Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor Yellow Medicine River Watershed District

SWIFT Contract Number B40898

Project Name SWAG 10 - Yellow Medicine River SWAG Program - Tar

Project Number (if applicable) CR3327

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The Yellow Medicine River has been studied intensively for the past 12 years through a Clean Water Partnership, a Section 319, and a TMDL on the South Branch. These studies have included many montoring sites that have been sampled throughout the duration of these studies. The goals of this project is to revisit some of the existing sites and examine new sites for their level of impairment in terms of phosphorus, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, sulfate, hardness chloride, ecoli and biological parameters. This effort will allow the Yellow Medicine River Watershed District staff and managers to further their understanding of the river water quality and identify impairments within the watershed and prepare subsequent plans to address these impairments. The sites were proposed by the MPCA as unassessed sites that may be impaired for one or more parameters. The intent of this sampling program is to determine the impairment status of these sites for chemical and biological parameters.

Project Duration

Start Date Wed, 03/31/2010 - 00:00

Original end date Sat, 06/30/2012 - 00:00

Actual end date Sat, 06/30/2012 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $26995.00

Amendments $2095.00

Contract total $29090.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 352 E710 WY2

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Louise Hotka

Evaluator Email Address louise.hotka@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Excellent

Evaluate the contractor's quality Good

Evaluate the contractor's cost Good

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Excellent - Grantee organization representative and staff were attentive to the details of the agreement including the standard protocol for sampling, responsive and clear in communications, and complete in documenting reimbursement requests. It was a pleasure to work with them.

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