The government has announced this Monday that the G-Cloud 7 framework will include 1,616 suppliers.

Compared to the sixth iteration launched in February, the seventh iteration has increased the number of suppliers by 11.2 per cent. Deborah Saunby, the sales and marketing director at G-Cloud 7 supplier Software Europe, admitted that the “the process for joining the G-Cloud framework has been simplified” since their previous successful submission in 2011.

The G-Cloud 6 ends at the beginning of February 2016. However, it may be extended in order to ensure that suppliers have time to apply for the G-Cloud 8 framework.

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