Rethink Ireland 2027 Request for Tender for Lead Consultants: Strategic Planning and Impact Management

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1. At a glance

Buyer Title CPV / category Estimated value Per-year Procedure type Lots Location Contract length Submission deadline Go-live / start | :----------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------- | :-------------- | :------- | :------------- | :--- | :------- | :-------------- | :------------------ | :-------------- | Rethink Ireland 2027 Request for Tender for Lead Consultants: Strategic Planning and Impact Management not stated not disclosed not stated not stated 1 Ireland 12 months 2026-10-11T16:00:00 not stated

2. Scope of Work

This tender seeks lead consultants to provide strategic planning and impact management support to Rethink Ireland's awardees. The contract is for a fixed term of 12 months. The scope involves direct engagement with awardees, partnership with Rethink Ireland's Fund Managers, and potential coordination of a consultant team.

The core activities include:

• Awardee Support:
• Providing direct strategic planning, implementation support, and impact management development to awardees per fund.
• Conducting one-to-one work with awardees.
• Delivering group webinars and workshops.
• Developing awardee strategic plans, Theory of Change (ToC), and Value Maps in accordance with Rethink Ireland's Impact Management Framework.
• Supporting awardees in strategic plan implementation.
• Consultants can expect, on average, to provide 5-10 days of support per awardee.
• Rethink Ireland Partnership:
• Working in partnership with Rethink Ireland Fund Managers across the lifecycle of designated funds.
• Providing additional capacity-building supports to awardees, aligned with Rethink Ireland's tools and methodologies.
• Achieving fund-specific impact targets.
• Consultant Coordination:
• Potentially coordinating a small team of consultants to address awardee capacity-building needs identified by Fund Managers.
• Providing support, guidance, and training to other consultants to ensure quality.
• Quality and Timeline Management:
• Overall responsibility for quality control, setting of timelines, and meeting of deadlines as set by Rethink Ireland.
• Facilitating clear communication with multiple stakeholders.

The consultant must demonstrate expertise in developing innovative projects with a social mission, knowledge of social enterprise, and an interest in social impact. A key requirement is prior engagement with Rethink Ireland within the past year (1st October 2025 to 1st October 2026) with positive feedback.

3. Background & buyer context

Rethink Ireland (formerly Social Innovation Fund Ireland) supports innovative non-profit organisations across Ireland. The organisation operates a venture philanthropy model, partnering with the Government, companies, families, individuals, and foundations to create issue-based funds. These funds support social innovations addressing pressing social and environmental issues. Awardees receive cash grants and business support, including strategic planning, communications advice, impact measurement, and network access. This tender arises from Rethink Ireland's recognition that growing innovation requires different skill sets than inventing it, necessitating structured support for their awardees in strategic planning and impact management to enable sustainable social impact at scale.

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

Bidders must meet the following mandatory criteria to be considered:

• Turnover requirement: Not specified for this tender.
• Insurance: Not specified for this tender.
• Certifications: Not specified for this tender.
• Past experience:
• Must have worked with Rethink Ireland within the past year (from 1st October 2025 to 1st October 2026).
• Must have received positive feedback from Rethink Ireland Fund Managers and awardees from this prior engagement.
• Proven experience working with not-for-profits.
• Proven experience managing multiple clients and consultants effectively.
• Demonstrable experience of facilitating and managing clear communication with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven experience in developing strategic plans for the not-for-profit sector.
• Experience of working with both start-ups and established organisations.
• Personnel:
• Availability of 75 days is required from the commencement of the contract. This does not signal a commitment by Rethink Ireland to offer 75 days per successful Lead Consultant.
• Geographic / facility constraints: Not specified for this tender, but the work is for Irish organisations.

5. Award criteria & scoring

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