UK SBS FWRECR17016OME - Review of DDRB Pay Comparability methodology for Doctors and Dentists

Contract summary

Industry

• Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS FWRECR17016OME - Review of DDRB Pay Comparability methodology for Doctors and Dentists

Published date

16 May 2017

Closing date

7 February 2017

Contract start date

14 February 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The research objectives for this project are as follows:
a) To assess the extent to which the current DDRB pay comparability methodology (as devised by PA Consulting Group in 2008/9) remains fit for purpose and, where it does not, to suggest a revised, evidence-based and robust methodology.
In particular, to evaluate the appropriateness for future use of the existing:
'anchor points' (clearly identified levels within a career path that can be 'anchored' against the external market). See paragraph 10 for the list of roles.
professions to use as comparators (bearing in mind comparable job weight, competency profiles, access to and operation of performance pay, likelihood of progression, actual entry into / exit routes from the medical profession, doctors' and dentists' university peer groups' chosen professions)
robust market data sources, where feasible not tied to a single supplier, and specific details of precisely what should be requested (responsibility levels including how these match to the NHS roles, mean, median and quartiles of basic pay, total cash, total reward etc) and typical costs. [We would not expect the contractor to purchase the data themselves, but do expect them to recommend available data sources and where possible indicative costs].
b) To identify, for the first time, appropriate pay comparators for primary care doctors (salaried and GPs), and performer-only and provider-performer NHS dentists.
Primary care doctors and dentists are either salaried (and have the status of an employee), or else own or are partners in an independent business practice and as such are self-employed. Objective b) therefore includes the identification of appropriate pay comparators for a salaried GP, a salaried dentist (known as a 'performer-only' in England ), a GP partner (known as a 'contractor GP' in England) and a dentist partner (known as a 'providing-performer' in England). This will require considering comparable careers and then identifying specific roles within them that match the responsibilities of a high-street doctor/dentist.
We would expect the contractor to find appropriate 'anchor points' and comparators for the following NHS roles:
• Junior Doctor (at various stages of training) - under the new contract being implemented in England, as well as the existing UK-wide contract
• Consultant
• Speciality Doctor
• Associate Specialist
• General Practitioner - Contractor [NEW]
• General Practitioner - Salaried [NEW]
• Dentist - Providing-Performer [NEW]
• Dentist - Performer Only [NEW]

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Award information

Awarded date

14 February 2017

Contract start date

15 February 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2017

Total value of contract

£38,625

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Institute of Employment Studies

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk