Historic Environment Record IT and database support for HEROS

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    "name": "Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology"
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  "date": "2026-03-13T11:16:32Z",
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      "address": {
        "locality": "Carmarthenshire",
        "postalCode": "SA19 6AE",
        "streetAddress": "HER, Corner House, 6 Carmarthen Street, Llandeilo, "
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "calli.rouse@heneb.org.uk",
        "name": "Calli Rouse",
        "telephone": "+44 1558823121",
        "url": "https://heneb.org.uk"
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      "name": "Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology",
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        "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
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      "endDate": "2026-05-29T00:00:00Z"
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    "description": "Invitation to tender to provide support for the content management system, HEROS, to Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology.  HEROS supports the Welsh Historic Environment Record (HER).  The HER is curated by Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology, and gathers, records and makes available information on the historic environment of Wales.  The Heneb HER, which has been developed over a period of over thirty years, consists of four regional databases running on the open source software, HEROS.  It currently contains information on over 400,000 sites, landscape areas and events, a number which is increasing at a rate of between 5-10% per annum.  It is the primary source of information on all aspects of the local historic environment of Wales, and acts as a tool for recording the on-going process of its interpretation, conservation and management.  The HER underpins all Heneb\u00e2\u0080\u0099s activities and is also vital to the work of others who have a role in the investigation and management of the historic environment in Wales, including government at both a national and local level.HEROS, as a content management system runs on a PHP and Javascript codebase, interfacing with a MYSQL (MariaDB) database for data management, including geospatial data. It currently runs on a XAMPP stack, on a Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition.  The support contract will cover a 24 month period.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=162861.\n\n(WA Ref:162861)",
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      "endDate": "2026-04-30T12:00:00Z"
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    "title": "Historic Environment Record IT and database support for HEROS"
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