metal Primers

Project Number (if applicable) CR4252

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: To develop a commercially viable, waterborne, corrosion-resistant metal primer, with a VOC level of less than 25 g/l. This represents a dramatic (10 fold) reduction in VOC’s compared to current products.

Project Duration

Start Date Wed, 01/19/2011 - 00:00

Original end date Sun, 09/30/2012 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 09/30/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) {Empty}

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $17811.00

Amendments $0

Contract total $17811.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 330 D212 C05 STAT

Is this a sole source contract? No

If this was a single source contract, explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services (if applicable) {Empty}

Evaluator Name Phyllis Strong & Mark Snyder

Evaluator Email Address phylis.strong@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Good

Evaluate the contractor's quality Good

Evaluate the contractor's cost Satisfactory

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Excellent

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.): The project wasn't completed within the original schedule due to a change in research project objectives to authorize investigation of additional resin systems. We also needed to extend the interim report date to allow for resolution of technical issues before report submittal. We also authorized the investigation of 2 additional resin systems under this project. Phyllis Storng provided the Budget evaluation and Mark Snyder provided the rest of this evaluation

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 4 - satisfied