Important SIN Changes Planned for MAS 736 Temporary and Administrative Professional Staffing

**THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY** On January 8, 2018, the General Services Administration, Region 02 Northeast and Caribbean Region, Federal Acquisition Services released a Request for Information (RFI) with the intent to streamline Multiple Award Schedule 736 (TEMP HELP) by consolidating the current SIN offerings into TWO (2) primary SINs. One SIN will have a pricing model based upon Wage Grade Service Contract Acts rates; the second SIN will have a pricing model based upon Professional Labor Rates. The scope is enhanced to include ALL DOL Wage Grade Occupations defined by 25 SCA Categories in the Fifth Edition of the SCA Directory of Occupations. The purpose of this RFI is to gather feedback from industry and other relevant stakeholders. The information received will be utilized to make appropriate acquisition decisions. The changes reflect Human Capital Management Category goals by reducing contract redundancy, enabling Customer Agencies to better identify part time temporary hiring categories while affording Best Value low cost, exceptional past performance. Vendors will have better exposure and will be able to separate Wage Grade from Professional labor rates. The changes incorporate the statutory requirements under 5 CFR 300.503 to further clarify the scope, justification and duration of temporary hiring. To further assist customers, GSA R2 will issue a new "Ordering Guide" which should dispel many misconceptions about temporary hiring. The Ordering Guide addresses such issues as DOL Wage Grade minimum benefits, exceptions, recruiting, OCONUS provisions, pricing models, negotiations at the Task Order Level, etc. The Solicitation updates should facilitate easier eOffer preparation while fostering a better understanding of the rules and regulations governing utilization of the Temp Help Schedule. The enhancements to Schedule 736 are scheduled to be implemented Jan-Feb 2018. The DOL Categories that will define each SIN are as follows: •1. Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations •2. Automotive Service Occupations •3. Automotive Service Occupations (Retail) •4. Food Preparation and Service Occupations •5. Forestry and Logging Occupations •6. Furniture and Maintenance Repair Occupations •7. General Services and Support Occupations •8. Health Occupations •9. Information and Arts Occupations •10. Information Technology Occupations •11. Instructional Occupations •12. Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing and Related Occupations •13. Machine Tool Operation and Repair Occupations •14. Materials Handling and Packing Occupations •15. Mechanics and Maintenance Repair Occupations •16. Personal Needs Occupations •17. Plant and System Operations Occupations •18. Protective Service Occupations •19. Recreation Occupations •20. Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services •21. Technical Occupations •22. Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations •23. Water Transportation Occupations •24. Wildlife Management and Animal Care Occupations •25. Miscellaneous Occupations Please note: The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request, as such, neither unsolicited proposals nor offers of any kind will be considered in response to this RFI and there will be no contract award resulting from responses to this notice. GSA asks that you provide any comments to our proposed changes on https://interact.gsa.gov/blog/important-sin-changes-planned-mas-736-temporary-and-administrative-professional-staffing Responses and questions must be provided no later than 5:00pm (EST) on February 7, 2018 Please subscribe to the GSA Schedule 75 Community Group on GSA interact to receive feedback and updates on the re-opening of MAS 75.