Partnership Manager

RFQ

CONSULTANT

Partnership Manager

Request for Quote: RFQ

Project name Partnership Manager

RFQ title RFQ Partnership Manager

Award date August 31, 2024

Contact information [email protected]

[email protected] / [email protected]

RFQ date August 15, 2024

 CORE is a crisis response non-profit organization that saves lives and strengthens communities impacted by or vulnerable to crisis. CORE faces the realities of disaster fearlessly, working on the ground to not only rebuild communities in the face of emergency, but also to create programs that focus on preparedness and resilience. We bring immediate aid and recovery to underserved communities across the globe. Additional information including annual reports may be found atwww.coreresponse.org

Over our 13-year history, CORE has worked on countless projects and has programs in the United States, Haiti, Brazil, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, and others. Our mission is to empower communities in and beyond crisis. CORE partners with institutional and private donors, local governmental agencies, and other non-profit organizations to fulfill our mission.

CORE is an emergency response organization dedicated to aiding countries that have experienced crisis. We prioritize rapid action, and it is crucial for us to enlist the support of exceptional individuals to make our relief efforts possible. CORE employs over 400 corporate, field, local national staff, and consultants worldwide. CORE is seeking a provider who understands our unique operating environment, challenges and requirements around global deployment, provisioning, change management, cyber security, and user experience. 

INTRODUCTION

• Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) is pleased to invite you to respond to this Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Partnership Manager. The intention of this RFQ is to solicit responses and formal quotes from qualified providers who can satisfy our requirements as listed in the Scope of Work.




• CORE is seeking a Partnership Manager. This role is critical to growing CORE’s government revenue stream and large trusts and foundations through pursuing competitive bids (Requests for Proposals/Agreements) among U.S. government, multilateral organizations, state, local public entities, trusts and foundations for assigned markets.

OVERVIEW

• The Partnerships Manager is critical to growing CORE’s government revenue stream and large trusts and foundations through pursuing competitive bids (Requests for Proposals/Agreements) among U.S. government, multilateral organizations, state, local public entities, trusts and foundations for assigned markets.

The end goal is to secure revenue to fund CORE’s frontline efforts in its 3 strategic pillars

• - Emergency Response and Preparedness,
• - Health Equity, and
• - Addressing Climate Change.




The Partnership Manager will work alongside the Programs teams to identify relevant emerging opportunities, manage an active pipeline, lead capture efforts, manage, write and review live proposals, negotiate partnerships and be responsible for all final submissions. The position seeks a dexterous individual possessing the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders effectively to write proposals and meet tight deadlines, and can work independently and effectively in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment handling multiple tasks simultaneously and working across multiple geographic time zones.

SCOPE OF WORK - Responsibilities

• Manage proposal processes from capture, through technical development, drafting, narrative reviews and finalization for assigned CORE markets.




• Coordinate proposal calendars, holding teams accountable to ensure the development of competitive proposal packages.




• Support the expansion of CORE’s institutional donor pipeline.




• Identify and pre-qualify new federal, state and local bid opportunities by gleaning from current trackers and online searches.




• Support strategic prioritization of opportunities by facilitating go/no go discussions.




• Write or contribute to sections of proposals.




• Assist the Global Director of Program Development in building and maintaining relationships with current and
• prospective Prime and Sub partners for portfolio markets.




• Train and build the capacity of local market leadership in the basics of proposal content, strategy, staffing, partners, and budgeting; and develop a timeline to accomplish said tasks.




• Support Area Directors in the development of win themes, activities tables, and gathering all Finance, HR and Operations compliance documents.




• Identify and capture lessons learned during proposal development and document as knowledge guides.




• Actively represent and promote CORE through external engagement with donors and partners (i.e. the U.N. cluster system and the VOADS when deployed).

REQUIREMENTS

• Education
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, business development, nonprofit management and development, client service, account management or related field. Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Experience
• Prior experience in a nonprofit partnerships role, national-level (US) experience preferred, and international experience a plus.




• At least 3 years' experience in partnerships building, institutional fundraising, proposal development, and project management.




• Solid understanding of the U.S. government domestic (federal, state and local), and international funding mechanisms and rules and regulations.




• Strong research and proposal writing skills.

 

• Experience developing budgets for concept notes and proposals.




• Experience using CRM systems for partnership management, cultivation, and engagement

 

• Skills and Competence

 

• A high level of competence with Microsoft Office suite (advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills) is essential. Knowledge of PowerBI, or other business intelligence tools preferred.

 

• Technical knowledge in Public Health, Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness and Response.

Location Remote (USA)

• Location




Remote (USA)

EVALUATION RFQ CRITERIA

• Education (10%)
• Years of relevant experience in humanitarian field and / or international organizations (20%)
• Years of experience in partnership building and fundraising (20%)
• Experience and understanding of US government domestic and understanding funding mechanisms, rules and regulations (15%)
• Experience of research and proposal writing skills (15%)
• Experience of developing budgets for concept notes and proposals (20%)







This consultancy will be an hourly or day rate based on most competitive bid.

RESPONSE AND SELECTION PROCESS

• You are welcome to submit clarifying questions. Please note the deadline for these questions to be submitted to us. We will respond to any questions you may have,




Primary RFQ contacts for RFQ Partnership Manager are:

Anmar Alshekhli: Global Procurement Manager / [email protected]

Cc any and all correspondence to [email protected]







CORE requires that quotes and proposals in response to this request are delivered in writing by email. You may attach additional documentation to support your proposal. Proposals submitted and / or received after the due date will not be considered. Please quote reference ‘RFQ: Partnership Manager’ in all correspondence and documentation.

SELECTION PROCESS

• All responses will be evaluated as received in the following process:
• Review and scoring of the responses as well as clarification of information as deemed necessary
• A shortlisting process based upon written quotes and proposals received
• Shortlisted applicants to be invited to interview
• Successful applicant background & reference checks 

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• Procurement Deadline
• RFQ issued and published August 15, 2024
• Applicant questions due date August 19, 2024 by 5pm PDT
• Answers to applicants questions August 20, 2024
• Closing date for applicants / submissions August 22, 2024, by 5pm PDT
• Response analysis / finalists' selection August 23, 2024
• Interviews August 26-28, 2024
• Award contract announcement August 29, 2024

This Scope of Work outlines our organization’s requirements and expectations You are encouraged to provide comprehensive proposals that address all stated needs and demonstrate their capabilities to meet our organization’s requirements effectively.

Both parties agree to maintain the confidentiality of all proprietary information shared during the project. The consultant agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, and ensure that those who have access to confidential information are made aware of and comply with the confidentiality obligations set forth in this agreement. In the event of any breach of this confidentiality provision, our organization shall be entitled to seek damages as permitted by law.

All information included with this RFQ document is considered confidential and intended for use only by the responders. No information included within this document may be disclosed to another party. 

THANK YOU

CORE looks forward to reviewing your response and would like to thank you in advance for your participation. We appreciate your interest in working with CORE