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.
G-Cloud 6: better for buyers
G-Cloud is now in its 6th iteration and we’ve learnt a lot from what went before. We are writing to encourage as many G-Cloud 4 and G-Cloud 5 suppliers to submit their services to G-Cloud 6 before the deadline on …
Recording call-offs for Digital Services framework
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is responsible for reporting on and tracking the financial benefit of many government awarded contracts. It aims to be transparent and understand the value taxpayers are getting from services. CCS is conducting an audit to …
G-Cloud 6: Getting answers to your questions
You have until 2nd December 2014 to ask any clarification questions. Please submit these through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) eSourcing portal. To submit a question, follow these steps: Log on to the CCS eSourcing portal Go to ‘My ITTs’ …
Digital Services Store user research findings
User research is currently focusing on the Digital Services Store and some of the ideas we have for how to improve it. Right now, only buyers have access to the Digital Service Store and this round of research focused on …
What’s new in the Digital Marketplace
A revolutionary history For those of you who are unfamiliar with the origins of G-Cloud, I thought I should start with a little recap. G-Cloud is a groundbreaking framework which offers suppliers of all sizes the same opportunity to offer …
Digital Marketplace user journey analysis
15 - 21 October compared with Cloudstore 1 - 7 October When creating the Digital Marketplace we did a lot of user research to understand our buyers, and used the insights to inform our design decisions. Now that the Digital …
What’s happening with the Digital Services Store?
What is the Digital Services Store? The Digital Services Store helps government buyers find teams and individuals who can deliver digital services in an agile way. All suppliers on the Digital Services Store have already been accepted on to the …
How to sell services on the Digital Marketplace
Public sector organisations use the Digital Marketplace to find and compare cloud-based services, like web hosting or site analytics. If you want to sell services on the Digital Marketplace, you need to submit them to the G-Cloud framework first. How …
G-Cloud 6: time for submissions
About G-Cloud 6 G-Cloud is a set of frameworks for the public sector to buy cloud-based services through the Digital Marketplace. You can apply to be listed on the G-Cloud framework when an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) …
Digital Marketplace Beta Opens for Business
Digital Marketplace is now the single place to buy cloud-based services from the G-Cloud framework and fully replaces CloudStore.