UNSPSC 80111700: Personnel recruitment

UNSPSC 80111700 Personnel recruitment (Class) encompasses recruitment consulting, executive search, staffing placement, and talent acquisition services that state and local governments procure to fill permanent and temporary positions across administrative, professional, clinical, and specialized roles. Recent opportunities show school districts, counties, cities, workforce development boards, state departments, and public universities soliciting for diverse needs including executive recruitment for superintendent and commissioner positions, speech-language pathology staffing to meet special education mandates, temporary clerical and IT personnel, promotional examination consulting for fire and police ranks, and benefits brokerage and consulting services that inherently involve talent placement or HR advisory functions.

Recent activity is concentrated in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools seeking speech-language pathologists and assistants with an estimated annual budget of $11.6 million), Georgia (Paulding County and Atlanta Regional Commission seeking benefits brokerage and HR consulting), South Dakota (Department of Health soliciting statewide personnel delivery for Bright Start home visiting and WIC programs), and Connecticut (multiple municipalities issuing RFPs for fire department promotional examination consulting). The geographic spread extends across New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southeast, with secondary activity in Texas, California, and the Midwest. Issuing bodies span state departments of health and higher education, county governments, city procurement offices, regional workforce development boards, school districts, and public colleges. Representative opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 24127-ARFPDST for speech-language pathology staffing (due March 23, 2026, IFB framework with 100 anticipated SLP vacancies and 2 SLPA vacancies, $11.6 million estimated annual budget); South Dakota Department of Health's RFP 26RFP2609RHT024 for rural healthcare workforce recruitment and retention (due September 4, 2026, seeking multiple awardees with up to $6 million available in first-year funding); the City of Tucson's RFP for temporary employment and staffing services across clerical, IT, and finance categories (due May 22, 2026, cooperative purchasing vehicle for Axia agencies nationwide); and the City of New Haven's RFP 2027RFP394 for fire department promotional examination consulting (due October 6, 2026, evaluating candidates for Director of Training, Drillmaster, and Assistant Drillmaster ranks). Set-asides and preferences vary by issuer—some solicitations require MBE/WBE utilization plans or offer scoring preferences to certified disadvantaged enterprises, while others impose no formal restrictions. Contract terms typically run one to five years with renewal options, and pricing structures vary from fixed-fee consulting to per-employee-per-month SaaS subscription models to markup percentages on wage rates for temporary staffing.