TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Temporary Personnel Placement Services Exercise Service Extension
ACTION ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager to exercise one-year options to extend five contracts for Temporary Personnel Placement Services to the following: Apple One, Temp Positions, 22nd Century, PsiNapse, and Abacus through April 30, 2022.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - High-Performing Workforce
Initiative - Employee Recruitment, Training and Retention
Temporary Personnel Placement Services support the District's strategic goal of a High Performing Workforce by ensuring departments can address short-term staffing needs.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Temporary employee use is expected to be limited and in the majority of cases is used to backfill vacant budgeted positions which does not cause additional budgetary impacts. Non-backfill temporary employee use is generally short-term project-based and is expected to be included in departmental budget requests.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The District utilizes Temporary Personnel Placement Services to address short-term staffing needs that include backfilling for a vacant position or when an incumbent is unavailable, filling a position for a short duration project, and addressing urgent operational needs or specialized knowledge, skills or abilities.
In February of 2018, The Board approved the award of seven Temporary Personnel Placement Services contracts, each with a base term of three years and two annual options to extend. Of those seven contracts awarded, five of the firms account for 94% of all temporary staff placements during the past three years. They are listed in proportion to their usage:
* Apple One
* Temp Positions
* 22nd Century
* PsiNapse
* Abacus
To maintain operational continuity while preparing to release a new solicitation for additional Temporary Personnel Placement Services, staff recommends...
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