# Delaware My Market Place #RCCD27006-SEARCHFIRM

Red Clay Consolidated School District Superintendent Search Services

**Posted:** October 07, 2026
**Respond By:** October 28, 2026
**Identifier:** RCCD27006-SEARCHFIRM
**NAICS:** 561312

Red Clay Consolidated School District is seeking a professional firm to guide its Board of Education through a comprehensive Superintendent search.
- **Buyer:** Red Clay Consolidated School District, through the Central Bidding Department at the Data Service Center.
- **Service requested:** Superintendent executive-search consulting and support; no products, part numbers, or fixed quantities are specified.
- **Scope:** Search planning; stakeholder-input review and engagement; leadership-profile and evaluation-criteria development; national recruitment of a diverse candidate pool; candidate screening, credential checks, due diligence, and written assessments; and support for Board presentations, interviews, references, site visits, public forums, finalist feedback, and employment negotiations.
- **Additional support:** Search communications, project updates, and contingency recruitment or a search restart without additional fees unless separately authorized.
- **Decision authority:** The Board retains final authority over the leadership profile, evaluation criteria, finalists, and Superintendent appointment.
- **Vendor information:** No search firm or other vendor is named in the available materials. The solicitation identifies no OEMs.
- **Solicitation reference:** RFP # 2-27-06.

### Description

The solicitation seeks proposals for a search firm to conduct a superintendent search for the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Proposals must be submitted by email to the Data Service Center, Central Bidding Department, by October 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM local time. The district will receive sealed proposals and publicly open them online; the RFP document and proposal form provide the instructions and specifications.

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