Official UK procurement notice
Salary benchmarking and Rewards Advisory Services
Authority: General Pharmaceutical Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGPhC is seeking to procure 'Salary benchmarking and Reward Advisory Services' for its employees, Governing Council , and Committee (Internal and External) members.
The purpose and objectives is to:
- Attract, motivate, and retain high-calibre staff and workers, Council (Board), and Committee Members.
- Ensure pay equity and transparency across all roles and governance positions.
- Maintain competitiveness within relevant labour markets and regulatory peer organisations.
- Support strategic workforce planning and future capability needs.
- Enable robust and evidence-based decisions regarding remuneration and fees for GPhC's employees, Governing Council (Board), Committee Members.
This notice is issued to inform the market of an upcoming procurement opportunity, to gauge the level of market interest, and to invite constructive feedback on our prior launching the formal procurement process. We anticipate publishing the tender notice on the Find a Tender Service (FTS) via Delta eSourcing platform in October 2025.
The scope of services will include the following:
- Annual benchmarking all roles within GPhC, including: (see appendix)
- Specialisms roles and grades
- Governing Council Board Members
- Committee members (Internal and External)
- Services and deliverables
- Benchmarking data and analysis on market insight and foresight
- Total reward benchmarking
- Benchmarking of salaries, fees and total reward for all employees roles, council and committee member positions.
- Remuneration framework and pay modelling
- Continuous improvement and advisory support
- Methodology and approach
- To undertake all appropriate surveys, enquires and investigations; thus enabling the supply of comprehensive data set(s).
- Auditing and risk assessment
- Recommendations
GPhC are kindly invite all interested suppliers to complete and submit the attached response form to Anna Kitoki [email protected] by 16.00 on 08 September 2025.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · Management-related services · Market research services · Statistical services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2025, 09:10 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2025, 09:16 BST
- Authority reference
GPhC-PA001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051119- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058d6eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
26 Aug 2025 → 2 Jan 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published26 Aug 2025, 09:10 BST
- Market engagement8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
GPhC is seeking to procure 'Salary benchmarking and Reward Advisory Services' for its employees, Governing Council , and Committee (Internal and External) members.
The purpose and objectives is to:
- Attract, motivate, and retain high-calibre staff and workers, Council (Board), and Committee Members.
- Ensure pay equity and transparency across all roles and governance positions.
- Maintain competitiveness within relevant labour markets and regulatory peer organisations.
- Support strategic workforce planning and future capability needs.
- Enable robust and evidence-based decisions regarding remuneration and fees for GPhC's employees, Governing Council (Board), Committee Members.
This notice is issued to inform the market of an upcoming procurement opportunity, to gauge the level of market interest, and to invite constructive feedback on our prior launching the formal procurement process. We anticipate publishing the tender notice on the Find a Tender Service (FTS) via Delta eSourcing platform in October 2025.
The scope of services will include the following:
- Annual benchmarking all roles within GPhC, including: (see appendix)
- Specialisms roles and grades
- Governing Council Board Members
- Committee members (Internal and External)
- Services and deliverables
- Benchmarking data and analysis on market insight and foresight
- Total reward benchmarking
- Benchmarking of salaries, fees and total reward for all employees roles, council and committee member positions.
- Remuneration framework and pay modelling
- Continuous improvement and advisory support
- Methodology and approach
- To undertake all appropriate surveys, enquires and investigations; thus enabling the supply of comprehensive data set(s).
- Auditing and risk assessment
- Recommendations
GPhC are kindly invite all interested suppliers to complete and submit the attached response form to Anna Kitoki [email protected] by 16.00 on 08 September 2025.
- Tender notice expected383 days ago3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by377 days ago10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline363 days ago24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts293 days ago2 Jan 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Aug 2025, 09:10 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published26 Aug 2025, 09:16 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned26 Aug 2025, 09:16 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Aug 2025, 09:16 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST26 Aug 2025, 09:16 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender