NIGP 95874: Personnel Management Services

NIGP 95874 Personnel Management Services, Item code, encompasses the recruitment, staffing, management, and administrative support functions that state and local governments buy when they need temporary workers, professional consultants, benefits administration, HR systems implementation, and specialized personnel services—activities clearly visible across recent solicitations seeking temporary staffing, executive search firms, grants consultants, absence management systems, wage and compensation studies, and substitute teacher placement services.

State departments, counties, cities, school districts, and special-purpose authorities all solicit under this code. State agencies including Missouri's Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, South Dakota's Department of Health, and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education are active buyers; county governments including San Mateo County (California), Butts County (Georgia), Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), and Portage County (Wisconsin) post frequent compensation and staffing studies; cities including Detroit, Orlando, Tucson, New Haven, Pasadena, College Park (Georgia), and Sun Prairie (Wisconsin) solicit temporary staffing, leave management systems, and executive search services; school districts including Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Elgin ISD (Texas), and Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) buy substitute teacher and paraprofessional staffing; and transit and municipal authorities including the Atlanta Regional Commission and Housing Authority of Alameda post benefits consulting and as-needed consulting service pools. Recent activity spans compensation and classification studies (San Mateo County RFP for Permit Entitlement Task Force facilitation due 27 July 2026; Butts County RFP for wage and hour classification study due 17 August 2026; Portage County RFP for classification and compensation study due 30 April 2026), temporary and substitute staffing (Tucson and Boulder County temporary staffing, Hillsborough County substitute teachers and speech-language pathology services, Bridgeport Board of Education absence management and substitute placement), leave management systems (Detroit City RFP for FMLA/ADA leave management due 12 June 2026), benefits consulting and administration (Atlanta Regional Commission employee benefits RFP, Sun Prairie health insurance broker RFP due 31 March 2026), HR systems and payroll platforms (Montgomery County HCM platform due 13 March 2026; DeKalb County Schools HRMS RFP due 7 May 2026; Classic Center Authority integrated payroll and HR platform due 15 April 2026), and executive and specialized recruitment services (Massachusetts College of Art executive search due 17 March 2026; City of College Park city manager search due 18 February 2026; New Haven Fire Department promotional exam consultant due 19 May 2026).

Geographic activity concentrates in California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, and Arizona, with additional solicitations in Missouri, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the San Mateo County Executive's Office RFP for a Permit Entitlement Blue Ribbon Task Force facilitator (due 3 August 2026, facilitator to lead comprehensive operational and process assessment with a three-year term), Butts County Georgia's RFP for a comprehensive wage and hour classification, compensation, and staffing study (due 17 August 2026), the City of Detroit's RFP for absence leave management services (FMLA/ADA administration SaaS solution, due 12 June 2026 with multiple awards anticipated), Montgomery County Pennsylvania's HCM platform and implementation procurement (due 13 March 2026, covers 3,000 employees with $4.46 million budget ceiling), and Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB for substitute teacher services (due 23 March 2026, estimated annual budget $50 million). Activity is steady and distributed across diverse issuing bodies, with no single vendor class or geography dominant; opportunities range from single-consultant engagements to multi-year system implementations and large-scale temporary staffing contracts.