Award

BTA2146 Compensation Analysis and Benchmarking

BRITISH TOURIST AUTHORITY T/A VISITBRITAIN/VISITENGLAND

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Award

23 Dec 2025 at 19:38

Summary of the contracting process

The British Tourist Authority, operating as VisitBritain/VisitEngland, has completed the procurement process for the "BTA2146 Compensation Analysis and Benchmarking" project. The procurement was conducted via the Crown Commercial Services RM6173 Automation Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System and concluded on 13th November 2025 with the contract award to Korn Ferry (UK) Limited. This procurement falls under the services category and was executed through a direct procurement method below the threshold without competition. The project is centred around creating an organisation-wide compensation analysis, targeting fair salary benchmarking and enhancing pay strategy. The geographic focus is on the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom, and the contract is scheduled to run until 13th November 2026, with the possibility of extension until 2028.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities, especially for companies specialising in HR consultancy, salary benchmarking, and organisational restructuring services. Businesses capable of providing comprehensive and innovative solutions for job sizing and compensation benchmarking would be well-suited to undertake similar projects, given the focus on improving pay transparency and workforce productivity. The awarded contract underlines the importance of strategic alignment with government initiatives in human resource management and implies demand for expertise in systematic support services that enhance organisational HR capabilities.

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Notice Title

BTA2146 Compensation Analysis and Benchmarking

Notice Description

The award was made via the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) RM6173 "Automation Marketplace" Dynamic Purchasing System, following a filtering exercise, capability assessment and further competition. BTA People & Talent are reviewing the "Pay and Benchmarking Strategy" as part of an ongoing project. Accurate job sizing and benchmarking ensures incumbents that they are being paid a fair and comparable salary for their role, will enable us to target specific roles that are below the grade median and promote better pay progression through targeted award. In turn this can reduce attrition and increase workforce productivity. This procurement will allow us to do an organisation wide, global review of job size and compensation benchmarking which hasn't been done since 2018. We will also create a pay strategy on the back of this work, detailing how the organisation will approach pay and benefits moving forward. We aim to bring increased transparency to the business and as the skills required to job size and benchmark accurately will be delivered to the HR team, this will be an ongoing development within the business as opposed to a one-off piece of work.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fd07
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086033-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72250000 - System and support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£155,842 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Dec 20252 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Nov 20253 months ago
Contract Period
14 Nov 2025 - 13 Nov 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BRITISH TOURIST AUTHORITY T/A VISITBRITAIN/VISITENGLAND
Contact Name
Procurement Team
Contact Email
procurement@visitbritain.org
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B2 4AJ
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

KORN FERRY (UK

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