G-Cloud 5 tips
With less than a week to go until submissions close for G-Cloud 5, we want to give you a few tips so that you feel confident about your application. You have until Thursday 10 April to finalise your submission, and …
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A new space for G-Cloud and Digital Services framework
From today, this blog will be used to talk about the next phase for G-Cloud and Digital Services frameworks. We think it's very important that we have a single platform, through which we can discuss the G-Cloud framework; Digital Services …
G-Cloud 5: what you need to know
Now that the OJEU notice for G-Cloud 5 has been published, we can confirm the timetable for this round of submissions. DATE ACTIVITY 25.2.14 Publication of the OJEU Contract Notice 25.2.14 Clarification period starts 25.2.14 e-Sourcing Portal opens 25.2.14 SSP opens …
G-Cloud 5 is open
As of today, any previous G-Cloud suppliers will have been notified of G-Cloud 5 (G5) being open to new submissions of services. Over the next few days, it will go live on Tenders Electronic Daily but you can access the …
Taking G-Cloud forward
Last December, Stephen Allott, the Crown Service Representative for SMEs blogged about G-Cloud and the opportunities opening up in government IT for small, innovative suppliers. He laid out a five-point plan to help G-Cloud grow as fast as possible. On …
Standards and the European Cloud Strategy
A guest post by the Government CTO, Liam Maxwell The recent publication of our updated CloudStore buyers guide marks an important step in our journey to become a more intelligent customer of cloud services. We get the best from cloud …
Understanding user needs
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About 3 weeks ago I joined the commercial services team at GDS as user researcher. I’ve already had a few discussions with buyers and suppliers and, even in the early stages, am gaining a more in depth understanding of some …
Getting ready for G5, a new guide for suppliers
We want to remove the barriers to working with government which has, in the past, been associated with complicated and expensive procurement processes. As part of this, we've put together a new guide for suppliers which we hope covers all …
A new buyers guide
As part of the work we're doing to help make buying and supplying to government simpler and clearer, we've been looking at how we can make it easier to understand different processes. Our latest guidance helps to clarify the buying …
A New Year's resolution, time to look at accreditation
Welcome back after the New Year! Since the launch of G-Cloud in February 2011, accreditation has been an integral part of delivering cloud services securely to Government and the wider public sector. During that time we have reviewed the accreditation …