Agency Agriculture Dept

Contractor University of Minnesota

SWIFT Contract Number 70897

Project Name Bed Bug Outreach in Minnesota

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: This project expanded Minnesota's Let's Beat the Bug! Campaign to incoporate new priorities and further increase benefits of Minnesota residents involving bed control. Bed bugs are a particular problem with low income populations which attempt "do-it-yourself" treatments which are seldom effective. In past years advances have been made towards combatting bed bug epidemic by developing high quality educational materials in multiple languages. The need for developing new methods of devliery and updating this information was addressed in this project.

Project Duration

Start Date Tue, 10/01/2013 - 00:00

Original end date Wed, 10/01/2014 - 00:00

Actual end date Wed, 10/01/2014 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $51948.00

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Contract total $51948.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture-PFMD

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, Dept. of Entomology, houses a nationally recognized bed bug entomologist with previous experience in conducting bed bug control for low income populations in Minnesota. The University of Minnesota also has the necessary technical components and management required for a project of this scope. Addtionally, the University of Minnesota has developed a creditable information line on bed bugs, plus there are no other organizations or agencies within Minnestoa providing this type of information.

Evaluator Name Kevin Cavanaugh

Evaluator Email Address kevin.cavanaugh@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness The Unvierstiy of Minnesota (Dept. of Entomology) was very timely in submitting quarterly reports. All reports and invoices were submitted in a timely manner.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The U of Minnesota provided professional work that is of high quality and recognized by other agencies and businesses (i.e. health departments, structural pest control companies, housing authorities, and ELP organizations) as being directly applicable in addressing the urgent needs of managing bed bugs in Minnesota populations.

Evaluate the contractor's cost The contractor's cost for this project was reasonable and all invoices were submitted on time.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance The overall performance of the University of Minnesota was excellent. The work, outcomes, and communications were of high quality and made working with the Univerity of Minnesota a very postive experience.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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