The deadline for submitting applications to the G-Cloud 7 framework (G7) is 3pm (BST) on Tuesday 6 October 2015. Suppliers who are applying to G7 may find the following recap useful.
The Digital Marketplace makes it simpler, clearer and faster for the public sector to buy what they need to build world-class services.
Moving to the G-Cloud 7 framework The latest iteration of the G-Cloud framework, G-Cloud 7 (G7), is now open for applications.
In my last blog post, Redesigning Digital Services: Creating simpler and clearer contracts, I talked about the user need for plain English in government contracts.
In February we set up a multi-disciplinary team made up of people from the Government Digital Service (GDS), the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and the Government Legal Department to work together on redesigning the Digital Services framework (DSf).
Public sector organisations use the Digital Marketplace to find and compare cloud-based services, like web hosting or site analytics.
Over the last few weeks we’ve been running a series of regional buyer and supplier events in collaboration with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS).
We want to give suppliers the chance to prepare for G-Cloud 7 (G7) before it’s open for applications. To apply to become a G7 supplier, you need to make the supplier declaration, and add services on the Digital Marketplace.
Digital Services 2 went live on 6 August 2015 and services are now available on the Digital Marketplace for public sector buyers. All central government buyers use the Managed Service option.
The aim of the Digital Marketplace is to make it simpler, clearer and faster for those in the public sector to buy what they need.