Agency Commerce Dept

Contractor Boom Chicka, LLC

SWIFT Contract Number 204622

Project Name Energy Assistance Program, Marketing

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Federal funding for Energy Assistance Program doubled with American Rescue Plan Act. With our goal to reach 130,000 households, we needed marketing assistance. No staff capacity so we hired a vendor.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 12/06/2021 - 00:00

Original end date Fri, 09/30/2022 - 00:00

Actual end date Wed, 08/31/2022 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $334335

Amendments $25000

Contract total $359335

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Federal

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Mo Schriner

Evaluator Email Address mo.schriner@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Quick to respond, met deliverables timelines, good weekly updates w analytics

Evaluate the contractor's quality Good quality and responsive to producing video shorts (GIFs) for advertising

Evaluate the contractor's cost Cost efficient and effective – with one exception: an unexpected contract amendment and media deliverables adjustment.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Good quality and responsive work with deliverables. But the unexpected need to amend the contract due to lack of budget tracking was a problem.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? No

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): No negative action, but did have unexpected emergency need to manage extension of contract due to lack of budget tracking by the vendor – which resulted in having to cut back on planned advertising and get amended contract to continue other planned ads.

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral