Public Contracts Scotland

Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems

Historic Environment Scotland

Awarded
services
Scotland
2 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Edinburgh, City of
Contract value
Not stated by buyer
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
20 May 2026

Procurement

Procedure type
Restricted procedure
CPV classifications
  • 72222300 Information technology services

What happened

Historic Environment Scotland awarded this contract to Ventrata | Reply Limited worth £1,248,280 on 14 May 2026.

Description

Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems

Full description

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.

Awarded suppliers (2)

Suppliers
  • Ventrata
  • Reply Limited
Award value
£1,248,280
Award date
14 May 2026

Contact

Address
Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SH
Contact name
David Flockhart

Identifiers

Buyer reference
HES/C/4301
Notice ID
rls-23-MAY556325
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000791278

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External ID: pcs-ocds-r6ebe6-0000791278 • Added 21 May 2026