Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation Programme (HEROS).

Descriptions

The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Stabilisation Unit (SU) have outsourced some of their emergency response and operations capability since the early 1990s. The current contract is due to end on 31.10.2017. The replacement Humanitarian Emergency Response, Operations and Stabilisation Programme (HEROS) will commence full service delivery after a period of transition. HEROS will allow the UK Government to increase its humanitarian response capability therefore some or all of the services may transition between HEOSS and HEROS, together with the addition of new services. DFID and the SU, as the joint beneficiaries of this contract, are now appointing a service provider to deliver HEROS. Overarching objectives of this programme include; Humanitarian emergency response management for rapid onset response, protracted crises, chronic emergencies and humanitarian reform (DFID only); operational capability and deployments; procurement logistics and expertise.