Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor Red Lake DNR

SWIFT Contract Number 92214

Project Name Upper/Lower Red Lake Watershed Restoration

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The purpose of the contract was to complete the WRAPS/TMDL project for the Upper and Lower Red Lakes HUC 8 watershed as part of the Agency’s watershed approach to assessing all of the waters in the state within 10 years on a watershed basis.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 06/12/2015 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 05/21/2019 - 00:00

Actual end date Thu, 04/30/2020 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? No

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $306903.65

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Contract total $306903.65

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? Statee

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) It was determined that this should be a single source contract because the Upper and Lower Red Lake Watershed largely is contained within the Red Lake Nation which is a closed reservation. The Red Lake Nation Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has the skill, local knowledge and capacity to do the work necessary to complete the WRAPS project. If any other entity would have been chosen to complete this work, they would have had to receive permission from, and be accompanied by, Red Lake DNR staff to conduct the field work necessary to complete the project anyway. The project cost would have been higher as we would have had to compensate them for their time to accompany another contractor.

Evaluator Name Denise Oakes

Evaluator Email Address Denise.oakes@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Satisfactory. The project didn’t finish on time. However, that was through no fault of the contractor. Their subcontractor had a medical leave, there were weather issues that prevented field work to occur as scheduled and COVID 19 caused delays at the end of the project.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Very satisfied.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Satisfied.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Satisfied. Using this contractor added value to the project in the form of local knowledge that would not have been available had we not used this contractor. The local knowledge they provided was very beneficial to the outcomes of the overall project and will result in a product that is very usable by the local units of government as well as the Red Lake Nation. The relationships that were developed between the Red Lake Nation staff and the MPCA Watershed Division staff will be beneficial for water quality project implementation projects and other environmental work that crosses the reservation boundaries in the future.

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.): {Empty}

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