What is G-Cloud 15?
G-Cloud 15 has an estimated framework value of £4.8 billion, making it a major opportunity for cloud service providers, SaaS companies and digital service vendors that want to join the public sector marketplace.
The framework is split into more granular lots than G-Cloud 14, helping buyers identify the right services while asking suppliers to evidence competitive pricing, quality services and social value commitments.
- Lot 1a — Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service.
- Lot 1b — Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service above OFFICIAL.
- Lot 2 — Infrastructure Software.
- Lot 2b — Software as a Service.
- Lot 3 — Infrastructure Software.
How EA can help
Applying requires deep company knowledge and carefully crafted compliance responses. EA keeps framework forms in a structured workflow, drafts answers aligned to the criteria and makes collaboration with subject matter experts easier.
To begin, teams populate a knowledge base with company information, choose the lot or lots they are applying for, confirm whether they are applying as part of a consortium, and upload the forms required for each lot.
Within minutes, EA provides first-draft answers for each selected form. Your team can then collaborate with experts to refine and approve the response before submission.
Beyond application: tendering and future proofing
EA is useful beyond the framework application itself. Once your company knowledge and approved responses live in EA, the same source material can support tendering within the framework.
It also future-proofs refreshes. When the framework reopens for refresh in 2027, teams with documents and answers already managed in EA can update services and apply to new lots with far less manual effort.