The UK government is expecting savings of tens-of-millions of pounds from G-Cloud procurement, with, deputy director of IT reform at the Cabinet Office, Alex Holmes, saying that procurement rates will rapidly increase over the year.

Mr Holmes described that SMEs will be a key focus of the new G-Cloud framework, saying: “Medium-sized departments will be putting tens-of-millions of pounds through the G-Cloud”.

As departments move to become more centralised, the government is now looking to secure the largest deal so far through the G-Cloud, with a new multimillion pound tender for a secure email provider.