Planning

Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0)

FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

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Planning

02 May 2025 at 13:41

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in London is in the planning stage of a procurement process for the Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0) programme. Aiming to succeed the original HEROS programme, this project falls under the services industry category, specifically concerning foreign economic-aid-related services. Currently, the FCDO is seeking market engagement with potential suppliers to gather feedback on the HEROS 2.0 requirements. Prospective suppliers must register their interest by 16 May 2025 for a scheduled market engagement from 02 June to 13 June 2025. The process includes 1-2-1 sessions and feedback requests, concluding with a feedback submission deadline of 20 June 2025.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for SMEs and VCSEs involved in foreign economic-aid services. The competitive procurement aims to extend capabilities such as Humanitarian & Conflict Early Warning & Analysis and logistics, providing a wide array of opportunities for diverse sectors. Given the programme's projected contract period starting in November 2026 with potential renewals until 2034, businesses that specialise in conflict, stabilisation, and security operations in fragile states are particularly well-positioned to compete and collaborate within this broad framework.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0)

Notice Description

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) intends to run a competitive procurement for the Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS) successor programme (HEROS 2.0). Implemented since November 2017, the Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation programme (HEROS 1.0) (Development tracker link: https://bit.ly/4176TTi) enables FCDO to respond rapidly, at scale, to global humanitarian disasters and support work on protracted crises, chronic emergencies and humanitarian reform. It also provides FCDO with a flexible model to support the UK Government's conflict, stabilisation and security work in fragile and conflict-affected states, both during steady state periods and in response to new crises.HEROS 2.0 will build on the success of HEROS 1.0 and deliver the following overarching capabilities as detailed below: 1. Humanitarian & Conflict Early Warning & Analysis (EWAR) 2.Humanitarian & Conflict Expert Advisory Service 3. Humanitarian Procurement and Logistics 4. Standby Partnership Deployments 5. UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Deployments

Planning Information

FCDO is looking to engage with prospective HEROS suppliers and is seeking feedback from the market on the HEROS 2.0 requirements by way of a period of Market Engagement. The Market Engagement will be structured as follows: Prospective suppliers should register their interest by 16 May 2025 via the FCDO Procurement Portal: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and register under PQQ_1864. Registered Suppliers will be issued with FCDOs high level requirements and will be asked to provide feedback and responses to specific questions. Feedback request issued to Suppliers: 21 May 2025 Deadline for Feedback requests: 20 June 2025 FCDO will hold 1-2-1 sessions with individual suppliers on the high level requirements. 1-2-1 sessions will be offered to those Suppliers who intend to submit written feedback and who have an interest in bidding for the HEROS requirement either directly or as part of the sub-contracting chain. Date for 1-2-1 sessions: 02 June 2025 - 13 June 2025 Following consolidation of feedback the FCDO may issue further requests for information/clarifications to the market as required. Please note, 1-2-1 sessions offered to Suppliers are an opportunity to discuss and feedback on the HEROS requirement specifically, not wider FCDO opportunities. Please note this is not a call to competition and does not constitute the commencement of the procurement process. The use of the PQQ functionality is for the purpose of feedback and is due to the limitation of the system. The following market engagement for HEROS 2.0 has been completed to date: - Questionnaire issued to suppliers in February 2022 - Questionnaire issued to suppliers in March 2023 - In person Market Engagement Event was held in London on 21st September 2023 - 1-2-1 sessions were held with interested suppliers in October/November 2023

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c62
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018817-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

CPV Codes

75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£217,916,667 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
17 Feb 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
23 Nov 2026 - 22 Nov 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Contact Name
Amy Johnson
Contact Email
amy.johnson@fcdo.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2AH
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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