G Cloud 15

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Government Commercial Agency

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

083924-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 72000000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

20 Sept 2026

G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m. The Public Cloud market (in the Public Sector) is estimated to be worth £6bn in 2024 according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Government Digital Service. This includes services that have already migrated to cloud (under the Cloud first policy) and the potential for those services yet to move to cloud. G-Cloud 15 will introduce a number of further improvements, mainly focussing on increased playbook and policy compliance and intention to adopt a more traditional approach to evaluation, as seen on other GCA frameworks, these include: Leveraging the popularity of G-Cloud to incorporate Cloud Compute services which have historically been available through Cloud Compute 1 and 2, removing the need for Cloud Compute 3. Discontinuing Lot 4 and enabling both call off with and without competition in all Lots Social Value, Quality, and Price Evaluations delivered through the evaluation at scale project, pending digital enhancements. Introduction of appropriate levels of Economic and Financial Standing (EFS) for each Lot in G-Cloud 15, replacing the Bronze Plus blanket approach used for G-Cloud 14. Inclusion of prompt payment and no longer needing to seek a Ministerial exemption. A range of digital enhancements to improve the buyer and supplier experience and provide better quality category information. For Lot 1b, 16 suppliers have been awarded the contract, but all are withheld under section 94.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   17 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   015819-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   15 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   049176-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Planning record updated

   20 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   050250-2025

   Published tags

   planningUpdate

4. Tender notice observed

   23 Oct 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Lot 1b Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) above OFFICIAL

  Buyer: Government Commercial AgencySupplier: IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

  End date in notice

  5 Aug 2030Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £14,000,000,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Lot 1b Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) above OFFICIAL

  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This value appears on 5 awards in the same procurement, so it is not included in summary totals.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  2

• Lot 1b Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) above OFFICIAL

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