Temporary Employment and Staffing Services

The City of Tucson is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors to provide Temporary Employment and Staffing Services to support the operational needs of various City departments. Services may include, but are not limited to, the placement of temporary personnel for short-term, project-based, seasonal, or as-needed assignments, in accordance with the Scope of Work.

This solicitation includes distinct service categories, including General Staffing, Information Technology (IT) Staffing, and Finance and Business Services Staffing, each identified as separate groups. Offerors may submit proposals for all service groups or for one or more specific groups, based on their qualifications and capacity. Offerors are also encouraged to propose additional service groups for use by participating agencies of the Axia Cooperative purchasing program.

To ensure adequate coverage and flexibility, the City intends to award contracts to multiple vendors as a result of this solicitation. Using departments may request services from any awarded vendor, at their discretion, based on availability and departmental needs. Services will be provided on an as-needed basis, and the City makes no guarantee regarding the volume, duration, or frequency of services to be requested under any resulting contract.

NATIONAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

Axia Coop LLC (“Axia Cooperative” or “Axia”) is a national public sector cooperative purchasing organization. Axia works with respected leaders from the public procurement community to offer a growing portfolio of master agreements that leverage national volume to deliver savings, efficiency, and innovation for non-federal public sector agencies. Each agreement is publicly solicited by a lead agency utilizing the strictest of procurement standards. The resulting awards address the dynamic needs of today’s evolving market while providing both value and cutting-edge solutions. For more information about the contracting process, please visit axiacoop.org/contracting-process.

The City of Tucson has entered into an agreement with Axia Cooperative to facilitate the Request For Proposals (RFP) and act as the primary contracting authority for the term of the resulting contract(s). Resulting contract(s) is/are made available to other public agencies nationally for “piggybacking” through the Axia Cooperative purchasing program and authorized by various joint powers authority statutes, rules and regulations within each state and local jurisdiction.

While Axia Cooperative makes no guarantees as to exact quantities and/or purchase volume made by Participating Agencies, the estimated annual volume for purchases made nationwide through this contract category is $25,000,000. Please see Attachment J for more information regarding the Axia Cooperative purchasing program.