Agency Education Department

Contractor University of MN

SWIFT Contract Number 238614

Project Name conduct two nutrition trainings on Go Wild with Fruits and Veggies

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: MDE received a USDA Team Nutrition Training Grant with goals of training school nutrition professionals and also providing nutrition education to elementary students. University of MN Extension was the contractor because MDE did not have the capacity to complete the training on their own, and offering direct nutrition education in schools is outside of the scope of MDE employees.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 11/13/2023 - 00:00

Original end date Sun, 06/30/2024 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 06/30/2024 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $51839.00

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Contract total $51839.00

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 Gail Anderson

Evaluator Email Address Gail.C.Anderson@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Contractor was responsive and available via email/phone, but some of nutrition lessons started later than anticipated.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The trainers did a nice job and the nutrition education lessons met the deliverables.

Evaluate the contractor's cost The contract was $51,838.65; however the contractor had over $20,000 remaining in their budget at the end of the project. The deliverables were met, so the original budget was not as accurate as it could have been.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Overall, the contractor’s performance was satisfactory. However, we had a challenging time connecting all the schools participating in this program with an Extension Educator in their area. MDE did not anticipate this would happen, as we thought our main contacts at Extension had a system for doing this. Some of the schools started their lessons much later than anticipated.

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.): na

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral