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Hera Delivery Partner - Early Market Engagement

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Central government

In brief

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £29,300,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 40 months, up to 64 months with extensions, starting 1 June 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 66 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is undertaking an additional round of market engagement activities in order to inform the market of the revised timeline and route to market for the Hera Delivery Partner requirement - Oracle Fusion platform for HR, Finance and Commercial operations . The FCDO operates as HMGs Overseas Shared Service platform supporting operations in 179 countries and territories and supporting over 30,000 users on the platform. The current contract is due to expire in September 2026 and the new contract is likely to start in June 2026 and is anticipated to be for a duration of three (3) years, with an option to extend for additional two periods of 12 months, based on satisfactory performance provided by the selected service provider and continued business requirement by the FCDO. The intention is to call for competition under Lot 5 (Applications and Data Management) of the new Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework Agreement (RM6190) that is due to go live in January 2026. We anticipate the call for competition commencing January 2026. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be restricted to Suppliers who are successful in their bids for inclusion in the relevant Lot of CCS TS4; due to launch 12th January 2026.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 078164-2025
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 078166-2025

About the buyer

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeLast 12 months

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446

Awards

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From notice 078164-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 28 November 2025, last updated 28 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.