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
2 buyers
- Historic Environment Scotland Edinburgh
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)
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| 2 | Reply (London)
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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