Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor University of Minnesota - NRRI

SWIFT Contract Number B27570

Project Name St Louis River Watershed Streams & Lakes: Water qu

Project Number (if applicable) CR2381

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The Clean Water Legacy Act Surface Water Assessment (SWA) Grant Program created funding for local organizations, universities and citizen volunteers to help MPCA assess the condition of Minnesota’s streams and lakes. Water quality, biological, and habitat data are critical for identifying status and trends that may reflect short and long-term trends in response to impacts at local, regional, and global scales such as urbanization, agriculture and forestry practices, invasive species introductions, atmospheric deposition, and climate change. Ideally, since field collections are costly, sampling designs and types of assessment data are best selected by considering multiple benefits and efficiencies. For these reasons, the Natural Resource Research Institute at the U. of Minnesota-Duluth (NRRI-UMD) will collect lake and stream data in NE Minnesota’s Northern Lakes & Forests (NLF) Ecoregion focused on the St. Louis River Watershed, targeted by the MPCA for the NLF for 2009-10. The timing is excellent for the data to serve multiple purposes for ongoing collaborations between NRRI, MPCA, MDNR, and other partners.

Project Duration

Start Date Wed, 05/13/2009 - 00:00

Original end date Thu, 06/30/2011 - 00:00

Actual end date Thu, 06/30/2011 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) {Empty}

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $302067.00

Amendments $0

Contract total $302067.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 100 E710 WY2

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 Ronald R. Schwartz

Evaluator Email Address ronald.schwartz@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Good

Evaluate the contractor's quality Good

Evaluate the contractor's cost Good

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Satisfactory

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