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Recommendation 35
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We urge the FCDO to recognise their important role in determining levels of pay across...
Recommendation
We urge the FCDO to recognise their important role in determining levels of pay across the sector and commit to undertaking a full audit of its pay structures to assess the impact of them on staff hired in-country. The department must ensure that staffing stipulations in contracts take into account the value of contextual knowledge and do not lead to locally hired staff being undermined by differences in pay and conditions in comparison with their international counterparts.
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90
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The FCDO has a responsibility to maintain stability and avoid distortion of local markets. We must ensure wages are fair in regional contracts and that fees accurately reflect costs of living. We assess wages in categories (international, national or regional) as well as by job ‘family’ at Initiation to Tender Stage as part of commercial pricing schedules as well as taking into account technical and qualitative capability of suppliers throughout the process to allow us to award the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The importance and value of local and contextual knowledge is assessed as part of the evaluation process.