Total Compensation Study Service

The City of Atwater, CA seeks a qualified consultant to conduct a comprehensive city-wide total compensation study covering all existing job classifications. The requested scope includes evaluating duties, salary, total compensation, classification relationships, market competitiveness, salary compression, internal equity, and recruitment and retention factors. The selected vendor must work with the city to establish a comparator group of agencies, perform a salary market survey, analyze material limitations, and deliver practical implementation recommendations offsite. Only USA-based (onshore) organizations are eligible to bid on this opportunity. Interested vendors must submit all pre-bid questions by October 12, 2026. Final proposals can be submitted digitally via email or online and must be received by 4:00 P.M. on November 2, 2026. Specific details regarding selection criteria, full application formatting, budget limits, and contract term lengths are not fully detailed in the provided excerpt.