Deep procurement expertise. Modern platform. Built for both sides.
eSourcingData was founded by a team with over 20 years of combined procurement experience across both buyer and supplier sides of UK government contracting. We have sat in the evaluation room, written the bids, managed the contracts and navigated every version of UK procurement regulation since PCR 2006.
That experience — not assumptions, not research, real lived experience — is what makes the platform different. Every feature exists because we have personally experienced the problem it solves.
We are a newer business, and we are transparent about that. What we offer that legacy platforms cannot is a platform built from the ground up for the Procurement Act 2023 — not retrofitted, not patched, but designed for the regulatory environment that exists now.
20+
Years combined experience
Across buyer and supplier sides of UK procurement
£2B+
Contracts supported
Across our platform and consulting practice
PA23
Built for the current regulations
Not retrofitted — designed from scratch for PA23
Direct
Founder-led delivery
Senior practitioners on every engagement
Why a newer platform is an advantage
Legacy platforms were built for a regulatory world that no longer exists.
The dominant eSourcing platforms in the UK market were built between 2005 and 2015 for PCR 2006 and PCR 2015. They carry 15–20 years of technical debt. When the Procurement Act 2023 arrived, every one of them had to retrofit new obligations onto old architectures.
HostAContract was designed in 2024 with PA23 as the foundation. Every workflow, every notice, every evaluation structure was built around the obligations that exist now — not the ones that existed a decade ago.
We are also transparent about being earlier stage. We offer a 90-day free pilot precisely because we want organisations to experience the platform before committing. Our retention rate reflects the quality of what they find when they do.
What we offer that legacy platforms cannot
Built for PA23, not patched for it
Every workflow designed around Procurement Act 2023 obligations from day one. No legacy UI wrapped in new compliance labels.
Two-sided by design
Serving buyers and suppliers simultaneously was always the architecture — not an acquisition or bolt-on. The data advantages flow from this structural choice.
Modern technology stack
Built on current infrastructure with modern security standards. No 15-year-old codebases, no legacy data models, no end-of-life dependencies.
Founder-led support
When something needs fixing, it gets fixed by the people who built it. No support ticket queues routed to offshore teams.
Transparent about our stage
We are not the biggest platform in this market. We offer a free pilot because we are confident in what you will find. Our 98% retention rate speaks for itself.
Accreditations & frameworks
Recognised, listed and compliant.
G-Cloud 15
Application submitted
Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace
Digital Specialist 7
Live from 31 March 2026
Crown Commercial Service — DS&T7 framework
Procurement Act 2023
Fully compliant
Every PA23 obligation built into platform workflows
GDPR Compliant
UK data residency
All data stored on UK servers. ICO registered.
Our mission
Making UK government procurement faster, fairer and more transparent — for everyone it touches.
UK public sector procurement touches every community in the country. When it works well, public money is spent efficiently, local businesses grow and services improve. When it fails — due to poor process, inconsistent evaluation or inadequate tools — those consequences are real and widespread.
We are building the data infrastructure that makes procurement better for the authorities who run it and the businesses who deliver it.
For buyers
Run compliant, auditable procurement without the administrative burden. PA23 obligations handled automatically. Time returned to strategic decision-making.
For suppliers
Find every relevant opportunity. Know your realistic chance before you commit. Write bids that score higher because they are built around how evaluators actually think.
For the market
Better procurement creates better outcomes. More SMEs winning contracts. More councils getting best value. Better services for the communities they serve.
Founding story
"After years watching highly capable firms lose government contracts to less-qualified competitors — and watching councils waste enormous time on manual, paper-based tendering — I decided to build both solutions simultaneously. Because the problem is on both sides, and nobody else was solving them together."
David Harding
Founder, eSourcingData · Engineering, data analysis and complex project delivery background · 20+ years procurement experience
How we work
Principles we don't compromise on.
Outcome over feature
Every feature is justified by a specific outcome for a buyer or supplier. We don't build things because competitors have them.
Compliance by default
The compliant path is always the easiest path in our platform. PA23 obligations happen automatically, not through checklists.
Data advantage
Serving both sides simultaneously creates data nobody else has. We use it to improve matching, predict win probability and benchmark performance.
Direct relationships
Every client relationship is direct. When something needs fixing, a senior person fixes it. No account management layers.
Plain language
Procurement has enough jargon. Our platform, documentation and support are written in plain English — readable on first pass.
Built for the long term
Public sector procurement cycles are long. We build for stability, backwards compatibility and sustainable growth.