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Services procurement is the process of acquiring professional and other contingent labor services from external vendors or contractors. Services procurement often is often co-mingled with the acquisition of specific products – particularly hardware and/or software. The goal of a services procurement program is to ensure that the organization obtains the services it needs in a cost-effective and efficient manner, while also maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.

Within the contingent labor sector, the term “SOW” typically refers to the acquisition of contingent labor and/or professional services via a direct statement-of-work (SOW) agreement with a buyer. SOWs can be used to purchase both staff augmentation services and other forms of contingent labor (e.g., professional services). Unlike staff augmentation (see below), which is most commonly purchased via highly standardized Master Services Agreements (MSAs) for multiple suppliers, SOWs are typically used to structure a direct and less-standardized set of terms and conditions between a buyer and a provider. SOWs tend to be more appropriate for risk-based, highly specialized and/or proprietary types of services, whereas staff augmentation tends to be more appropriate for T&M based, non-proprietary skill and services that are broadly available on the open market

Staff augmentation refers to the acquisition of any/all types of contingent labor, including both professional and non-professional. The vast majority of staff augmentation is purchased within Managed Services Programs (MSPs), which typically leverage a Vendor Management Solution (VMS) such as SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, VNDLY (Workday), etc. Staff augmentation is most applicable for commonly available, non-proprietary skills, non-risk based skills and/or services that are used to supplement a company’s internal staff.

Staff augmentation refers to the acquisition of any/all types of contingent labor, including both professional and non-professional. The vast majority of staff augmentation is purchased within Managed Services Programs (MSPs), which typically leverage a Vendor Management Solution (VMS) such as SAP Fieldglass, Beeline, VNDLY (Workday), etc. Staff augmentation is most applicable for commonly available, non-proprietary skills, non-risk based skills and/or services that are used to supplement a company’s internal staff.

Yes. All major commercial VMS contain SP/SOW management modules that are uniquely structured for tracking, reporting, and managing SOW-based work. SOW modules are structured around the management of individual contracts (i.e., SOWs), whereas the staff augmentation modules are structured around the management of individual workers.