Agency Faribault Academies

Contractor Soliant Health

SWIFT Contract Number 168161

Project Name Speech/Language Pathology Services

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: The contractor provided speech/language pathology services to the students who attend the Minnesota State Academies.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 11/18/2019 - 00:00

Original end date Tue, 11/17/2020 - 00:00

Actual end date Fri, 08/06/2021 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $96600

Amendments $104600

Contract total $201200

Did project finish within budget? No

What was the funding source? General

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Patty Rux

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Evaluate the contractor's timeliness The contractor said he worked 8 hours a day but the Director of Student Support services, Brittany Thomforde, could not verify that. Part of this was due to COVID and distant learning. The students are in school 8:00-3:00 which is 7 hours a day - this includes their breaks, lunch time, changing classes etc... MSA feels that the contractor did not provide services for 8 hours a day.

Evaluate the contractor's quality The Academies were assured that the contractor knew ASL (American Sign Language) but the contractor was a beginner and he could not communicate with the students so the Academies had to provide interpreters for him every day. This was a large cost to the Academies budget.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Too high for what he provided.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Not satisfied with the performance. Not satisfied with the quality. Not satisfied with the hours billed. Not satisfied with the overall handling of the contract, paperwork and other issues.

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 first year seemed okay but the Academies feel like they were taken advantage of by this contractor. We will not do business with them again.

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 1 - very dissatisfied