November 13, 2024
G-Cloud is a Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Digital Marketplace framework that public sector buyers use to procure services based on the latest cloud technology and innovation. The framework provides access to multiple suppliers and cloud services including cloud hosting, cloud software and associated support. During the first ten years since its launch in February 2012, over £11 billion has been spent through the framework with annual spend now exceeding £200 million according to CCS. CCS has recently completed its assessment of bids from all existing and new suppliers to provide services on the latest iteration of the G-Cloud framework, G-Cloud 14, which goes live in early November. tlmNexus has supplied cloud software and cloud support services through the G-Cloud since 2013 and are fortunate to have been able to use the channel to supply our services directly to Government as a SME. Our ongoing participation in the framework supports our ability to respond and adapt at pace to changes in our customers' business processes. We work from a standpoint of putting ourselves in our customers' shoes, continuously seeking to upgrade our existing products and develop new digital solutions, supporting not only the UK Government's "Cloud First" policy but the UK MOD's Digital Strategy for Defence "to facilitate faster, better decisions and improved Defence outcomes". There were over 5000 suppliers offering in excess of 40,000 cloud services on G-Cloud 13 so setting up G-Cloud 14 was a huge undertaking and we are immensely grateful for all the work done by CCS to keep the framework operating and, in particular, for judging our own submission as compliant, awarding us a place on the G-Cloud framework and enabling us to continue to deliver our innovative digital solutions.