Being accepted onto the UK G-Cloud makes it easier for us to work with our local government customers to provide open smart city data platforms

Acceptance streamlines local government’s ability to connect IoT data systems to deliver smart city projects, service analytics and community engagement

OXFORD, U.K. – September 28, 2020 – [ui!]uk, a member of the [ui!] global family of smart city data platforms, announced today they have been named as a supplier on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 12 framework. G-Cloud is the UK government’s procurement system allowing public sector bodies to search, evaluate and procure cloud computing services from a framework of suppliers. Now, any UK city, local government or local public service organisation, can license [ui!] UrbanPulse using the government’s Digital Marketplace.

The G-Cloud 12 framework went live September 15, 2020, providing access to more than 35,000 services and more than 4,000 suppliers through the Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace. [ui!]uk can be found on the Digital Marketplace here.

Crown Commercial Service supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. In 2019/20, CCS helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits worth over £1bn - supporting world-class public services that offer best value for taxpayers.

[ui!] UrbanPulse is used by over 50 cities around the world to bring together data from diverse systems to create smart insights. The platform includes our expanding library of over 75 IoT device and system connectors/APIs. Our open architecture is aligned to DIN SPEC 91357 (from the German Standard Institute) and the platform is a highly scalable cloud solution, based on Microsoft Azure, that collects, stores and processes data in real-time, enabling a wide range of solutions to be supported. Cities use [ui!] UrbanPulse to manage data and services for a variety of use cases including: local environment monitoring to improve public health, monitoring traffic sensors for improved traffic flow, accelerating digital transformation. With [ui!] COCKPIT cities can turn smart data into sharable insights and real time information, for example data from micro-mobility, public transport services and crowd sensing informs Mobility as-a-Service, to engage with other services, providers and residents.

“G-Cloud has far-reaching benefits for the local government in selecting and purchasing cloud services such as smart city data platforms,” said Antony Page, [ui!]uk Managing Director. “It makes it easy for cities, to purchase [ui!] UrbanPulse solutions, and it provides them with the confidence to know that we meet stringent government-set standards.”

“We are delighted that [ui!]uk have been approved as a supplier to the UK government Digital Marketplace, G-Cloud 12, with [ui!] UrbanPulse and [ui!] COCKPIT,” said Professor Dr Lutz Heuser, [ui!] CEO. “With the uncertainty of Brexit facing UK cities, the ability to continue to use the best of open urban data platforms and the learning from cities across the EU will be critical. [ui!]uk have created onshore facilities that will ensure availability whatever the outcome of Brexit.”

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About [ui!]uk

[ui!]uk were founded in 2017 as the UK arm of the [ui!] Group. The [ui!] Group is globally active and advises municipalities, cities and metropolitan regions in their strategic planning to implement ambitious climate targets, sustainable mobility concepts and new energy concepts in urban areas. Founded with the charter to closely accompany the European innovation partnership "Smart Cities and Communities", the [ui!] Group supports cities across Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand in their efforts to use innovative concepts and solutions to implement ambitious smart city and climate protection goals. Climate protection, local community benefits and economically successful innovative services and solutions are not mutually exclusive but complement each other to form a sustainable alliance for the future of urban space.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office, supporting the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. To find out more about CCS, visit: www.crowncommercial.gov.uk

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