UK PS Procurement for Digital
SME’s
TechResort Eastbourne
November 2015
Chris Farthing
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Lot 4 Specialist Cloud Services GC iv, v, vi & vii*
Public Sector IT Procurement
X - How it was
* Source Kable
*
Public Sector IT Procurement
X - How it was *
18 months
*source GDS (Tony Singleton)
Public Sector IT Procurement
Now – focus on Agile*
1-30 days *Source GDS (Tony Singleton)
G-Cloud Impact
Through 745* / 33,000+ buying organisations
*Source @GovSpendUK
Digital Outcomes & Specialists (DOS)
Overview
• What is the DOS framework for?
– Allows government to buy:
• Bespoke software builds / digital outcomes
• Specific digital roles
• Research facilities
• What is it worth?
– c£50-100m worth of projects / roles
commissioned within a 9-12 month period
Overview
• Based on
– GDS Digital Default Service Standard
– GDS Service Design Manual
Structure
• 4 Lots / Categories
– Lot 1 Digital Outcomes
– Lot 2 Digital Specialists
– Lot 3 User labs / research studios
– Lot 4 User research participants
Structure
• 11 Regions
– Scotland
– North East England
– North West England
– Yorkshire and the Humber
– East Midlands
– The Midlands East
– Wales
– London
– South East England
– West England
– Northern Ireland
Structure• Lot 1 Digital Outcomes – solutions to provide
• user experience and design
• performance analysis and data
• security
• service delivery
• service development
• support and operations
• testing and auditing
• user research
Outcomes to a digital service during phases outlined in Service Design Manual
Structure
• Lot 2 Digital Specialists
• agile coach
• business analyst
• content designer or copywriter
• cyber security specialist
• delivery manager
or project manager
• designer
• developer
• communications specialist
• performance analyst
• portfolio manager
• product manager
• programme delivery manager
• security expert
• service manager
• technical architect
• user researcher
• web operations engineer
On / Off site Min Max Price
Structure
• Lot3 User labs / research studios
• Lot 4 (poss) User research participants
Tender Process
Timeline (est)
• Submission complete by Mid Jan 2015
Nov OJEU
Dec Submit
Jan-Feb Eval
March Live
35-60 Days
Submission Requirements
• DUNS no
• Details of expertise / capability available
• Locations for service delivery
• Price
What is G-Cloud?
What is G-Cloud?
• OJEU Compliant Framework
• 4 Lots – IAAS, PAAS, SAAS & SCS
• Updated every 6 months
• Aimed at SMEs
• Quicker – typical proc times are 1-30 days
• Supplier own terms (UNIQUE!)
• All data published (pricing, terms, services)
• Supports CG Cloud First mandate
What is G-Cloud?
• Commodity Cloud solutions
• Supporting Professional services
• Pay as you go
• No long term lock in
• Scale up or down
• Being used as a model for PS Proc Globally (Denmark, Aus, S Korea, EU)
• GC8 out by May 2nd 2016
Advice Cloud Services
Q&A
Information linksG-Cloud Services
• https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/
CCS Procurement
• https://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
GDS Blog
• https://digitalmarketplace.blog.gov.uk/
G-Cloud Spend Data
• https://digitalmarketplace.blog.gov.uk/sales-accreditation-information/
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