Official UK procurement notice
Hera Delivery Partner - Early Market Engagement
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is undertaking an additional round of market engagement activities in order to inform the market of the revised timeline and route to market for the Hera Delivery Partner requirement - Oracle Fusion platform for HR, Finance and Commercial operations . The FCDO operates as HMGs Overseas Shared Service platform supporting operations in 179 countries and territories and supporting over 30,000 users on the platform. The current contract is due to expire in September 2026 and the new contract is likely to start in June 2026 and is anticipated to be for a duration of three (3) years, with an option to extend for additional two periods of 12 months, based on satisfactory performance provided by the selected service provider and continued business requirement by the FCDO.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is undertaking an additional round of market engagement activities in order to inform the market of the revised timeline and route to market for the Hera Delivery Partner requirement - Oracle Fusion platform for HR, Finance and Commercial operations .
The FCDO operates as HMGs Overseas Shared Service platform supporting operations in 179 countries and territories and supporting over 30,000 users on the platform.
The current contract is due to expire in September 2026 and the new contract is likely to start in June 2026 and is anticipated to be for a duration of three (3) years, with an option to extend for additional two periods of 12 months, based on satisfactory performance provided by the selected service provider and continued business requirement by the FCDO.
The intention is to call for competition under Lot 5 (Applications and Data Management) of the new Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework Agreement (RM6190) that is due to go live in January 2026. We anticipate the call for competition commencing January 2026.
The Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be restricted to Suppliers who are successful in their bids for inclusion in the relevant Lot of CCS TS4; due to launch 12th January 2026.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Nov 2025, 14:56 GMT
- Authority reference
CPG/12711/2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078166- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055eb3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published14 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
- Latest notice published340 days ago28 Nov 2025, 14:56 GMT
- Market engagement299 days ago7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Registering an interest and accessing the Market Engagement information
Potential tenderers, who have bid for TS4 must register via the FCDO Jaggaer eSourcing portal, to obtain the Market Engagement information.
To register on the FCDO Jaggaer portal, a link to the landing page can be found here: fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
Any Jaggaer system, registration or login issues should be directed to the Jaggaer Helpdesk team - Phone: +44 (0)203 868 2859
Once you have registered on the FCDO Jaggaer eSourcing portal, the Market Engagement documents will be available to view and download.
A link to the FCDO Jaggaer Hera Delivery Partner opportunity can be found at the following address: fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/go/49505230019A91B01A6D ↗
Potential tenderers are requested to register their interest by registering on the FCDO Jaggaer Portal and accessing the opportunity by 7th January 2026 – 14:00hrs.
- Tender notice expected294 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts155 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Jul 2025, 14:48 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Nov 2025, 14:53 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £29,300,00028 Nov 2025, 14:53 GMTwas £30,000,000
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Nov 2025, 14:56 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender