Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor University of Minnesota Office of Sponsored Projec

SWIFT Contract Number B04979

Project Name Assess Stormwater Practices on WQ of Runoff Phase

Project Number (if applicable) CR1141

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The 1987 Amendments to the Clean Water Act required implementation of a two-phase program to regulate discharges of storm water. The regulations were developed in two parts, in three separate programs: (1) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s), (2) Construction Activities, and (3) Industrial Activities. Phase I focused on large construction sites, 11 categories of industrial facilities, and major metropolitan MS4s (in Minnesota, this was only St. Paul and Minneapolis). Phase II expands these regulations to include smaller construction sites, industrial activities in small municipalities, and municipalities of larger than 10,000 people. New permits for the Phase II program were filed in March 2003, starting the first five-year implementation cycle.

Various levels of government will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on implementation of storm water treatment practices over the next twenty years. Guidance is needed, and the document “Assessment of Stormwater Best Management Practices” was developed. Visual inspection and testing have been developed as a potentially time- and cost-saving concept that will be advocated when appropriate. They involve making selected investigation of performance, without requiring that input water actually be stormwater runoff. The methodology currently under development includes four levels of assessment, in increasing order of effort:

1) visual inspection,
2) infiltration testing,
3) simulated flood testing, and
4) monitoring.

Project Duration

Start Date Thu, 08/23/2007 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 06/30/2009 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 01/31/2010 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) {Empty}

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $800000.00

Amendments $60000.00

Contract total $850000.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 330 B213 WX1 NOMA and 100 R234 WY3

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) The University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory has performed new research that are being incorporated into the MPCA's Stormwater Program, with extensive stakeholder involvement and very effective leveraging of additional work via our partnering groups and agencies (Duluth Regional Stormwater Team, Vermillion River JPO, Dakota County, South St. Louis County SWCD, UM-Duluth, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Three Rivers Park District, Mississippi River Management Organization, MDNR and the Local Road Research Board).

Evaluator Name Craig Bruce Wilson

Evaluator Email Address craig.wilson@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Excellent

Evaluate the contractor's quality Excellent

Evaluate the contractor's cost Good

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.): {Empty}

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 5 - very satisfied