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Ada County procurement draws record responses for three temporary-staffing RFPs; awards tabled to May 20
Summary
Ada County Procurement reported record numbers of proposals for three temporary-staffing requests for proposals (RFPs). The Board of Commissioners voted to table evaluation and award recommendations to the board's May 20 open-business meeting.
Ada County procurement staff told the Board of Ada County Commissioners on May 1 that three requests for proposals (RFPs) seeking temporary staffing services drew unusually large responses and that evaluation and award recommendations would be tabled until the May 20 open-business meeting.
The procurement presentation said RFP25034 (general labor) received 26 proposals, RFP25035 (professional clerical/elections staffing) received 41 proposals — a new record — and RFP25036 (temporary staffing, other county needs) received 20 proposals. Procurement said many firms submitted proposals on more than one RFP.
Why it matters: Large proposal turnout can broaden vendor choice for the county but lengthen the review process. Procurement staff said evaluators need time to score proposals against multiple criteria, including experience, qualifications, references and price.
What was said and what the board did: Procurement staff (identified in the meeting as Ryan, procurement staff, and Brian Blaine, Ada County Procurement) read lists of proposers for each solicitation and asked the board to delay award decisions to allow evaluators time to complete scoring. Commissioners moved and seconded motions to table the final rankings and award recommendations for RFP25034, RFP25035 and RFP25036 to the May 20 open-business meeting; each motion carried on voice vote.
Details provided by procurement: For RFP25034 (County temporary staffing services — general labor), procurement recorded 26 proposers including Adecco (and many national staffing firms), Express Employment Professionals, Insight Global and Manpower Group U.S. Inc. For RFP25035 (professional clerical/elections), procurement listed 41 proposers, among them Adecco, Express Employment Professionals, Lansoft Inc., Insight Global and SelectSource International. For RFP25036, the procurement list included 20 proposers with substantial overlap across the three solicitations.
Commissioner questions: Commissioners asked whether many proposers were local; procurement replied that most were out-of-state and that about five or six proposers were local firms. Procurement staff also explained the evaluators will score proposals on multiple factors beyond price to assess quality and fit.
Next steps: The board formally tabled awards for all three RFPs to the May 20 open-business meeting to allow the evaluation team time to complete scoring and produce final recommendations for board action.
