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Tony SingletonG-Cloud Programme Director

The Government Digital Service is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office

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We were created by Francis Maude in response to Martha Lane Fox’s report...

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Create GDSFix publishingFix transactionsGo wholesale

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We are here to provide simpler, clearer and faster services and information for citizens and businesses

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In doing this we will save money for the tax payer and strengthen the digital capability of the Civil Service

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We’re a multi-disciplinary team - working with colleagues across government

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Focused on user needs

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Agile

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Procurement must be agile too

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IT is a commodity

Select supplier not solution

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Business outcomes matterDetailed requirement doesn’t

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What is G-Cloud?

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It’s a set of frameworks to buy cloud services

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Creating a competitive marketplace

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... accessed through a CloudStore

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It’s about helping change the way the Public Sector buys digital services...

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G-Cloud is about creating a simpler, clearer, faster procurement channel for digital contracts

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Platforms as a Service (PaaS)Software as a Service (SaaS)Specialist Cloud Services

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It’s not just Cloud-First, it’s Users-First

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We’ve been given some big goals

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1,186 suppliers(84% SMEs)

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13,000+ services

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29,000+ buyers

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Reported sales

• £10m in October• £63.4m in total• 56% by value and 61% by volume awarded to SMEs

• 70% of the number of sales were through Central Government; 30% through the rest of the public sector

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Digital Service Framework

• Easy access to suppliers with the right capabilities

• Providing a large pool of suppliers from SMEs to the agile practices

• Providing a flexible and speedy route to meet customers’ needs

• Dynamic - regularly refreshed

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But let’s not stop there

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We’re reviewing how to continue to improve on what we’ve learn

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To better understand our user needs and where we can make the process easier

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Tony Singleton

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