Digital Outcomes and Specialists will open for applications soon. When the procurement is live, the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have to follow strict guidelines when answering questions from suppliers.
G-Cloud 7 (G7) services went live on the Digital Marketplace on 23 November. The public sector now has access to more services and suppliers of different sizes across the UK.
We hoped that Digital Outcomes and Specialists would be open for applications today, 30 November. However, we've decided to push this back to next week. We received positive feedback from suppliers on the G-Cloud 7 application process.
We want to make sure that Digital Outcomes and Specialists meets user needs. To do this, we consulted the market and we’ve been speaking to buyers and suppliers regularly.
G-Cloud 7 (G7) is due to go live on the Digital Marketplace on Monday 23 November. If you were a successful applicant, we’ll make your services available on the Digital Marketplace.
Suppliers will be able to apply to Digital Outcomes and Specialists when it opens during the week beginning 7 December.
Government departments and wider public sector organisations use the Digital Marketplace to find and compare suppliers who can help them deliver world-class digital services.
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.
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).