"Government procurement chiefs began the invitation to tender (ITT) part of the procurement process for the 15th iteration of G-Cloud last month, which is set to replace both G-Cloud 14 and CCS's under-performing Cloud Compute Framework in September 2026. As stated in the G-Cloud 15 tender document, G-Cloud is the "largest framework of its kind in the public sector", and CCS said it wants to "leverage" its popularity by merging it with the Cloud Compute Framework."
"And with G-Cloud 15 now covering the work of two purchasing agreements, the framework's lot structure looks significantly different to G-Cloud 14. For example, Cloud Hosting is now spread across two lots (dubbed Lot 1a and Lot 1b) rather than one. Lot 1a is for suppliers specialising in the provision of "core" infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) subscription services, while Lot 1b covers the same types of services when used to host information that is classified as being above the "official" government data security classification level."
CCS is accused of setting enhanced participation requirements for G-Cloud 15 that could exclude SMEs and hyperscale suppliers from parts of the framework. The invitation to tender launched for the 15th iteration, which will replace G-Cloud 14 and the Cloud Compute Framework in September 2026. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute £0.5m. G-Cloud 15 merges the two purchasing agreements and restructures lots: Cloud Hosting is split into Lot 1a (core IaaS/PaaS subscription services) and Lot 1b (the same services for information above the "official" classification). Cloud Software splits into Lot 2a (ISaaS) and Lot 2b (SaaS). Lot 3 remains for Cloud Support and Lot 4 is being removed.
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