Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS)

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          "rationale": "Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Reasons for modification:\nThe services provided under the HEROS contract are fully interoperable with FCDO systems and processes for crisis and conflict response and a change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons. It has become increasingly clear that the services are so closely integrated into FCDO structures, in the manner described below, that further time is needed to clarify and distinguish them. For this reason, no supplier would currently be able to deliver the services other than the incumbent. The work to clearly define the distinction between, and the roles and responsibilities of, the FCDO and a Supplier in relation to the services to be delivered will also minimise incumbent advantage by ensuring the right information is fully available to competitors when the contract is in due course re-procured. \nThe Management Information system, required for the running of the services, has been jointly developed between the current contractor and the authority. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are split between multiple parties. The contractor also operates leases and licenses on FCDO’s behalf that are critical for the delivery of Core Relief Items (CRIs) to a humanitarian response. A change of contractor at this stage would cause significant inconvenience and a substantial increase in costs. \nIt is anticipated that a further period of up to 2 years would be needed to undertake the work to distinguish services to the level necessary to commence an effective procurement process and then undertake that process. \nGiven the complexity of the services and the interoperability of contractor systems with FCDO systems, a further period of approximately 12 months is also expected to be needed to transition to a successful incoming contractor. This is an increase to the originally predicted timeline of around 6 months but will ensure the incoming contractor has sufficient time to mobilise the services effectively. \nThe FCDO is therefore modifying the contract under Regulation 72 (1) (b) to extend the contract for a period of up to 3 years. This modification does not increase the total value of the contract and is a time-only extension. Whilst the extension of the contract is required, the result will be that FCDO gains the necessary time to minimise incumbent advantage, and to prepare a requirement that maximises the attractiveness of the contract, following Procurement Act 2023 requirements.",
          "description": "This modification will extend the contract for up to 3 years until 31/10/2028. This will be for an initial 2-year period (until 31/10/2027) with a further 1-year period (until 31/10/2028) to be utilised at the authority’s discretion."
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