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Rate Benchmarking

Know the market rate for every role before you price your proposal

Rate Benchmarking is your pricing intelligence engine for multilateral and UN proposals. The platform derives benchmarks from published award data, deriving blended labour and service rates from total contract values on consultancy, time-based, and labour-hour assignments. Browse rates by role and service category, filter by institution, country, seniority, and assignment type, all expressed in US dollars.
50,000+
rate points derived from award notices
weekly
refresh from published awards
USD
rates normalised to a single currency

Key Capabilities

What it does

Rate Benchmarking

Role and service rates searchable by keyword or category with percentile distribution (25th, 50th, 75th, 90th), country-adjusted rates, and seniority and qualification premium analysis.

Supplier Rate Intelligence

Firm-specific rates derived from awarded contracts, rate comparison across leading suppliers for identical roles, rate trend analysis, and premium quantification for scarce specialisations.

Blended Rate Analysis

Award-derived pricing showing what institutions actually pay, buyer-specific rate patterns, sector-level benchmarks aggregated across suppliers, and procurement method rate comparison.

Specification-Level Search

Free-text search across role descriptions and terms of reference, keyword matching for specialised positions, and export of filtered rate tables for direct use in financial proposals.

How it Works

Simple steps to get started

1

Search a role or service by keyword

See all matching rates derived from award data.

2

Filter results

Narrow by country, seniority, qualification, assignment type, and supplier.

3

Review the rate distribution

Identify your pricing position: 25th percentile for aggressive, 50th for competitive, 75th for premium.

4

Export rate benchmarking data

Feed directly into your financial proposal and cost model.

Why it Matters

The problem this solves

Price too high and you lose on cost. Price too low and you leave margin on the table or commit to rates that cannot sustain quality delivery. When you can see the rate band a comparable firm secured for a senior project manager on a recent infrastructure assignment, you can position your pricing with precision rather than guesswork.


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