Classification and Compensation Study Services with Job Descriptions and Market Analysis

The government authority located in Columbia, South Carolina, seeks a vendor to provide classification and compensation study services for its library. The selected vendor will deliver an equitable classification framework, updated job descriptions, supportable market comparisons, financially sustainable pay recommendations, and practical maintenance tools. The scope includes developing a written compensation philosophy, a position-analysis questionnaire, and interviewing leadership and representative incumbents across job families, levels, locations, and schedules. The vendor must also conduct market analysis using at least three independent usable observations per benchmark where feasible, analyze current employee pay, design a salary structure, provide financial analysis and implementation options, and deliver a compensation administration manual with presentations and knowledge transfer. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to bid, and performance of the work will be offsite. Vendors must submit all questions no later than December 1, 2026, and can submit responses digitally via email or online.