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<p>Public sector procurers are required to seek value for money through fair and open
competition and in line with our current international obligations.</p><p>We want
UK companies to be successful in public procurement, we also want to ensure that the
barriers for SMEs to win public sector contracts are as low as possible.</p><p>G-Cloud
supports a thriving ecosystem of UK tech SMEs that have succeeded in winning business
through the Digital Marketplace, with more than 90% of the 3505 G-Cloud 10 suppliers
being SMEs. G-Cloud has a low barrier to entry for all suppliers, including SMEs and
is refreshed on an annual basis with supplier evaluation based on a suppliers declaration
against a number of key criteria. Therefore the majority of suppliers - providing
they sell services which align to the scope of the agreement - are able to apply and
be awarded a place on G-Cloud framework agreements.</p>
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