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title: "Science Salary Benchmarking Data"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f211"
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buyer: "Department for Science, Innovation & Technology"
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# Science Salary Benchmarking Data

Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f211

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## Summary

The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology procured salary benchmarking services for science and engineering roles. The work supports development of the Government Science & Engineering Reward Framework, which aims to address recruitment and retention challenges by providing evidence-based pay flexibility for roles affected by critical skills shortages. The requirement is for robust, granular salary benchmarking data, with particular relevance to specialist scientific and engineering disciplines. The service falls within market and economic research, polling and statistics. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. This is a service opportunity for organisations that collect, analyse and provide detailed salary market data, particularly where their data can support pay comparisons and reward decisions across specialist science and engineering occupations.

The procurement has been completed and awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. One lot was awarded to MCLAGAN (AON) LIMITED. The award was made on 12 August 2026 and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract runs from 12 August 2026 to 31 July 2028 and is active. Its value is £70,370 excluding VAT, or £84,444 including VAT. The buying organisation is the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than an open tender, so the published process does not set out a competitive scoring basis. The selected supplier is a large organisation providing the salary benchmarking service for UK-wide delivery.

This award demonstrates a central government requirement for detailed salary intelligence covering science and engineering occupations, including specialist disciplines affected by skills shortages. Businesses considering similar work for this buyer would need credible access to robust and granular pay data, together with the ability to analyse market evidence and present it in a form that supports defensible reward and pay-flexibility decisions. Relevant strengths would include specialist coverage of scientific and engineering roles, reliable benchmarking methodology, and the capacity to provide consistent UK-wide data to a government science capability team. Experience in market research, economic research, polling or statistics would be directly relevant, particularly where it can produce evidence suitable for recruitment, retention and public-sector reward planning.

## Notice

The Government Science & Engineering Reward Framework is being developed to address recruitment and retention challenges in government Science and Engineering roles by providing evidence-based pay flexibility for critical skills shortages. To ensure the framework remains competitive, credible and defensible, the Science Capability team requires access to robust and granular salary benchmarking data, particularly for specialist scientific and engineering disciplines.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083815-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 12 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £70,370 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2EG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Mclagan (Aon) Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 4 Sep 2026 at 11:15 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083815-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083815-2026
  4th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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