Procurement software, built by people who've actually run procurement.

eSourcingData is procurement software for the UK public sector and the organisations who deliver into it. We were founded by procurement practitioners with 20+ years of combined experience across both buyer and supplier sides of UK government contracting — sitting in the evaluation room, writing the bids, managing the contracts, navigating every version of procurement regulation since PCR 2006.

That lived experience is what makes the platform different. Every feature exists because we have personally experienced the problem it solves — from PA23 transparency obligations to evaluation defensibility to the specific frustrations of running compliant procurement under the additional Welsh policy framework, where WPPS, the Well-being of Future Generations Act and Welsh Language Standards have to be evidenced together with PA23.

We are an early-stage business and we are transparent about that. What we offer that legacy platforms cannot is a platform designed from the ground up for the Procurement Act 2023 — with native WPPS support layered in for Welsh public bodies operating under a dual-compliance regime.

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 — transparency notices, the Competitive Flexible Procedure, real-time award publication — onto old architectures.

eSourcingData was designed with PA23 as the foundation. Every workflow, every notice, every evaluation structure was built around the obligations that exist now. Transparency notices publish themselves. Standstill is automated. Evaluation reports generate at the click of a button. For Welsh public bodies, WPPS principles, Sell2Wales publication and Welsh-language readiness layer in natively alongside PA23 — see the Welsh public sector hub for the full picture.

We are also transparent about being earlier stage. We offer a 90-day free pilot precisely because we want public bodies to experience the platform before committing — UK-wide, including English LAs, NHS trusts, charities and housing associations, with Welsh public sector pilots a particular focus.

What we offer that legacy platforms cannot

Better procurement for UK public bodies — and the suppliers who deliver into them.

UK public sector procurement is worth roughly £400 billion a year — and the Procurement Act 2023 is the biggest reset of the regulatory framework in twenty years. Done well, that spend supports SMEs, decarbonises supply chains and delivers measurable community benefit. Done poorly, public money is lost to admin overhead and benefits never reach the communities the funding is meant to serve.

We are building the data infrastructure that makes that procurement faster, fairer and easier to evidence — for UK public bodies and the suppliers who deliver into them. Welsh public bodies operating under a dual PA23+WPPS regime get the same platform with native WPPS support layered in.