Exploring the opportunities for Drupal in the public sector, with an overview of the G Cloud Framework

1. Drupal Opportunities in the Public
Sector
@stephvhosny

2. Credentials and Disclaimer
● Who am I?
● My viewpoint
● My personal agenda

3. Workshop Agenda
● Context and Mandate
● Why they love us and why they don't
● G-Cloud – Who, What and Why
● Who is Shopping in the Public Sector?
● What's the opportunity?
● Working on a Public Sector Contract
● The Future

4. Context
● By December 2015, 50% of central departments’ new ICT
spending must be on public cloud computing services
● Services should be Digital by default and at the heart of
policy and strategy.
● Services and Projects should be agile, user-centred,
innovative, responsive.
● Share learning and infrastructures such as gov.uk

5. Drupal love in the Public Sector
● Drupal perfectly meets the needs of the sector: robust,
extensible and value for money
● Functionality and Features rather than licensing costs
● Migration options
● Integrate with 3rd party software
● Strong examples and sharing of knowledge
● Perceived security
● “Lack of resource”

6. The G Cloud Framework
● Cross Government Initiative in the ICT Strategy
● Introduce Cloud ICT services into government, local authorities and the
wider public sector
● Framework is like a yellow pages of approved suppliers
● Review and Purchase
● Platform as a Service (Hosting)
● Software as as Service (Drupal)
● Specialist Cloud Services (Support)
●
G Cloud 3 Applications close 15.00 6th March
● http://gcloud.civilservice.gov.uk/applying-to-g-cloud/

7. Current Shoppers in the Public
Sector
● 30k Organisations eligible to purchase
● Home Office
● Cabinet Office
● DWP
● Ministry of Justice
● Department for Education
● Department of Health
● Councils and Local Authorities
● Housing Associations

8. Current Tenders in the Public Sector
● Drupal Consultancy for a large local authority
● Replacement of an intranet for a large Government Department
● Provision of hosting and support for a large Government
Department
● Discreet pieces of development for an existing public sector
website
● Review of existing e-commerce functionality
● Review of infrastructure recommendations by existing provider
for an Education Provider

9. Current Suppliers on G Cloud
● Ixis
● WunderRoot
● Axis 12
● Atchai
● IO1
● Cameron and Wilding
● http://gcloud.civilservice.gov.uk/cloudstore

10. What's the opportunity?
● £20 billion spent on public sector IT
● £7.5 million spent on G Cloud 12 months
● Align with existing G Cloud Suppliers
● Review your position for G Cloud 4
● Collaborations and Coops
● Do what you are doing!
● Conferences – to go or not to go?
● Sharing assets and resources
● Events to promote – DC Public Sector Day
● Consultants need to step up

11. Working on a Public Sector
Contract
● Budgeting for and planning for regular communication and
project management time
● Budgeting for and factoring in reporting and documentation
● Time logging and feature creep
● Inter-Department Politics

12. The Future
● Consider how you might fit
● Rally the troops
● Don't create a monster
● Be visible / share the assets outside the chamber
● Workshops and Training
● Over to you?

13. Any Questions?
@stephvhosny

14. Peter Middleton
07776136893
G-Cloud team Twitter: @G_Cloud_UK
em ail: enquiries@gcloud.cabinet-office.gov.uk