Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems

A Contract Award Notice
by HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
10 year (est.)
Value
£3M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
21 May 2026
Delivery
To 29 Mar 2036 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Related Terms

Location

Edinburgh

Geochart for 2 buyers and 2 suppliers

2 buyers

2 suppliers

Description

Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems

Lot Division

1 Ticketing System

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has a requirement for a modern, functionally rich and adaptable ticketing system to take our visitor business to the next level. HES has a varied estate of sites, each with their own slightly different requirements; some are predominantly pre-booked, while many rely on walk-up ticketing. HES also sells afternoon teas, events tickets and multi-site passes. A new ticketing system must provide a first-class seamless process for online ticket transactions, along with intuitive point of sale and back-office processes that enables first class customer service and booking management. The following headline areas are within the scope of this ticketing system tender. - Online ticketing - Walk-up ticketing - Ticket collection kiosks - Travel Trade booking management - Explorer Passes - Education bookings - Admissions Gift Aid Management - Membership - Integration to Microsoft Dynamics 365, our primary membership & CRM System - Access control for ticket validation - Payment gateway integrations - Interface (file export) to Oracle Fusion - Reporting Further information can be found in the document attached with this notice.

2 Retail System

HES requires a mainstream mid-market retail management system with functionality to cover planning, buying, merchandising, warehousing, reporting and full omni-channel management as we continue to develop our online offer and experience for the retail customer. The following headline areas are within the scope of this retail system tender: - All Retail Buying & Merchandising Processes - Warehouse Management for both general product management & eCommerce fulfilment - Integration to Shopify to have a fully managed stock ecosystem - Store Operations & Compliance - Mobile PoS for pop-up shops & event retailing - EPoS functionality - Integration to Oracle Fusion - Integration with Ticketing system - Reporting Further information can be found in the document attached with this notice.

Award Detail

1 Ventrata (London)
  • Ticketing System
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £1,248,280
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 Reply (London)
  • Retail System
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £1,507,530

Renewal Options

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.

Award Criteria

Quality/Technical 70.0
PRICE 30.0

CPV Codes

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

Indicators

  • Options are available.
  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

(SC Ref:832580)

Reference

  • FTS 046916-2026

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