Notice Information
Notice Title
Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems
Notice Description
Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems
Lot Information
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.
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.
Renewal: The initial contract term will be 5 years with the option to extend for another 3 years and then a final 2 years (5+3+2 contract). The maximum possible contract length if all extensions are used will therefore be 120 months (10 years).
Retail SystemHES 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.
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.
Renewal: The initial contract term will be 5 years with the option to extend for another 3 years and then a final 2 years (5+3+2 contract). The maximum possible contract length if all extensions are used will therefore be 120 months (10 years).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000791278
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY530790
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222300 - Information technology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 12 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 10 years from the original publication if all available extensions are used
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- David Flockhart
- Contact Email
- procurement@hes.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1316688866
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH9 1SH
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=7
24th June 2025 - HES Responses to Questions Submitted on 16.06.2025 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=6
13th June 2025 - HES Responses to Questions Submitted on 10.06.2025 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=1
21st May 2025 - PQQ Instructions for Tenderers -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=2
21st May 2025 - HES Commercial Systems PQQ LOT 1 Ticketing -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=3
21st May 2025 - HES Commercial Systems PQQ LOT 2 Retail -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=4
21st May 2025 - 2025 HES Conditions of Contract - SERVICES (May 2025) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY530790&idx=5
21st May 2025 - HES Special Terms - SERVICES - Ticketing & Retail -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525292&idx=3
10th April 2025 - Engagement Day Q and A -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525292&idx=2
10th April 2025 - Engagement Day Presentation Slides -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525292&idx=1
5th March 2025 - HES Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525292
Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems - Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY530790
Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems - Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems
Notice URLs
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