UNSPSC 80111613: Temporary manual labor

UNSPSC 80111613 Temporary manual labor is a Commodity code covering on-demand and event-based manual workforce services that state and local governments use to fill immediate staffing gaps across grounds maintenance, food service, facility operations, disaster recovery, event support, and specialized labor roles. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers sourcing temporary laborers for neighborhood cleanups, seed harvesting, child nutrition support, emergency medical technician staffing at correctional facilities, event stagehand work, and disaster-recovery employment under federal workforce grants. The mix of issuing bodies includes state workforce agencies, county governments, municipalities, school districts, universities, and special-purpose authorities; Florida jurisdictions (state commerce department, school boards, counties, utilities) and Texas entities (school districts, state departments, colleges) account for substantial recent activity, with additional procurement across Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, and other states. A representative sample includes the City of St. Petersburg's RFP 26281 for temporary staffing across 25 position categories (due October 29, 2026), Denton County's RFP 262919 for temporary and payroll services (due October 22, 2026), the State of Mississippi's IFB #2026-02 for temporary staffing across multiple state departments (due November 10, 2026), and the Boulder County Sheriff's Office's RFP for 24/7 EMT staffing at the county jail (due October 26, 2026). Broward County's compressed-timeline quote for temporary kitchen personnel at an addiction recovery center (due July 22, 2026) and Yuma County's request for pre-screened neighborhood cleanup laborers (due October 15, 2026) illustrate the range of scale and urgency.

Geographic concentration spans Florida, Texas, and multiple other states across the recent-opportunities block, with no single jurisdiction dominating. Florida shows sustained activity (irrigation improvements, school district speech-language services, custodial RFI, disaster-recovery staffing, armored-car services, kitchen personnel), as does Texas (temporary staffing at school districts, state workforce agency disaster-recovery coordination, university maintenance augmentation). Cooperative purchasing vehicles—including NASPO ValuePoint, Texas SMART BUY, Oregon's Robert Half cooperative through HGAC, and Illinois cooperative arrangements—represent a significant procurement channel alongside direct competitive RFPs and RFQs. Many jurisdictions structure contracts as indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity arrangements with hourly or per-assignment pricing, no guaranteed minimum volume, and initial three- to five-year terms with renewal options. Insurance requirements cluster around general liability of $1 million per occurrence, workers' compensation at statutory limits, and background checks or E-Verify compliance. The code captures both routine supplemental staffing (administrative, clerical, maintenance roles) and specialized temporary labor (EMTs, speech-language pathology assistants, disaster-recovery workers, childcare substitutes, event technicians), making it a broad-based market for staffing vendors with capacity to scale rapidly and manage compliance across multiple jurisdictions and skill categories.