Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor WSB & Associates

SWIFT Contract Number 171234

Project Name Former Wilder-Jackson Property/River States Oil Co

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: WSB & Associates is overseeing a remedial investigation with installation of monitoring wells, sampling of groundwater, and conducting a utility vapor survey at the subject property. All services will be following the MPCA purchasing manual. They will be preparing a report of the findings.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 01/17/2020 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 06/30/2020 - 00:00

Actual end date Tue, 06/30/2020 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $39143.92

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Contract total $39143.92

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Stephen Frye

Evaluator Email Address stephen.frye@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Very satisfied. WSB & Associates got to work on the contract almost immediately after it was executed. WSB & Associates made sure to keep all invoicing on schedule and moved the project forward without any delays.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Satisfied. Overall the quality of the project was very good. WSB & Associates effectively coordinated all site activities in order to move the project forward.
There were funds budgeted in the second FY2020 work order to do a background file review of the adjacent leak sites. The MPCA hydrologist who reviewed the background review noted that not enough information was provided from the review. For FY2021, more direction was provided to the contractor on what to review for, as this will play into additional monitoring well placement to the south and east of the site.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Neutral. WSB is newer to the MPCA Remediation Contract, and learning cost management strategies for their work orders.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Very satisfied. WSB & Associates does a great job at keeping projects on track and moving sites towards closure. They also do a great job at coordinating several site activities at once, which this project has everything from site access coordination, investigation derived waste (IDW) disposal, monitoring well surveying, drilling activities, and coordinating traffic control for checking vapors in manholes. WSB & Associates has a very good handle on use of state contracts, and I really entrust them in doing a great job.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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