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Prices quoted for the study ranged from about $64,000 to $106,000. As a result of the review and assessment process, staff recommends the RFP be awarded to Condrey and Associates at a price of $71,250. Condrey and Associates Condrey and Associates is a human resources consulting firm located in Athens, Georgia. This firm specializes in services to state and local government. Dr. Steve Condrey is President of Condrey and Associates, Program Director for Human Resource Management Technical Assistance with the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government and an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia where he teaches in the Master of Public Administration program. Dr. Condrey will serve as project manager for the study and be present throughout all phases of the study. Staff believes that Condrey and Associates will best meet the County's classification and pay study needs and recommends the selection of this firm for the following reasons: ^ Best combination of price and value of services. ^ Commitment to doing the study the way the County needs to have it done. ^ Commitment to interviewing 75 percent or more of County employees as part of the study to assure strong employee involvement in the process. ^ Excellent references including those from the classification and pay study that this firm conducted last year for the Town of Chapel Hill. ^ Use of experienced staff in local government classification and pay studies supplemented with job content experts in areas such as public safety, social work and others. Condrey and Associates proposes to complete the classification and pay study, incorporating all steps set out in the County's request for proposals, for a fixed price of $71,250. Condrey commits to completing the work within the Coun#y's required time schedule to have results ready for consideration as part of the budget process for 2002-03. Pay Equity Study As the Board requested, Personnel incorporated a request for pay equity study proposals in the RFP. Of the four consultants submitting proposals, three (Condrey, DMG Maximus, and Fax Lawson) also submitted pay equity study proposals. The prices quoted for the pay equity study proposals ranged from $8,875 to $43,000. The prices quoted reflected the wide range of haw consultants might approach and conduct such a study. All of the consultants pointed out in their classification and pay study proposals their belief that the valid internal alignment of positions through well designed jab classification methodology and assignment of compensation rates in accordance with the relative value of each job determined through the job classification system will address most equity issues. Condrey and Associates offered at no additional charge beyond that quoted for the classification and pay study to conduct statistical analyses to evaluate the relative equity of the recommended job classification plan resulting from the classification and pay study.