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Personal Service Contract Requests (Current)

The following Personal Services Contract (PSCs) requests have been submitted for review and approval.

Human Resources

About these Contracts

What they are

Personal services contracts (PSCs) are agreements made by the City and County of San Francisco with different people, groups, or organizations. These agreements are made to provide services, and the people or groups doing the work will get paid for their services.

Why we post them

We post requests for approval of personal service contracts (PSC) because it is required by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

This Commission looks at the requests and gives permission to departments that want to hire outside workers for specific jobs. They can decide if it's better to have a government employee do the work, instead of hiring someone from outside.

The Department of Human Resources shares the requests from all departments if they want to spend more than $100,000 on a personal services contract. They share it for 7 days.

How you can appeal

If you disagree with a request, you can appeal it by submitting a form to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) before noon on the 7th day. The Commission will talk about the disagreement at their next meeting. If nobody disagrees within 7 days, the request will be approved at the Commission's meeting.

Civil Service Commission meetings are held at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400 at 2pm.

For a list of scheduled meetings, visit the Civil Service Commission (CSC) meetings page

Proposed Personal Services Contracts

PSC requests may be protested and/or appealed in accordance with the Commission’s PSC policy.

  • PSCs ($200K and below): Protests of a proposed expedited PSC must be filed with the Human Resources Director via email to DHR-PSCCoordinator@sfgov.org by close of business on the seventh day of posting. The Human Resources Director’s decision on a PSC protest is appealable to the Commission within five (5) business days after notice of such decision.
  • PSCs (Over $200K): An appeal of a posted regular PSC must be filed in the Commission’s office by close of business on the seventh (7th) day of posting by mail or hand-delivery with the appellant’s original signature and email address. Appeal forms and instructions are located on the Commission’s website at File an appeal with the Civil Service Commission | San Francisco (sf.gov).

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Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the department's PSC Coordinator.