Published date: 29 March 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 April 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign-affairs services - 75211000

Location of contract

G75 8EA

Value of contract

£100,000,000 to £400,000,000

Procurement reference

DFID 7547

Published date

29 March 2016

Closing date

25 April 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Actual CPV code is '75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services'.

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Stabilisation Unit (SU) are seeking a service provider to deliver the Humanitarian Emergency Response, Operations and Stabilisation Programme (HEROS). DFID and SU have outsourced some of their emergency response and operations capability since the early 1990's with the current contract in place since May 2012. Given the ever changing and evolving global context in which this contract will be delivered, we are seeking innovative bids, and invite bidders to consider ways in which they are able to change and improve the service provided over the period of this contract based on operational experience and lessons identified throughout implementation. The programme consists of 3 objectives: • Humanitarian emergency response management o Humanitarian planning, preparedness and capacity building o Anticipation, surveillance and early warning/action o Management, coordination and communications • Operational capability and deployment o Sourcing staff including surge capacity o Staff deployment/management o Staff security • Procurement, logistics and operational capability o Procurement support o Logistics support o Operational capability

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All relevant information relating to this Contract Notice can be found on the DFID Supplier Portal where suppliers can register their interest directly.

If you are not already registered as a supplier on the DFID Supplier Portal please follow the guidance which can be found on the top left of the home page: https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/

About the buyer

Contact name

Allan Watson

Address

Department for International Development (DFID)
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
Scotland

Telephone

+44 (0) 1355 84 3784

Email

a-watson@dfid.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development