Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS) successor programme (HEROS 2.0)

HEROS 2.0 will build on the success of HEROS 1.0 and deliver four (4) overarching capabilities as detailed below: 1. Early Warning & Analysis Expert analytical capability to provide horizon-scanning for global humanitarian and conflict risk drivers, presenting this information and analysis to FCDO. This capability will be required to shape and inform regular information products and reporting, as well as answer ad hoc requests for detailed analysis. In addition, FCDO requires a 24/7 monitoring and information management system to provide alerts and reporting for emerging crises and rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies, to inform FCDO response decisions. 2. Standing Humanitarian Expertise Technical expert capacity to provide advice, analysis, and evidence products in support of FCDO’s humanitarian planning, preparedness and response. This capacity must be deployable globally, to provide ‘first response’ support to sudden-onset humanitarian crises, in addition to supporting protracted crises and system reform. This capacity should cover a range of technical specialisms alongside a core generalist humanitarian skill set (Indicative specialisms include: Shelter, WASH, Health, Cash, Preparedness, Protection & Inclusion, Resilience, Localisation & Participation) 3. Scalable Expertise Capability to deploy, at pace, technical expertise for FCDO to fulfil specific, time-limited advisory and analytical requirements across humanitarian, conflict and security objectives. The proposed solution should be able to deliver advice and expertise to FCDO in the UK and at posts overseas, and potentially to the wider international system. This should be supported by robust enabling functions to ensure expertise is suitably identified, trained, vetted and equipped as required. 4. Humanitarian Logistics End-to-end logistics function to plan, scope, source and deploy equipment and humanitarian supplies in response to crises, as required by FCDO. This capability may include the management of UKAid stockpiles, in the UK and globally, as well as rapid sourcing and delivery in response to crisis demand. Delivery of this component will additionally be facilitated by expert advisory support to FCDO (in the UK and overseas) and potentially the global humanitarian system. Expert advice on supply chain management is essential. Expertise should be deployable as required to facilitate crisis response and logistics in highly-challenging affected locations. Additional information: Please note this is not a call to competition and does not constitute the commencement of the procurement process. The use of PQQ functionality for the purpose of organising EME event is due to the limitation of the system.