Tender

Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems

HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

21 May 2025 at 00:00

Planning

05 Mar 2025 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Historic Environment Scotland is procuring a service for Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems, with a focus on enhancing operations within the tourism and built environment sectors. This procurement, labelled under the contract ID HES/C/4301, is currently in the tender stage. Based in Edinburgh (region UKM75), this process follows a selective procurement method under a restricted procedure. The tender is valued at £3,500,000 and is set to close submissions on 4th July 2025. Businesses are encouraged to submit electronically. The initiative aims to support the varied requirements across their estate, providing seamless online and in-person ticketing and retail processes.

This tender offers a significant growth opportunity for businesses involved in ticketing and retail systems, particularly those with expertise in CRM integrations, eCommerce, point-of-sale solutions, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Companies that excel in providing robust and adaptable electronic communication and service solutions, with capabilities in tourism and heritage conservation, will find this opportunity well-suited to their offerings. The contract spans an initial five-year term with potential extensions, resulting in a maximum ten-year tenure, facilitating long-term strategic partnerships with Historic Environment Scotland.

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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 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.

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).

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

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

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