SEiNG, as an Alert Data product, is now G-Cloud approved! We're live on the Government's Digital Marketplace, ready for Public Sector buyers to take their CCTV to our UK cloud. Let's go into what G-cloud is and why it matters even if you're not a pubic sector buyer.
SEiNG is now a Government approved cloud video surveillance platform, with Alert Data, the company behind SEiNG, now listed on the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace. If you’re evaluating cloud video surveillance for a multi-site UK business, or you’re a public sector buyer specifically hunting for a G-Cloud approved CCTV solution, here’s what that actually means for you.
G-Cloud is the framework the UK government uses to vet suppliers before they're allowed to sell cloud services to public sector bodies — central government, the NHS, local councils, police forces, schools and colleges. To get listed, a supplier has to pass scrutiny on data security, service reliability, financial standing and information governance, assessed against Crown Commercial Service standards.
That's a useful shortcut for any buyer, not just government ones. Whether you're running video surveillance across a chain of retail stores, a hospitality group, a construction portfolio, or a multi-site education trust, the question is always the same: can I trust this provider with footage of my sites, my staff and my customers, streamed and stored in the cloud? G-Cloud approval means an independent, government-level process has already asked — and answered — that question about SEiNG.
SEiNG offers a Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS): cloud-hosted CCTV that gives multi-site organisations one place to view, search and manage footage from every location, without ripping out the cameras they already have.
For businesses comparing cloud video surveillance providers in the UK, the practical differences that tend to matter are:
It's built for the sectors where multi-site management is a challenge: retail, hospitality, construction, education, and now, with this listing, public sector organisations buying through G-Cloud.
If you're a procurement lead, IT manager or facilities director at a council, NHS trust, school or other public body searching for a G-Cloud approved CCTV or VSaaS supplier, this listing is the practical bit: you can now procure SEiNG directly through the Digital Marketplace, under a framework agreement that's already cleared central government's compliance checks, instead of running your own tender from scratch.
The timing is worth knowing about too. G-Cloud has just relaunched as G-Cloud 15 — the biggest overhaul of the framework since it launched in 2012, consolidating previously separate procurement routes into one system and covering an estimated £14 billion of public sector cloud spend over the next four years. It opened for buyers to use this month, with the outgoing G-Cloud 14 framework closing at the end of October. SEiNG is listed from the start of that new four-year window, so it's available to every public sector buyer using G-Cloud for the framework's full term.
In practice, that means a school trust replacing ageing site cameras, a council consolidating CCTV across multiple buildings, or an NHS trust standardising surveillance across several sites can bring SEiNG on board through a shorter, government-recognised procurement route — with the security and governance assurance already built in.
Whether you're a public sector buyer wanting to procure SEiNG through G-Cloud, or a multi-site business comparing cloud CCTV providers and want the reassurance of a government-vetted supplier, get in touch with the Alert Data team to talk through your sites and requirements.
Yes. Alert Data is an approved G-Cloud supplier and SEiNG is listed on the UK Government's Digital Marketplace as a cloud video surveillance (VSaaS) service.
Video Surveillance as a Service — cloud-hosted CCTV where footage, storage, analytics and system management are delivered as a managed service rather than run on local, on-site hardware.
Yes. Because SEiNG is listed on G-Cloud, eligible public sector buyers can procure it through the Digital Marketplace under the existing framework agreement, rather than running their own competitive tender process.
Yes — SEiNG is built primarily for multi-site commercial organisations in retail, hospitality, construction and education, with the G-Cloud listing adding an extra, independently verified layer of trust for any buyer comparing providers.