Agency Human Services Dept

Contractor Framework

SWIFT Contract Number 213986

Project Name Family, Friend and Neighbor Communications

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Provide ongoing outreach to all stakeholders, communicating and building relationships with these groups - such as FFN network, local and state agencies, LNL providers, etc. This will allow Framework to support the needs of the grantees to best utilize and implement the materials created.
Develop communications plan to broaden the awareness of the FFN networks in Minnesota.
Create marketing materials such as videos/flyers/website content.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 07/01/2022 - 00:00

Original end date Sat, 09/30/2023 - 00:00

Actual end date Sat, 09/30/2023 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $99900.00

Amendments $198000.00

Contract total $297900.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? CRRSA and ARPA federal pandemic funding

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If this was a single source contract, explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services (if applicable) {Empty}

Evaluator Name Gaylene Spolarich

Evaluator Email Address gaylene.spolarich@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Always did work on time.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Quality was good, contractor could have spent more time building relationships with the FFN Grantees that all served diverse, bilingual communities.
More facilitation with the FFN Grantees one on one rather than state staff taking on that role.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Cost effective

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Good

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.): We provided feedback on this contractor's communication style and the feedback was not received well.
Communication did get better after this was brought up and was difficult to move forward for a period of time.

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral