Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor Minnesota Environmental Initiative

SWIFT Contract Number B20402

Project Name Integrated Solid Waste Management Stakeholder Proc

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The State is in need of a Contractor to design, lead and facilitate a stakeholder process to develop the elements of a plan to implement the recommendations from the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group.

Project Duration

Start Date Sun, 09/28/2008 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 06/30/2009 - 00:00

Actual end date Thu, 12/31/2009 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? No

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $138985.09

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Contract total $138985.09

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 330 B315 G19 NOMA

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Tina Patton

Evaluator Email Address tina.patton@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness The project was not finished on time because the stakeholders requested more time. However, the contractor could have improved their schedule maintenance so that less time was necessary.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The contractor provided deliverables of good quality

Evaluate the contractor's cost The contractor had good budget management. One contract amendment was needed because the extension of time increased costs.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance The contractor was very organized, had good attention to detail, was good at planning. However, in certain instances, MEI made its own internal decisions that it would not change to accomodate the needs of the MPCA. They explianed they did not consider MPCA a customer, but rather a partner. On two occasions they moved forward with actions before consulting the MPCA. There were aspects of working with this contractor that were very good, and in the end we were left with a mostly positive product, but due to some of the struggles we had, I would have to think about it and make sure that the project was a good fit before I hired this contractor again.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral