Agency Employ & Econ Development Dept

Contractor Rally Studios

SWIFT Contract Number 194732

Project Name Drone Videos - Build What Matters Campaign

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Vendor created several first-person view style done videos marketing Minnesota to site selectors, corporate real estate principles and small businesses looking to locate and expand in Minnesota.

Project Duration

Start Date Thu, 06/10/2021 - 00:00

Original end date Wed, 06/30/2021 - 00:00

Actual end date Wed, 06/30/2021 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $40000

Amendments $0

Contract total $40000

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? state general funds

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) Rally studios had recently made national news by creating an immensely viral drone video of Bryant Lake Bowl. The state wanted to capitalize on their national and international success by piggybacking other MN company videos onto the original video. In addition, DEED cited promotional authority, as approved by the legislature for needs of marketing the state.

Evaluator Name Laura Winge

Evaluator Email Address laura.winge@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness We had an extremely aggressive timeline due to end of year funding and the need to capitalize on the vendor's recent commercial success and they worked with us diligently to meet those deadlines.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Best of their class in terms of drone video production.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Contract finished on time and one budget and we actually got more footage and final videos from the firm than their original estimate.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Excellent - only downside was they got so popular just as we were using them that they were on-site at video shoots a lot of the time and that made email communication difficult at times, as they were only able to communicate during evenings. If we hadn't been under such an immensely tight timeframe this would not have been an issue at all.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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