Agency MN Management & Budget

Contractor University of Minnesota - Humphrey Institute

SWIFT Contract Number 165782

Project Name Senior Leadership Institute

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The State of Minnesota's Senior Leadership Institute (SLI) has traditionally been facilitated with a graduate-level leadership institution with the Enterprise Talent Development (ETD) team. This year's SLI program was facilitated and organized according to a 5-year master contract with the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs with ETD.

Project Duration

Start Date Tue, 08/23/2022 - 00:00

Original end date Fri, 03/31/2023 - 00:00

Actual end date Mon, 01/23/2023 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $82756.94

Amendments $0

Contract total $82756.94

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? 5200

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name George Wellock

Evaluator Email Address george.wellock@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Timelines were met during the year. MMB received proposed curriculum schedules for review in early July that were informational for contract requirements. The contract was signed in August and updates to the curriculum were then completed in preparation for the launch of the Senior Leadership Institute in September. At that point, the contractor expanded DEAI programming throughout each session as requested by ETD. The final report was sent on time, and the Post Mortem session with ETD and the U of MN staff and contractors was held on 1/23/23.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The 2022 SLI program was absolutely successful.

The instructors did a good job of balancing lecture, group discussion, breakouts, and self-reflection activities for each topic.

More attention to detail on clarity of assignments and details on the database for learners needs to be applied. There was confusion for learners on instructions for two sessions. Specifically, there were missed instructions for the Zenger-Folkman 360 session facilitated by State of Minnesota staff. MMB staff sent the instructions to be posted, and also sent a reminder to U of MN staff. Only a portion of the instructions were added to the database.

More attention to detail on scheduling guest State of Minnesota speakers is requested. For one session a state Commissioner was scheduled for the wrong date. Learners were asked to work on their projects, and the Commissioner was rescheduled for a following date. This led to a shortened content session in the following session, and some frustration with both learners and the Commissioner's staff members.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Costs were appropriate.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Overall, MMB-ETD was very pleased with the quality of facilitation, engagement, topics, curriculum updates, the final graduation ceremony, and the program as a whole.

MMB-ETD staff continue to be impressed with the curriculum changes to meet agency leaders' necessary growth and development for a constantly changing environment.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): N/A

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 4 - satisfied