Locum Leaders awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Contract

Locum Leaders (http://www.locumleaders.com), a leading recruiting firm specializing in physician and CRNA temporary staffing known as locum tenens, has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Contract (GSA contract number V797P-7246A).

The contract expands the company's scope of services, authorizing it to provide locum tenens staffing for federal healthcare facilities, including the Veterans' Administration (VA), Indian Health Service (IHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) facilities. Locum Leaders is a government-certified small business and can accept 100% small business set aside contracts.

As a national leader in hospitalist locum tenens, Locum Leaders will actively recruit and place hospitalists seeking government assignments. Other medical specialties covered under the contract include internal medicine, anesthesiology and CRNA.

"We're pleased to expand our recruiting services to include federal healthcare assignments," said Will Drescher, CEO, Locum Leaders. "The contract is a testament to our quality and stability, and opens up significant new placement opportunities for our locum tenens providers."

Temporary assignments at U.S. government healthcare facilities are attractive to physicians for a variety of reasons. These facilities recognize any state medical license, offering greater choice for locum tenens providers. In addition, federal assignments are often long-term, providing stability for the physician and continuity of care for the facility.