Buyer profile · National agency
Historic Environment Scotland tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 14
- About one every 26 days
- Contracts awarded
- 9
- To 10 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.65m
- 9 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £190k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 1 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Historic Environment Scotland has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)80%
- Direct award (no competition)20%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Historic Environment Scotland has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Shorter than 58% of other public bodies
- Based on 14 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 80%
- Higher than 58% of other public bodies
- Based on 20 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 60%
- Higher than 53% of other public bodies
- Based on 10 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 61% of other public bodies
- Based on 5 awards
- Split into lots
- 14%
- Lower than 54% of other public bodies
- Based on 14 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 20%
- Lower than 52% of other public bodies
- Based on 20 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most other public bodies
- Based on 14 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 30 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 3 |
| 20–25 days | 8 |
| 25–30 days | 29 |
| 30–35 days | 38 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 6 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 1 |
This buyer: 7
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 21 |
| 4–6 bids | 34 |
| 6–8 bids | 13 |
| 8–10 bids | 8 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 5 |
| 14–16 bids | 6 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 1 |
| 20+ bids | 6 |
This buyer: 80%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 18 |
| 10–20% | 20 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 15 |
| 40–50% | 14 |
| 50–60% | 16 |
| 60–70% | 20 |
| 70–80% | 18 |
| 80–90% | 20 |
| 90–100% | 78 |
This buyer: 60%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 8 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 14 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 31 |
| 50–60% | 36 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 24 |
| 80–90% | 23 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Historic Environment Scotland.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
No contracts we hold from Historic Environment Scotland end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support and Maintenance of AV Equipment | Electrosonic Ltd | — | 16 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of Scanning Equipment Maintenance Services | GeoToolBox Iberica S.L. | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Supply and Support of Automated Film Scanners | Hartech Automation Limited | — | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of Scanning Equipment Maintenance | Leica Geosystems | — | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Heritage Training Course Instructional Design | Spokes Education Ltd | — | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Underwater Archaeology | MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage | — | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Scaffolding Services in North Region | Scaffold Orkney, Henderson Construction Consultancy Ltd, Ingleford Scaffolding Limited | — | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Trinity House Community Learning Programme | Nicola Wright Heritage Education | — | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Provision of Maeshowe Shuttle Bus Service | Acacia Coaches LTD | — | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Towards A National Collection – Digitisation Capability Pilot for N-RICH Prototype | Oxford University Innovation Limited | — | 21 May 2026 |