Agency MNIT

Contractor HighCloud Solutions

SWIFT Contract Number 148599

Project Name Technology Modernization Project

Project Number (if applicable) JGCD0SUT

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The project is ongoing but following a recent architectural assessment, it was determined to be in the best interest of the project and the organization to pursue alternative outside solutions rather than developing an in-house system. With this change in project direction, several contracted positions were no longer needed. This is one of those positions and the contract with the vendor was terminated.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 10/08/2018 - 00:00

Original end date Thu, 10/07/2021 - 00:00

Actual end date Sat, 09/28/2019 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) 1565

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $124800

Amendments $30900

Contract total $93900.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State

Is this a sole source contract? No

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 Colleen Adams

Evaluator Email Address colleen.adams@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Satisfactory

Evaluate the contractor's quality Satisfactory. Contracted resource was only on the project about six weeks so she was just getting up to speed on the status of testing.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Satisfactory

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance From the limited work that was produced, the performance seemed good. She worked well with the other QA/tester resource and demonstrated what a good team member she was.
The project is ongoing but following a recent architectural assessment, it was determined to be in the best interest of the project and the organization to pursue alternative outside solutions rather than developing an in-house system. With this change in project direction, several contracted positions were no longer needed. This is one of those positions and the contract with the vendor was terminated.

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.): None

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 4 - satisfied