# Kansas Supplier Systems #EVT0010811

Kansas statewide managed services provider for staffing and consulting contracts

**Posted:** November 13, 2026
**Respond By:** February 03, 2027
**Identifier:** EVT0010811
**NAICS:** 561320, 541612, 541611, 541519

Kansas is seeking one statewide managed services provider to administer staffing and consulting contracts through a vendor network and vendor management system (VMS).
- **Buyer:** State of Kansas, Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts (OPC); services are statewide.
- **Requested services:** One MSP program covering temporary staff recruitment, screening, placement, and onboarding; competitively sourced consulting engagements; vendor-network and VMS administration; account support, reporting, service-level management, and transition support.
  - Staffing spans administrative support, social sciences, information technology, trades, medical, language and communications, and other sciences. Attachment B lists 67 position titles, but no staffing quantities or rates are specified.
  - Consulting covers strategic consulting; project management and administration; financial and performance management; audit and compliance; organization and change management; technology consulting; and evolving needs.
- **Named companies:** No OEMs, vendors, or incumbent providers are identified in the materials.
- **Notable requirements:** The VMS must be provided at no additional cost, support SSO and mobile use, meet NIST 800-series and SOC 2 requirements, retain data for five years, comply with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements, and include encryption and audit logs. A 10% cap applies to the MSP’s own resources in both staffing and consulting; vendor markup is capped at 30%. The MSP fee is a single fee across service categories and may decrease but not increase. Consulting engagements are generally limited to 36 months and $1 million; amounts above $1 million require written approval. The MSP must provide at least three candidates or proposals where feasible.
- **Performance targets:** VMS uptime of at least 99.9%; at least 92% normal fill rate; resume submittal within four business days for at least 92% of applicable requests; work-request confirmation within four business hours for at least 95%; and at least 80% positive end-user satisfaction. Other targets include issue resolution, vendor-network utilization, attrition, and resource performance.
- **Commercial terms:** A 1% OPC administrative fee applies to purchases under the resulting contract. No contract value or total staffing quantity is provided.

### Description

The State of Kansas is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to serve as a Managed Service Provider for staffing and consulting contracts. The contractor will recruit, screen, place, and onboard temporary staff across professional categories and facilitate competitively bid, project-based consulting engagements. The scope also includes managing the vendor network and vendor management system, account support and reporting, service levels, and program implementation and transition. The contract is intended to be awarded to a single provider; consulting engagements are generally limited to 36 months and $1,000,000, with written approval required for engagements above that amount.

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