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Establishment of a Panel in 2 Lots for Mentoring and Coaching Services for Pobal clients participating in the ESF+ Achieve Together Coaching and Mentoring Programme
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 August 2029 at 12:00 — 1009 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
Pobal seeks to assist social enterprises and community and voluntary organisations to identify, develop and implement novel and innovative solutions to sustain, scale up, adapt their processes or operational models to improve their services, community activities and/or employment opportunities, or identify new opportunities and services with a particular focus on those who are most disadvantaged within their community. Pobal intends to establish a panel of Mentors and a panel of Coaches to provide social innovation coaching and mentoring plus tailored supports to enable social innovators to overcome barriers to service innovation, quality enhancement and growth by providing individualised mentoring advice, guidance, dedicated coaching, bespoke learning, and peer engagement. Initially, a number of organisations participating on the Community Services Programme (CSP) will be offered…
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… bespoke mentoring and coaching services through an assigned coach and a mentor for a 12-month period. The service will facilitate, support, encourage and inspire each organisation to attain their social innovation goals. Sustainability in this context refers to contributing to achieving positive social innovation outcomes and improving the financial sustainability of the services and activities for organisations supported by the Community Services Programme under the Department of Rural and Community Development and Pobal.
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 13 months (41 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around September 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Care Direct 24-7 Ltd.n = 41
- 29% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (218 awards since 2016, spread over 125 companies). 71% went to new names.n = 218 awards since 2016
- The median procedure drew 8 bids (182 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 182
- 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (218 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 218
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
What you must prove — eligibility criteria
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| ERGO | 6 | 2018–2024 |
| Spanish Point Technologies Ltd | 6 | 2016–2024 |
| Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec | 5 | 2016–2024 |
| Rogerio Cruzeiro IT Services Ltd T/A Digisolid | 5 | 2018–2024 |
| Venture International Ltd | 4 | 2023–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 20 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 41 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 1856 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Business services, 525 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,134 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.
Submission language: English.
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