Managed Service Providers

To conduct market research to understand provider capabilities, operating models, and current market practice for a potential vendor-neutral, system-wide contingent-labor Managed Service Provider (MSP) program.
Contingent-labor Managed Service Provider (MSP) program
• Operating models for a vendor-neutral, multi-institution MSP program.
• Vendor management system (VMS) technology and functionality.
• Implementation and phased-rollout approaches for a multi-campus, public higher-education environment.
• Rate transparency and program fee or funding structures (structural approaches, not a price quote).
• Supplier management and demonstrated vendor-neutrality practices.
• Handling of risk and compliance, including co-employment, worker classification, federal Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) on grant-funded labor, and awareness of collective-bargaining considerations.
• Reporting, analytics, and the value or savings levers a managed program typically delivers.
• Relevant cooperative-purchasing contract vehicles the respondent holds.