How do staffing firms bid government contracts?

Staffing notices are about filling seats under rules: labor categories, wages, locations, and sometimes a maximum rate. Govacha helps you sort those notices. It does not recruit the people or win the order.

NAICS 561320 is a common temporary-help code. Healthcare staffing, IT staffing, and light industrial often show up under other codes or as part of a larger services buy. Filter, then read.

The price is often a markup on a wage the government already set. If you do not know the wage determination, you do not know the price. Build the rate from the required wage, the fringe, and a markup you can survive. The draft on pricing explains the words. It is not your rate card.

Use the pipeline for locations you can fill. A nationwide notice is not fifty opportunities if you can staff two cities.

Set-asides are common and strict. Claim only a status you hold. See set-aside.

Questions

Is a staffing contract the same as a permanent placement fee?

Usually not. Read the contract type. Many federal staffing buys are hourly services with a wage floor and a long list of locations. Your commercial placement model may not map.

Can I bid if I do not yet have the candidates?

Only if the notice allows it and you can honestly recruit in time. Promising named people you have not spoken to is a fast way to damage the firm.

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