Green Hydrogen Bid Diligence Director — Consulting

The mandate

The narrow problem is whether a proposed bid remains investable under realistic renewable supply, electrolyser performance, water, offtake and construction assumptions. The deadline precludes open-ended feasibility work.

The deliverable is a red-flag register, independently rebuilt production and cost model, contract-risk matrix, downside scenarios, bid conditions, valuation range and signed diligence opinion.

Milestone one is due 25 September 2026 with verified assumptions and red flags; milestone two on 16 October with final model, negotiated-condition priorities and committee opinion.

The Bid Approval Committee accepts when model outputs reproduce from source assumptions, legal confirms contract-risk mapping, three downside scenarios remain internally consistent and the opinion clearly states bid, reprice or withdraw conditions.

The investor provides the full bid room, sponsor model, term sheets, technical concept, site information and daily access to legal and engineering leads. Missing bidder evidence is shown as uncertainty, never silently estimated.

Why this is external work

The deal team is working to a bid outcome and needs an independent challenge to sponsor assumptions. Hydrogen-specific technical and power-market knowledge is not retained at transaction depth. A fixed six-week opinion protects investment governance without adding a permanent team.

What you will own

• Verify power profile, electrolyser performance, water and output assumptions.
• Rebuild production, energy and delivered-cost logic for milestone one.
• Map technology, construction, offtake and interface risks to contracts.
• Model downside cases for availability, power cost and delayed ramp.
• Identify conditions precedent, pricing protections and walk-away triggers.
• Reconcile valuation range with client finance and tax.
• Issue and defend the milestone-two independent diligence opinion.

Candidate qualifications

• 22–28 years in hydrogen, renewable power, infrastructure engineering or investment diligence.
• Direct diligence or development responsibility for an electrolyser-based project.
• Ability to rebuild production and cost models from technical fundamentals.
• Knowledge of renewable profiles, water, degradation, offtake and interface risk.
• Evidence of recommending withdrawal from a weak infrastructure bid.
• Independence from project sponsors, licensors and equipment suppliers.

Non-negotiables

• No success fee, financing introduction or equipment-supplier compensation.
• Named director available daily during the six-week bid window.
• Unsupported assumptions displayed explicitly in the opinion.
• Model and sources transfer to the client at acceptance.

1. 49 words maximum. Which hydrogen or power bid did you advise against, and what assumption made it non-investable?
2. 49 words maximum. How would you rebuild hydrogen production cost within the first three weeks?
3. 49 words maximum. Which bid-room documents must arrive on day one to protect the deadline?