Agency Public Safety Dept

Contractor Master Comunications Group

SWIFT Contract Number 60937

Project Name Emergency Workers Decontamination Video

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The purpose of the project was to create a video to easily educate fire service personnel about the purpose of, and step-by-step procedure for, full operation of Emergency Worker Decontamination sites. It was needed to provide both just-in-time training as well as annual training for emergency worker decontamination sites that are responsible for responding in the event of an incident either Prairie Island or the Monticello nuclear power plant.

The contract was necessary because neither the DPS Office of Communications nor the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has staff available with the skills and time or equipment to provide these services. DPS/HSEM and the Office of Communications are also unaware of any state agency that has the staffing available or capable of performing the creative and video production service for these projects.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 04/15/2013 - 00:00

Original end date Sun, 06/30/2013 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 06/30/2013 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $15625.00

Amendments $10475.00

Contract total $26100.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State Special Revenue

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Robert Hines

Evaluator Email Address robert.hines@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness The contractor’s timeliness was excellent, they met all deadlines and the project was finished on time.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The final video was of extremely professional quality.

Evaluate the contractor's cost The cost was competitive and either in-line or more cost effective than other video production companies.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Excellent – easy to work with and in the end we had professional quality final product. No complaints.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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