Staffing Alternatives, Inc.

Staffing Alternatives, Inc., doing business as SAI, a small business based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, delivers administrative staffing, human capital management, temporary office support, event planning, and professional consulting services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor. SAI operates primarily under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open competition on federal service contracts and GSA Schedules, with no subcontractor footprint in its recent award profile.

SAI's customer base is heavily concentrated within the Department of Health and Human Services, particularly the National Institutes of Health. Of SAI's 108 recent prime awards with combined potential value of $439.3 million, the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations accounts for 25 awards and $354.2 million (81% of portfolio value). Other NIH institutes and centers—the National Human Genome Research Institute (14 awards, $491 thousand), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (12 awards, $1.8 million), the National Cancer Institute (7 awards, $1.6 million), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (7 awards, $1.3 million)—round out the top customer concentration. The Office of the Director and the General Services Administration represent secondary customers by potential value at $50.2 million and $15.1 million respectively, though these volumes are dwarfed by OLAO's dominance. SAI has also executed isolated delivery orders with the Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Command for talent acquisition services and the Air Education and Training Command for administrative services.

SAI holds two principal parent vehicles. The NIH Long-Term Administrative Support Contract II (LTASC II), an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, carries 49 task orders valued at $8.5 million combined potential. A $100 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with HHS Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, awarded December 2023 and running through December 2025, supports office support, temporary staffing, writing and editing, event planning, and consulting and training services. SAI also operates on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule as a multiple-award holder with a $12.5 million ceiling (awarded February 2023, expires February 2028) covering 27 labor categories across administrative and human capital roles, with hourly rates spanning $38.89 for entry-level administrative assistant work through $180.05 for senior subject matter experts. Recent GSA Schedule delivery orders include a $713,501 firm fixed-price award from Air Education and Training Command through June 2031 for administrative services and management support in San Antonio, Texas; a $169,258 labor-hour delivery order from HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (awarded August 2023, completing February 2025) for staff assistant support; and a $250,000 talent acquisition services delivery order with Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Silverdale, Washington (May 2023–May 2024).

Award volume has fluctuated—7 awards in 2021, 9 in 2022, 13 in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 1 in 2026—reflecting the episodic nature of purchase orders and BPA calls against standing vehicles rather than new contract wins. The Source Data's most recent award dates to July 2026, marking a gap in new prime contract awards. Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows minimal SCI-reportable invoicing at $138 thousand across 3 records (0.3 FTEs in FY2022, 0.1 in FY2023, 0.6 in FY2024), a fraction of SAI's total federal services footprint; most federal staffing contracts fall below the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold or are purchase orders rather than service contracts. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work run $65.12/hr, consistent with entry- to mid-level administrative staffing positioning. SAI engages no named subcontractors and reports zero sub-hours on its prime SCI contracts, performing work entirely with direct staff.

The 68 awards classified under Office Administrative Services (NAICS 561110) and 19 under Employment Placement Agencies dominate SAI's capability profile, reinforced by PSC coding showing 80 awards under Support—Administrative and 9 under Support—Professional. SAI's work is predominantly short-duration temporary staffing and administrative support for federal civilian agencies, with capability focus on office administration, records management, human resources support, recruiting, and event planning rather than on technical or IT services.

SAI provides Professional Human Capital, Administrative and Program management services. SAI's has TS Facility Clearance with a nationwide and OCONUS footprint.