Pay structure reform in the UK Fire and Rescue Service
Buyer: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
- Published
- 18 May 2026
- Submission deadline
- 18 June 2026
- Estimated value
- £25,000
- Place of performance
- UKK
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Documents
- 3
- Notice number
- 045389-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069b11
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 75250000Fire-brigade and rescue services
Description
The National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire & Rescue Services (NJC) has been discussing reform of the Grey Book pay structure for operational firefighters in the UK for several years. We are now at a point where the aims and objectives of the main stakeholders – the government, the employees (represented by the Fire Brigades Union) and the employers (represented by the National Employers) – are aligned in such a way that we now have an opportunity to make significant progress towards a new pay and grading structure that enables the expansion of the role of a Firefighter to support national resilience and allow the sector to respond to new and emerging risks. The current pay structure within the Grey Book over 20 years old, it is a flat structure, with no spinal points or incremental progression and there is no job evaluation process or structure in place to enable the evaluation of knowledge, skills or competency in role. Initial work has begun on what a new pay structure might look like and we are now seeking assistance from an external party to provide assurance to our work programme and project plan, to help create a robust job evaluation system specifically fit for purp…
Official publications
- FTS · 045389-2026 · 18 May 2026
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