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title: "Consultants to undertake benchmarking of roles within Crown Estate Scotland (CES) with other comparable organisations"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000709412"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND"
published: "2022-12-19"
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# Consultants to undertake benchmarking of roles within Crown Estate Scotland (CES) with other comparable organisations

Buyer: CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000709412

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## Summary

The Crown Estate Scotland has awarded a contract to Consultants Plus for a benchmarking project. The project involves developing and undertaking salary benchmarking for roles within the organisation. The contract, valued at £9950.0 GBP, was signed on 16th December 2022. The tender was for consultancy services to compare pay and reward structures with other organisations. The project is now complete, and Consultants Plus was the successful provider in this open procedure procurement.

This tender opportunity is suitable for small and medium-sized consultancy businesses looking to provide benchmarking services. The tender, issued by Crown Estate Scotland, based in Edinburgh, sought consultants to compare their pay structures with other organisations. The successful candidate needed to develop a benchmarking approach covering various specialisms within the organisation. The completion deadline was by the end of December/start of January. The contract is currently active, offering potential growth opportunities for businesses specialising in service procurement within the benchmarking industry.

## Notice

Crown Estate Scotland is seeking to appoint Consultants to develop and undertake salary benchmarking for roles within Crown Estate Scotland. As we develop our longer term Pay strategy, we are seeking up to date benchmarking information to understand how our pay compares to the relevant employment markets. Consultants will be required to develop a benchmarking approach suitable to cover the range of specialisms within our organisation. For the purposes of this benchmarking exercise, we are looking at pay and reward, including reward benefits such as bonus, pension, leave and other benefits.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The following stages will be required: Develop and Agree Approach to benchmarking with CES Conduct benchmarking on behalf of CES Draft Report Final Report and Presentation Work to be carried out during November and December. Completion by end December / start January to be mutually agreed with successful provider.

Options: For any ongoing or annual costs for access to relevant indices or market information these should be provided for 3 years following completion of the project as an optional cost.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC467158 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Dec 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Oct 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £9,950 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH3 9GL |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CONSULTANCY PLUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 79311100 - Survey design services
- 79311200 - Survey conduction services
- 79311300 - Survey analysis services

## Release History

- 19 Dec 2022 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC467158
- 6 Oct 2022 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT461091

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT461091&idx=1
  6th October 2022 - Invitation to Tender
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT461091
  Consultants to undertake benchmarking of roles within Crown Estate Scotland (CES) with other comparable organisations - Crown Estate Scotland is seeking to appoint Consultants to develop and undertake salary benchmarking for roles within Crown Estate Scotland. As we develop our longer term Pay strategy, we are seeking up to date benchmarking information to understand how our pay compares to the relevant employment markets. Consultants will be required to develop a benchmarking approach suitable to cover the range of specialisms within our organisation. For the purposes of this benchmarking exercise, we are looking at pay and reward, including reward benefits such as bonus, pension, leave and other benefits.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC467158
  Consultants to undertake benchmarking of roles within Crown Estate Scotland (CES) with other comparable organisations - Crown Estate Scotland is seeking to appoint Consultants to develop and undertake salary benchmarking for roles within Crown Estate Scotland. As we develop our longer term Pay strategy, we are seeking up to date benchmarking information to understand how our pay compares to the relevant employment markets. Consultants will be required to develop a benchmarking approach suitable to cover the range of specialisms within our organisation. For the purposes of this benchmarking exercise, we are looking at pay and reward, including reward benefits such as bonus, pension, leave and other benefits.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://crownestatescotland.com/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000709412
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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