Agency MNIT

Contractor Resource Data Inc

SWIFT Contract Number 143835

Project Name Statute Mandated System Enhancement - BMP

Project Number (if applicable) {Empty}

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: According to Minnesota Statutory mandates, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (BMP) must enhance its current licensing system functionalities to comply with state laws.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 07/02/2018 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 12/31/2019 - 00:00

Actual end date Fri, 02/05/2021 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) 1800

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $123500

Amendments $47500

Contract total $171000

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 Mark Chu

Evaluator Email Address mark.chu@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness 95% of requirements were delivered as scheduled; one key requirement was missed the contract deadline. State had to extend the contract to allow contractor to continue to deploy the final requirement.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Contractor has the desired qualification and skill sets. He was able to implement the business requirements, and to research for the good technical solutions for various issues.

Evaluate the contractor's cost The vendor accepted a consultant rate that is listed in the contract. The rate is very reasonable, consider the consultant is a senior lead developer of the vendor, Resource Data Inc.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance All deliverables were done. Consultant needs to improve his response time to business requirement and emails, particularly during the pandemic teleworking period.

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.): The State, Board of Medical Practice and MNIT, wanted this IT development consulting service to be ‘part time’ throughout the contracting period, as indicated in the Contract. Occasionally, the consultant was hard to reach, due to his other business engagements for other clients, particularly in the last month of the Contract. He missed meetings; did not respond to emails. The last critical contract requirement should be delivered in October 2020, according to the schedules contractor proposed. Unfortunately, he didn’t deliver it on time. Weekly status meetings were conducted in the month of October to mid-December, 2020. Contractor kept claiming it will be done by end of the Contract during the weekly meetings. The State had to extend the Contract end date from 12/31/2020 to 02/05/2021 for him to deploy the final requirement.

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 3 - neutral