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# Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commercial-ticketing-and-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Historic Environment Scotland: "Commercial Ticketing and Retail Systems". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,500,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Historic Environment Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/historic-environment-scotland-GB-FTS-1169)
- **Published Value:** £3,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,755,810 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commercial-ticketing-and-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commercial-ticketing-and-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commercial-ticketing-and-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce#participate

## Description
Provision of commercial ticketing and retail systems

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Ticketing System
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,900,000
- **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...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Retail System
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,600,000
- **Description:** 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 retai...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Ticketing System (active)
  - Award id: `046916-2026-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ventrata**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182114`
  - Value: £1,248,280 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Retail System (active)
  - Award id: `046916-2026-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Reply Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184196`
  - Value: £1,507,530 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Ticketing System (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,248,280
  - Signed Date: 13/05/2026

- **Contract:** Retail System (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,507,530
  - Signed Date: 27/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046916-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-21T10:18:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:22:09.370Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ce