Agency Employ & Econ Development Dept

Contractor SDK Software, Inc

SWIFT Contract Number 53946

Project Name Augmented DBA Services

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: MN.IT Services @ DEED need supplementry SQL Server DBA services while it filled a vacancy.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 10/15/2012 - 00:00

Original end date Thu, 02/28/2013 - 00:00

Actual end date Mon, 09/30/2013 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) 1959

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $67872

Amendments $101840

Contract total $169712

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Federal & State Funds

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Dan Quillin

Evaluator Email Address dan.quillin@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Contractor proivded timley SQL DBA Services for the Department maintaing data used by Unemployment Insurance, State Service for the blind, Labor Market Information, Work Force Development and Business and Community Development.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The quality of the work was very good. Not only did the contractors perform day to day SQL Server DBA Administration work but they also looked at some of our overall SQL Database practices and made improvements to our systems, leaving our SQL Server database environment better than when they came.

Evaluate the contractor's cost This contractor provided DBA services at a relatively low rate as part of the ASAP-IT contract. Hourly rate was $84-(Oct-June) & $86 hr (July-Sept).

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance I was very satisfied with the quality of work. Due to the duration of the contract we ended up using two different indifividuals (Brahma Veeramasu and Venkata Vadapalli). Both were excellent, quick learners and very skilled in administering Microsoft SQL Server. I would recommend both individuals highly.

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.): No negative events. Due to the duration of the contract and a more permenant job opportunity that the first DBA had, we had to change DBA's going from Venkata Vadapalli to Brahma Veeramaus during the course of the project. While this caused some stress both individuals were excellent DBA's.

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