Four Shearwater firms awarded places on government procurement framework

Shearwater Group announced on Tuesday that four of its portfolio companies - Geolang, Brookcourt Solutions, Pentest and Xcina - have been awarded a place on the ‘G-Cloud 11’ framework.

The AIM-traded firm said the G-Cloud 11 framework was an agreement between the UK Government and its cloud-based services suppliers.

Buying services through the framework is said to be faster and less expensive than entering into individual procurement contracts.

Shearwater said it collectively had 17 services across both the cloud software and cloud support categories of the latest framework on the Government's ‘Digital Marketplace’.

“To have secured so many of our services under one framework agreement is a clear demonstration of our premier capabilities and expertise,” said Shearwater chief executive officer Phil Higgins.

“To provide a wide range of complementary services as a collective group through the G-Cloud framework will further enhance our growth as we gain better access to public sector organisations.”