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Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation 2.0 (HEROS 2.0) - Lot 2: Conflict Expert Advisory Service

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Central government

In brief

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

The estimated value is £66,950,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 80 months, up to 128 months with extensions, starting 29 February 2028.

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 38 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

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). HEROS 2 will be procured as two Lots: • Lot 1: Early Warning, Risk Analysis and Humanitarian Response • Lot 2: Conflict Expert Advisory Service Implemented since November 2017, the Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation programme (HEROS 1.0) (Development Tracker link: https://bit.ly/4176TTi) has enabled FCDO to respond rapidly and at scale to global humanitarian crises, while also supporting work on protracted crises, chronic emergencies and humanitarian reform. HEROS 1.0 provides a flexible delivery model to support the UK Government’s conflict, stabilisation and security objectives in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, both during steady-state periods and in response to emerging crises. Under HEROS 2 Lot 2: Conflict Expert Advisory Service will deliver the following core capabilities: -provision of the Conflict Expert Advisory Service

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 061181-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061190-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061368-2026
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061412-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 061181-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 June 2026, last updated 30 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.