Exempt Salary Survey Consulting

The Seattle Colleges District (SCD) in King County, Washington is soliciting proposals from contractors to provide exempt salary survey consulting services. The contractor will be responsible for updating SCD's comprehensive salary plan and algorithmic position salary benchmarking tool for its approximately 430 administrative exempt positions. The scope of work includes data review, compensation assessment, salary structure review, benchmarking tool design, and impact analyses. The contract period is tentatively scheduled to begin on April 22, 2024 and end on August 22, 2024, with a potential for amendment to extend the performance period. SCD has set a not-to-exceed budget of $90,000 for this project and is looking for respondents with extensive experience in providing exempt salary survey consulting, particularly in the higher education sector. The proposal evaluation will be based on the respondent's experience and staff qualifications (50 points), project work plan and schedule (30 points), and cost (20 points).

The solicitation does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. SCD currently uses a proprietary Excel-based benchmarking tool developed by a previous consultant, Jacobson, Betts & Company, which will be made available to the selected contractor. SCD is located in the Seattle metropolitan area and is seeking recommendations on how to account for the high cost of living in the region when establishing competitive salaries for its exempt employees.