G-Cloud News

In summary

Forecast

At the start of the year, we forecast total G-Cloud spend for 2015 above £500m. That looks realistic but our 'stretch' forecast of £700m now looks pretty unlikely due to the stabilisation of spend in H1 and the negotiations around CSR15 which will delay transformation investment until 2016.

Supplier and Buyer growth

Cabinet Office becomes the second organisation to engage more than 100 suppliers via G-Cloud.

The number of customers continues to grow - up 21 (bringing the total to 913).

The number of suppliers is growing - up 9 (bringing the total to 623).

Overall framework stats

Total spend is via G-Cloud is £753m

Spend by year is £306m in 2015 (so far), £352m in 2014, £87m in 2013 and £6.6m in 2012.

Spend with Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) continues at pace - £157m in 2015 so far, £173m in 2014 with £42m in 2013.

After a what looks like a pre-election boost, monthly spend is stabilising around £40m a month (expect Aug figures to be revised upwards when the next data set is released).