Subscription sites for Manchester procurement software sold to councils and housing.

Public customers request a quote built from your live price list, attach the framework or call-off reference, enter the purchase order number and choose invoice terms. The billing engine creates the subscription with a fixed end date matching the contract, so it never rolls over automatically against a public body's wishes. Approval steps on your side can flag any quote that departs from framework pricing before it is sent.

One contract can cover several member organisations, each with its own administrators, users and data, while the lead body receives a single invoice or a split by member. Adding a new partner mid-term creates a prorated charge and a fresh workspace without a new procurement exercise. Usage per member is visible to the lead body, which helps it recharge partners fairly.

Many public customers budget from April to March. Subscriptions can be aligned to that cycle, with renewal quotes issued early enough for budget setting and reminders sent to both the contract owner and the finance contact before the notice date. If a customer needs a revised quote for a committee paper, your team can issue one from the account record in minutes.

Social value reporting, carbon tracking, supplier onboarding or contract performance scorecards can be sold as optional modules on top of a core plan. Customers switch modules on in the account area, see the prorated charge before confirming, and your product reads the entitlement so the module appears immediately.

Contractors and SMEs bidding for Greater Manchester work can subscribe in minutes: choose a plan, pay by card with Strong Customer Authentication or set up a Direct Debit, and start using the tool. Cancellation and plan changes are available from their account at any time, and a supplier who wins a large contract can upgrade on the spot to add colleagues.

Public buyers routinely ask suppliers about accessibility. Plan pages, checkout and the account area are designed and tested to WCAG 2.2 AA, with keyboard navigation, readable contrast and screen reader labels, and you can publish an accessibility statement that matches what was actually tested. We test with assistive technology as well as automated checkers, since automated tools miss many real barriers.

Invoices carry the purchase order, contract reference, VAT breakdown and remittance details in the layout public accounts payable teams expect. Credit notes, part period adjustments and consortium splits are generated by the billing engine, not edited by hand afterwards.

Small suppliers with a failed card or cancelled mandate get automated retries, reminders and a grace period. Public customers on invoice terms get statements and polite chasers to the named finance contact instead, because suspending access to a council mid-contract is rarely the right move.

Procurement billing integration services in Manchester typically link Stripe Billing or Chargebee with Xero, Sage or Business Central and with HubSpot or Dynamics 365. Revenue by sector, renewals by financial year and consortium membership become reports your leadership can trust.

Tracking tags load only after a visitor agrees, as PECR requires, and conversion events follow a prospect from a sector page to a paid plan or a quote request. You can see which content brings in housing providers, which brings in contractors and which brings nobody.