The Digital Marketplace blog is now closed
The Digital Marketplace blog is now closed
News and information will be published on the central GDS blog in future so we will no longer be updating this channel.
News and information will be published on the central GDS blog in future so we will no longer be updating this channel.
On 6 November 2014, a year ago today, we switched on the Digital Marketplace and turned off the CloudStore.
In February 2016, the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will replace Digital Services 2 (DS2) with Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS).
If you applied to G-Cloud 7 (G7), you’ll receive a letter on 9 November through your Digital Marketplace account to tell you the result of your application. All applicants will receive an email when their letter is ready to download.
The Digital Marketplace is transforming the way the public sector commissions digital and cloud services, by making it simpler, clearer and faster for them to buy what they need.
We published the Digital Marketplace strategy in March 2015. It’s made up of 7 action points that outline our commitments for developing and growing the Digital Marketplace as a commissioning platform.
The Digital Marketplace made the buying process simpler, clearer and faster for VisitBritain. Steve Bircumshaw explains how. Describe your role I started as the Digital Programme Manager at VisitBritain in July 2014.
Tony Singleton said in his post ‘Redesigning the Digital Services framework’ that we’d publish an analysis of the themes that came out of the market engagement event on 23 August.
We’re changing the name of the redesigned Digital Services framework (DSf) to Digital Outcomes and Specialists. We’ve made this decision for the following reasons.
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.