UK Government G-Cloud

This article is about the UK Government cloud computing initiative. For the interstellar entity, see G-Cloud.

The UK Government G-Cloud is a framework targeted at easing procurement of commodity information technology services that use cloud computing by public sector bodies in the United Kingdom. The G-Cloud consists of:

  • a series of framework agreements with suppliers, from which public sector organisations can buy services without needing to run a full tender or their own competitive procurement process
  • an online store – the Public Procurement Gateway, previously the Digital Marketplace, which allows public sector bodies to search for services that are covered by the G-Cloud frameworks

According to the Crown Commercial Service, over the past five years the G-Cloud has facilitated £14.72 billion in sales, with 37.43% of sales being made by SMEs. The G-Cloud is now in its 14th iteration, and works with cloud service providers including Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services as well as SME.

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