Buyer profile · National agency
Historic Environment Scotland tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 22
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 22
- To 23 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £5.65m
- 30 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £51k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Value not stated
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 10 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)78%
- Direct award (no competition)22%
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 54% of other public bodies
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 78%
- Higher than 60% of other public bodies
- Based on 32 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 73%
- Higher than 74% of other public bodies
- Based on 26 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 64% of other public bodies
- Based on 21 awards
- Split into lots
- 18%
- Higher than 51% of other public bodies
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 22%
- Higher than 50% of other public bodies
- Based on 32 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most other public bodies
- Based on 22 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 30 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 7 |
| 20–25 days | 12 |
| 25–30 days | 42 |
| 30–35 days | 56 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 8 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 4
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 7 |
| 2–4 bids | 37 |
| 4–6 bids | 36 |
| 6–8 bids | 22 |
| 8–10 bids | 22 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 4 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 8 |
This buyer: 78%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 36 |
| 10–20% | 34 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 18 |
| 50–60% | 23 |
| 60–70% | 28 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 96 |
This buyer: 73%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 6 |
| 10–20% | 14 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 27 |
| 40–50% | 44 |
| 50–60% | 49 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 39 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Leading Visitor Attractions Benchmarking Survey | Ipsos (market research) Limited | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Completion of Commissioned Archaeological Projects | EASE Archaeology | — | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Scanning Equipment Maintenance Services | GeoToolBox Iberica S.L. | — | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Ecology Surveys | Echoes Ecology Ltd | — | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Environmental Impact of Harvesting Marram | Boreas Ecology | — | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Support and Maintenance of AV Equipment | Electrosonic Ltd | — | 16 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 |