--- title: "Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050c62" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-050c62" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050c62.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050c62.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2025-05-02" --- # Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0) Buyer: FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050c62 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-050c62) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050c62.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018817-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 May 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 17 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 23 Nov 2026 - 22 Nov 2032 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £217,916,667 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1A 2AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services ## Release History - 2 May 2025 at 13:41 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018817-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018817-2025 2nd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://bit.ly/4176TTi - https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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