Quantum: Smarter spend and contract management for the public sector

Procurement technology that shows you what your contracts are actually delivering

Introducing Quantum

Every pound is under pressure. Every contract must deliver. Every decision needs to be justified. Quantum gives public sector organisations the visibility, control, and evidence to make that happen at every level, every day.

Sound familiar?

Fragmented data -Spend data spread across suppliers, systems, and spreadsheets with no single, reliable picture.

Mounting compliance demands – Regulatory requirements, KPI reporting, and audit expectations are intensifying while the tools available have not kept pace.

Value leaking away – Poorly managed contracts cost organisations an average of 9.2% of annual revenue, silently, without anyone noticing.

We built Quantum for public sector organisations that are managing more spend, more contracts, and more compliance requirements than ever before. It brings your Inprova contracts, your billing, and your catalogue spend together in a single secure platform, giving procurement, operations, and finance teams the clarity they need to protect value, meet their obligations, and direct their time towards what really matters.

  • £7m+ equivalent in administrative savings over five years
  • 20,000+ working days equivalent freed up through streamlined billing
  • Protect up to 9.2% of annual revenue (Poorly managed contracts and opaque spend cause significant value leakage. Our visibility stops the drift before it compounds, replacing assumptions with precise, actionable insight.)
  • Up to 13% potential savings on materials identified through basket consolidation and spend tracking (Materials Supply and Associated Services Framework users only)

What Quantum does: three pillars of spend and contract intelligence

Quantum is built around three tightly integrated capability areas. Each one addresses a distinct operational challenge. Together, they give your organisation a complete picture of whether contracts are delivering, where money is going, and whether your finance team can close the month with confidence.

Spotlight: Contract management and obligations

Know what every supplier has promised. Know what they have delivered. Evidence the difference.

Most organisations do not lose value because of the contract they signed. They lose it because no one is actively watching what was promised against what is being delivered. Research suggests 5 to 15% of contracts lack evidence that required insurance was obtained or maintained at all, a risk that rarely surfaces until it is too late. Payment terms drift. Insurance and warranty cover lapses unnoticed. KPI commitments and social value obligations go untracked. Renewal windows are missed. And by the time the gap becomes visible, the value has already gone.

Procurement legislation across the UK public sector has raised the bar on what evidencing delivery actually means, from KPI reporting requirements in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to transparency and community benefit obligations in Scotland. Visibility is no longer enough. You need to be able to evidence delivery, reliably and consistently, across every type of obligation a contract contains, not just the ones everyone tracks. Named ownership is how Quantum makes that achievable.

Quantum brings all your contracts into one secure, searchable register, with enhanced contract data fields that capture the full range of obligations a contract carries: payment terms, pricing review points, insurance and warranty cover, termination clauses, KPIs, and social value commitments. Each obligation can be assigned a named owner, so responsibility is clear and nothing falls through the gaps.

What this gives you in practice:

  • A single contract register with all your agreements, documents, and enhanced contract data fields in one secure searchable location, including risk category, internal contract reference, and CPV codes
  • Automatic expiry and renewal alerts with RAG status indicators and a renewals tracker that flags which contracts need attention before windows are missed
  • Guided renewal workflows that make requesting extensions or new agreements straightforward and consistent, with a clear audit trail at every stage
  • Document upload and storage, with every supporting document sitting directly against the relevant contract record
  • A contract obligations framework that brings every obligation type together under a single structure, with named individual ownership and a complete auditable record of what was promised and what was delivered

What our customers say

  • “You can see everything on Quantum. It gives me an overview of all my contracts – not just one – and you can drill into as much detail as you want. We use the data to have discussions with suppliers and agree discounts”

    Anshu Mathur – General Manager

    TLC, Grampian Housing Association’s in-house maintenance company

  • “The Quantum platform has been essential in helping us understand our purchasing patterns better. Quantum has provided us with clear reports and insight into our spending patterns and potential opportunities for consolidation and standardisation, informing and improving our decision-making process. It’s allowed us to run a series of more effective tender processes for material purchasing and continually push for savings with suppliers. The team at Quantum are also continually developing new features to assist us with better understanding and interpreting our data.”

    Aaron Lewis – Senior Contracts Manager for Repairs & Maintenance, Housing and Landlord Services

    Bristol City council

  • “With regards the data and insight platform [Quantum] since we have had access to this tool it has been a great help in seeing the day to day accounts we run through PfH. It is particularly helpful to see where our spend is going and helps us with identifying products which we are using more direct with the member merchants and can look to move into our core stock.”

    Mark Davies – Supply Chain Manager

    Incommunities Ltd

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Spotlight: Spend optimisation and performance reporting

Stop value leaking away. Start acting on the full picture.

