Agency Health Department

Contractor Mathematica Policy Research

SWIFT Contract Number B23235

Project Name Health Care Spending Projection

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: This contract was required to fulfill obligations under Minnesota Statutes as part of 2008 Health Reform Legislation. The legislation required MDH to conduct health spending projections to estimate the impact of health reform. As part of the requirement, MDH must contract with a vendor with actuarial experience to certify MN estimates and projections.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 12/12/2008 - 00:00

Original end date Wed, 06/30/2010 - 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: $249987.00

Amendments $175013.00

Contract total $425000

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Health Care Access Funding

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Stefan Gildemeister

Evaluator Email Address stefan.gildemeister@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness contractor was successful in meeting tight timelines

Evaluate the contractor's quality contractor delivered services generally at a high quality level. what stood out was the contractor's ability to consider policy context and draft clear, concise policy analysis.

Evaluate the contractor's cost contractor was the winning bidder in response to the RFP. contractor only charged effort that was expended, i.e., on parts of the project MDH was not fully invoiced

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance excellent. it is important to understand that the contractor's performance was evaluated for a specific work product that required a certain set of skills and was conducted under a particular PI. the evaluation should not be extended without questions to projects of that contractor of different complexity and with different team.

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.): contract was amended a number of times.

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