Agency TRANSPORTATION DEPT

Contractor University of Minnesota

SWIFT Contract Number 67244

Project Name I-35E MnPASS Extension Land Use and Transit Enhanc

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: A study to produce land use/community policy direction and examples and suggestions for built-environment form alternatives that encourage, facilitate and foster greater transit use and van/carpooling to ease congestion and improve highway performance along the I-35E corridor.

Project Duration

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

Original end date Wed, 12/31/2014 - 00:00

Actual end date Tue, 03/31/2015 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $75000.00

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Contract total $75000.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Federal Value Pricing Grant funding

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) This study was an element of a larger series of interrelated studies for which funding was awarded through a competitive federal grant program; this contractor was the proposed contractor for this study element.

Evaluator Name Lynne Bly

Evaluator Email Address Lynne.bly@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Work was fully complete within the overall amended project schedule.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The contractor provided very high quality design expertise to the work and the resulting findings and completed report.

Evaluate the contractor's cost It would not be possible to obtain a comparable level of effort or quality through other sources.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Contractor completed a thorough inventory of study area physical characteristics and both current and historical landscapes; inventoried area communities’ professional staffs; and provided design concepts and recommendations suited to representative settings within the corridor communities.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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