Most organisations have more spend data than ever, but it lives in too many places to be useful. Data arrives from multiple suppliers, sits in different formats, and rarely adds up to a coherent whole. Across your catalogue-based and Material Supply Framework contracts with us, Quantum aggregates and standardises that data into a single consistent view, with line-level detail on every transaction. You can see exactly what’s being bought, by whom, at what price, and whether that aligns with your contracts. When something drifts, you know immediately.

What this gives you in practice:

  • A complete view of all spend, with every supplier aggregated into a single consistent view and full transparency of every pound spent, including quantities, prices charged, price variations, invoice references, job numbers, and product detail
  • Spend compliance, with automated classification routines that track core spend compliance and identify spend on non-specified or third-party items
  • Basket view and spend optimisation, giving you on-demand access to your core price files and clear recommendations for additions and deletions based on real purchasing data
  • Price validation, comparing every item purchased against the core price file and supplying supporting evidence for discrepancies
  • Operative visibility, exclusive to Material Supply and Associated Services Framework users, tracing every transaction back to an individual operative with performance league tables filterable by cost centre, region, and trade
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Spotlight: Aggregated billing and financial reconciliation

One statement. Every supplier. No surprises

Finance teams in public sector organisations are often processing hundreds of invoices each month, each one from a different supplier, in a different format, arriving at a different time. Manual checking is slow, error-prone, and pulls skilled people away from work that actually requires their judgment. We replace that process with a single consolidated monthly statement for each supplier, complete with line-level detail.

What this gives you in practice:

  • One consolidated monthly statement per supplier replacing large volumes of individual invoices
  • Line-level transaction detail within each statement covering products, quantities, prices, and job references
  • A clear, structured process for submitting order details, raising queries, and resolving disputes, supported by a named contact at every stage
  • The ability to identify discrepancies and raise disputes with expert support

The equivalent of £7m saved in five years.
Based on standard invoice-processing times and costs, our aggregated billing approach represents the equivalent of more than £7m in administrative savings over five years across our customer base.

The equivalent of 20,000 working days freed up.
Based on standard invoice-processing times and costs, this approach represents the equivalent of more than 20,000 working days freed from manual administration over five years, time that can be redirected to higher-value work.

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Procurement technology that works across your whole organisation

We designed Quantum for public sector organisations where procurement, operations, and finance teams each need reliable information, and where the connections between those teams matter as much as the individual insights.

Procurement

Procurement

• Move from reactive to strategic with data-backed decisions
• Evidence value for money and compliance to leadership and regulators
• Manage contract expiries, renewals, KPIs, and supplier performance in one place
• Identify and eliminate off-contract spend
• Demonstrate contract obligation delivery with a full audit trail of evidence

Operations and repairs

Operations and repairs

• Identify off-basket purchasing and tackle it with evidence
• Hold the supply chain to account with clear factual data
• Resolve invoice disputes faster with all the information in one place

Finance

Finance

• Replace manual invoice processing with a single consolidated statement
• Reconcile supplier activity against billing quickly and accurately
• Gain a reliable, granular view of all organisational spend
• Support board reporting with trustworthy, structured financial data

We're Inprova

Procurement has the power to do more than manage spend.

Done well, it strengthens organisations, improves outcomes, and creates lasting value. That’s why we’re Inprova, a technology-enabled procurement partner helping public sector organisations turn procurement into a measurable force for good. We combine compliant procurement routes, specialist consultancy, and the Quantum platform into a joined-up service that supports your organisation from procurement through to contract delivery. Unlike traditional procurement providers, we don’t step away once a contract is awarded. We stay with you to help ensure the value you set out to achieve becomes a reality.

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Procurement technology built for the public sector

Quantum is available to all UK public sector organisations using Inprova frameworks, DPS, or Dynamic Markets. The visibility and control it provides are particularly valuable in sectors where spend is complex, compliance demands are growing, and teams need to evidence value to boards, regulators, and funders.

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Education

Schools, trusts, and universities managing estates and compliance spend across multiple sites benefit from Quantum’s single view of all contracts and transactions. Particularly valuable for multi-academy trusts centralising procurement across their estate.

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Healthcare

NHS trusts and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) managing large estates with significant compliance obligations need reliable spend data to demonstrate value for money. Quantum provides the visibility that estates and facilities teams need across their supplier base.

Blue light

Blue light

Police, fire, and rescue services with limited procurement resource can use Quantum to replace manual contract tracking and spend analysis with automated, accurate data that supports inspections and governance reviews from bodies such as HMICFRS in England and Wales, HM Fire Service Inspectorate Scotland and HMICS in Scotland, or Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland.

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Local government

Councils managing diverse procurement portfolios need a single reliable view of spend to demonstrate best value and satisfy transparency requirements, whether under the Procurement Act 2023 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, or Scotland’s own procurement legislation. Quantum consolidates fragmented data into an auditable, board-ready picture.

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