LNDH Strategic Recruitment Service

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
FA558726Q0043
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
561311 Employment Placement Agencies

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The United States Air Forces in Europe and Africa, on behalf of the 100th Air Refueling Wing, issued a sole-source Blanket Purchase Agreement notice on August 3, 2026, with a response deadline of August 18, 2026, to procure strategic recruitment services for Local National Direct Hire positions at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, and other UK service locations. The 48 CONS intends to award exclusively to indeed.uk based on market research identifying it as the leading online employment website in the country, with sufficient candidate reach across the United Kingdom labor market to attract qualified applicants. The contracting action is conducted under 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 12.201-1.

The contractor shall deliver non-personal services including job advertisement posting, sponsored job promotion through pay-per-performance models, resume database access with candidate matching, employer branding, applicant management features redirecting to government systems, analytics and reporting, and technical support during UK business hours. The platform must distribute posted vacancies to a minimum of 160 UK-specific job boards and deliver weekly performance reports. Core performance thresholds require posting all job vacancies as sponsored campaigns within two business days (no more than one delay per month) and sponsored postings achieving a minimum 45 percent increase in applicant volume. The contract term is one base year plus four option years. The contractor must designate an agreement manager and alternate available during 0900–1700 Monday–Friday (excluding U.S. federal holidays and UK bank holidays), with all work performed off-site at the contractor's facility.

Notice text

The 48 CONS intends to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to indeed.uk. Based on 48 CONS market research, indeed.uk is the leading online employment website in the country and the intent of this requirement is to obtain the maximum amount of visibility to the local job seekers. This sole source contracting action is being conducted pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C.1901 and RFO FAR 12.201-1. 

The 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) relies on Local National Direct Hire (LNDH) personnel to provide essential continuity, knowledge, and specialized local expertise integral to daily operations and mission readiness. Recruitment efforts require access to a widely recognized employment marketplace with significant candidate reach throughout the United Kingdom labor market. The Civilian Personnel Office requires a commercial solution capable of attracting qualified candidates through job advertisement distribution, candidate matching technologies, resume database access, sponsored job promotion, and recruitment analytics. These services are necessary to ensure a robust pipeline of qualified candidates to support the ongoing missions at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, and other UK service locations.

The Contractor shall provide non-personal services, to include all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform strategic recruitment campaign management for Local National Direct Hire positions at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and other UK service locations. The Contractor shall ensure these campaigns result in a qualified, targeted applicant pool meeting the qualifications specified in the job postings and shall perform all services in adherence to the requirements a Performance Work Statement (PWS). 

The online job recruitment website must be able to do at a minimum the following:

- Publish job advertisements and allow authorized Government users to create, edit, publish, renew, and close vacancy announcements.
-Provide sponsored or promoted job advertisement that increases visibility of positions to prospective applicants.
-Distribute vacancy announcements through major UK-specific platforms/websites (e.g., Glassdoor, Reed, LinkedIn, local community boards), search engines, and recruitment networks.
-Provide access to a searchable database of candidate resumes, and profiles.
-Provide candidate matching capabilities that identify potential applicants whose qualifications align with vacancy requirements.
-Provide an employer profile page or equivalent capability and allow display of organizational descriptions, mission information, workplace benefits, and recruitment messaging.
-Allow applicants to be redirected to Government-designated application systems or websites.
-Provide access to an analytics dashboard that delivers intelligent, data-driven recommendations to optimize campaign performance, budget allocation, and scheduling.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document will be posted for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice may submit capability statements (no more than 5 pages), including price, with sufficient documentation to establish capability in providing the same or similar facilities/products/services. Font size/style must be 10-point Times New Roman font for Text, 9-point font in the Arial family for Tables, and 8-point font in the Arial family for Graphics. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government and would not be cost or time prohibitive.

The NAICS code for this action is 561311. All capability statements received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government to or not to initiate a competitive solicitation based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contracting Officer, Karen Ito-Marcum, at karen.ito-marcum.2@us.af.mil and/or Contracting Specialist, Garrett Guiliano at garrett.guiliano@us.af.mil via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Submit questions or comments to this Notice of Intent no later than the closing date. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission – FA558726Q0043.

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