Government and public sector

Modern infrastructure for public services

We help public bodies build and run the infrastructure behind their digital services, from cloud platforms to the websites the public uses. We were London's first Kubernetes consultancy, and we are still an independent engineering team. Public bodies can buy our services through G-Cloud 15 and Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7.

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What we do

  • Cloud infrastructure design and migration
  • Moving websites and services off ageing hosting
  • Kubernetes and container platforms
  • Independent technical assessment
  • Knowledge transfer to in-house teams

Available on

G-Cloud 15 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7

Problems we see in the public sector

Fixed budgets and long procurement cycles leave little room for an infrastructure decision which turns out to be wrong.

Services which are hard to change

Websites and systems on ageing hosting, where every change is slow, risky, or needs a supplier to make it.

Dependency on a single supplier

Risk registers and audits now ask who can switch a service off, and how hard it would be to move.

Skills held by a few people

Knowledge of critical systems sits with a handful of staff or with an outside supplier.

Rising licence and hosting costs

Renewals and hosting contracts which grow every year, while budgets stay flat.

Platform workshop

  • Two hours
  • Remote or on site in London

Work through a workflow or infrastructure decision with our senior engineers. Compare practical options against your operational constraints and receive a written summary of the trade-offs and recommended next steps.

We cover the cost of this initial workshop. Any further work is scoped and agreed separately.

Book an introductory call

We use the call to understand your priorities and agree the workshop focus.

What we can cover

  • Your current services, hosting, and contracts
  • Cloud and hosting options, and where each one keeps your data
  • Reducing dependency on a single supplier
  • Building skills in your own team, so you do not depend on any supplier, including us
  • How to buy our work through G-Cloud 15 or Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7

What you leave with

  • A shortlist of options, with the trade-offs of each
  • Material you can use in a business case or options appraisal
  • A view of the skills and support each option would need

How we help

Public sector work is rarely a standard package, so we shape it around your service and your team. When it does follow a familiar path, it usually starts with one of these.

Cloud Platform Engineering

Design, build, or validate a platform your own team can run, on premises or in the cloud.

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Workload Modernisation

Move legacy applications onto containers, so they are no longer tied to one hosting provider or one supplier.

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Governed AI Agent Platform

Run AI agents on infrastructure you control, with agreed data boundaries and signed records your security team can inspect.

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Work in the public sector

Resilient infrastructure for critical citizen-facing services

A public information service redeveloped from a server-and-database platform to pre-built pages on a content delivery network, now £1.2 million cheaper to own over seven years with no vendor lock-in.

  • Lower ownership costs
  • Free to move
  • Easier to change
  • More available
Read the case study

For an energy-sector organisation, we built critical citizen-facing infrastructure designed to keep essential information available during emergencies, whilst also reducing total cost of ownership by £1.2 million over seven years. The organisation’s own team can manage the service and publish updates directly, supported by a resilient architecture that allows the public site to move freely between hosting origins.

For The National Archives, we conducted a review of its cloud hosting and Kubernetes platform, and delivered a written report with prioritised recommendations.

We also write openly about the questions public bodies now face, such as what digital sovereignty means once a supplier can switch a service off.

Further reading:

Blog: Digital sovereignty is no longer hypothetical

Whitepaper: AI Engineering Principles

Case studies

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Buy through G-Cloud 15 and Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7

We are a supplier on both Government Commercial Agency frameworks. Each has its own buying process.

G-Cloud 15

For cloud support services, including setup, migration, and ongoing support. Buyers can use competitive selection or award without competition, subject to the framework's rules.

Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7

For specialist teams to deliver a defined digital outcome, such as rebuilding a service, or to work alongside your own team. Contracts require competition.

Start with an intro call

Book an introductory call with a senior engineer. Allow up to an hour over video. If we can help, we will agree the focus for your platform workshop.

Book an introductory call

Call us on +44(0)2036080110 (UK business hours), or send us a message.