Notes on public-sector buying, Microsoft-native delivery and getting data you can trust. Written by the people doing the work, for the people who have to defend the choice afterwards.
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Direct award under G-Cloud is available far more often than most buying teams assume, and the framework does the compliance work that a competitive process is usually run to achieve. What the rules actually say, and where the genuine limits are.
If what you need is on G-Cloud, you can usually award directly without running a competition. The guide covers when that holds, and the few cases where it doesn’t.
The reporting problem is almost never the tool. It is that the number is assembled by hand in three places.
Example slot · 7 min read
Mapping comes before automating. The single point of failure is usually the knowledge, not the software.
Example slot · 6 min read
Most organisations own Power Platform and run half their services on spreadsheets anyway. Why that gap persists.
Example slot · 5 min read
Screening comes up in every public-sector bid and is widely misunderstood by suppliers who have never done it.
Example slot · 6 min read
The nine documents that come up every time, and why sending them as one link beats six attachments.
Example slot · 4 min read
Where data sits, who processes it, and what a DPIA has to say for a buyer to accept it.
Example slot · 5 min read
Most people land here from a search rather than from the home page. If one of these is closer to why you came, start there instead.
Central and local government, the NHS, education and charities. Certified, screened and available through G-Cloud.
Cost, timeline and who does the work. Start with a free health check if you are not sure what you need.
A director reads every enquiry. A straight answer within a working day.
