G-Cloud 15 went live this week, with the newly minted government agency behind it styling it as the framework’s “most significant upgrade” since it launched in 2012.
Here we round up five fun facts you may not know.
1. It’s a cloudy mash-up
G-Cloud 15 is actually a mash up of two previous frameworks in the form of G-Cloud 14 and Cloud Compute 2 (three, if you consider the fact Lots 1-3 and 4 of G-Cloud were previously separate).
Combining them all under a single agreement will supposedly make it easier for public sector customers to buy all their cloud services under one agreement.
The G-Cloud 14 framework remains operational until its expiry on 28 October.
2. Move over Crown Commercial Service
This is the first G-Cloud agreement to be managed by Crown Commercial Service (CCS) successor Government Commercial Agency (GCA), which launched in April to a degree of scepticism from suppliers.
It also represents the first G-Cloud iteration to operate under the new Procurement Act 2023 and adopt an open framework format.
3. It has a £14bn purse
G-Cloud 15 has an estimated £14bn purse over its four-year term (£16.8m including VAT).
The GCA expects £3bn in annual public sector cloud spend to flow through it.
That’s a little less than the combined £3.6bn spend that travelled through G-Cloud (£3.1bn) and Cloud Compute frameworks (£0.5bn) in FY23/24.
G-Cloud spending has plateaued in recent years, hitting £3.2bn in both calendar years 2024 and 2025, according to this dashboard on Advice Cloud’s website.
Spending for 2026 to date totals £1.4bn.
4. It’s being touted as more SME friendly
Despite G-Cloud originally being sold on its SME-friendly credentials, to date large organisations have pocketed 60% of the £24.4bn total spend via the framework (see here for more). AWS is by far its largest supplier this year (ahead of Softcat).
But G-Cloud 15 has introduced several measures designed to lower barriers for smaller suppliers, the GCA claimed.
This includes the ability for new and growing businesses to join the framework during an 18-month re-opening window after launch.
GCA Director Philip Orumwense hailed G-Cloud 15 as a “genuine step forward” for SMEs wishing to work with government.
“For too long, SMEs have faced barriers that hold them back from winning business – complex application processes, short framework windows, and procurement routes that favour incumbents,” he stated.
“This framework addresses those concerns directly whilst enabling further access for British Businesses to Government and Wider Public Sector Bodies.”
5. Not all suppliers can be named
Insight and Computacenter are among the 4,233 G-Cloud 15 suppliers that are already publicly promoting their involvement in the latest iteration of the framework.
But judging from the above LinkedIn post from Advice Cloud CEO Chris Farthing, one (nameless) supplier mistakenly went too early on their announcement a couple of weeks back.
It’s also notable that the names of the 16 suppliers on Lot 1b (cloud hosting) are being withheld to protect national security.
While slightly up on the 4,000 suppliers listed on G-Cloud 14, the 4,233 tally is actually down on the 5,000 that made the grade for G-Cloud 13 (see here for more).
