AwardedAwarded 14 May 2026

Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems

Historic Environment Scotland · National agency

In brief

Historic Environment Scotland awarded IT and software work to Ventrata and Reply Ltd on 14 May 2026.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems

Lots

LotTradeValue
Ticketing System
What this lot covers

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.

IT services and software—
Retail System
What this lot covers

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.

IT services and software—

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Ventrata (SME)
6 bids received
Ticketing System£1,248,280
Reply Ltd
3 bids received
Retail System£1,507,530

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 046916-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

31

Awards

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From notice 046916-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 21 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.