All proposals must be made on the basis of and either meet or exceed the requirements contained herein. Failure to provide any of the following requirements shall be ample cause for proposal to be considered non‐responsive and be rejected. All bidders must be able to provide, at a minimum: 1. Attendance at an initial meeting with various County representatives to discuss the process and tasks to be performed and reasonable dedication of key personnel and proposers point of contact. (post award) 2. Weekly written progress reports indicating the data collected. 3. A comprehensive evaluation of every job within Carteret County Government to determine relative worth within the organization (internal equity), placement in the organizational structure, and for the establishment of pay ranges. Establish appropriate benchmarking standards and include a comparison and analysis of salaries and wages of like or similar jobs (external equity) of comparable local governments and private employers in various markets for which the County competes for labor supply. Organizations in the comparison are to be shared with key County staff involved in the process who will reserve the right to designate that organizations be added and/or deleted from the comparable organizations used by the consultant.
