Sterling DCS Appointed to G-Cloud 15

Sterling DCS is delighted to announce that Sterling Cost & Carbon Estimating has been successfully awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 15 Framework under Lot 2b Software as a Service (SaaS) and Lot 3 Cloud Support Services.

This appointment provides UK public sector organisations with a compliant and efficient route to procure Sterling's cloud native estimating platform, helping accelerate digital transformation across construction, engineering and infrastructure programmes. G-Cloud 15 enables public sector buyers to procure cloud software, hosting and support through a nationally recognised framework managed by the Crown Commercial Service, simplifying procurement whilst ensuring suppliers meet the standards expected by government.

As government continues to modernise the way major capital programmes are planned, procured and delivered, the demand for secure, scalable and fully cloud based solutions continues to increase. Sterling's inclusion on G-Cloud 15 reinforces its commitment to supporting public sector organisations with technology that has been purpose built for modern construction and engineering delivery.

Supporting the UK Public Sector

The United Kingdom is undertaking one of the largest programmes of investment in public infrastructure for decades. From transport and defence through to healthcare, education, housing, energy and utilities, organisations across the public sector are under increasing pressure to deliver better outcomes whilst maintaining greater transparency, governance and value for money.

G-Cloud 15 provides a recognised procurement route that enables these organisations to purchase proven cloud technologies without the complexity traditionally associated with public sector procurement. By selecting solutions through the framework, buyers can reduce procurement timescales whilst maintaining compliance with government purchasing requirements.

Sterling is now available to a broad range of public sector organisations including central government departments, executive agencies, local authorities, combined authorities, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, emergency services, universities, colleges and wider public sector bodies.

For these organisations, the appointment means they can rapidly adopt a modern estimating platform that has been specifically designed for the construction and engineering sector. Whether delivering a new hospital, upgrading transport infrastructure, constructing defence facilities, maintaining highways or delivering local authority capital programmes, Sterling provides a consistent digital environment that supports the entire preconstruction process.

Unlike generic estimating applications or legacy desktop software, Sterling has been developed specifically around the workflows used by estimators, quantity surveyors, commercial teams and project controls professionals. The platform enables organisations to create a single, trusted source of project information that evolves throughout the project lifecycle, improving collaboration between disciplines whilst reducing duplication and manual processes.

Steve Brunning, CEO & Founder commented: "Government organisations are increasingly looking for modern technology that is easy to procure, quick to deploy and capable of supporting complex construction and infrastructure programmes. Our appointment to G-Cloud 15 gives public sector organisations a straightforward and compliant route to adopt Sterling, allowing them to modernise their estimating processes whilst improving certainty, governance and commercial performance."

A Modern SaaS Platform Built for Construction

Sterling has been designed from the ground up as a true Software as a Service platform rather than a traditional desktop application migrated into the cloud.

The platform brings together Cost & Carbon Estimating, Bid Packages, Forecasting and Lifecycle Costing within a single connected environment, allowing project teams to manage estimating, procurement, forecasting and long term asset costs using one consistent data model.

Because every module shares the same project information, changes made during estimating automatically become available throughout the wider project lifecycle, reducing duplication whilst improving confidence in commercial decision making.

This connected approach enables organisations to move beyond disconnected spreadsheets and multiple versions of the truth, creating a single digital foundation that supports better programme delivery from concept through to completion.

Security and Data Sovereignty by Design

For public sector organisations, cloud technology must deliver more than functionality. It must also provide confidence that commercially sensitive information, project data and intellectual property remain secure, protected and under the control of the organisation that owns it.

Security and data sovereignty have therefore been fundamental design principles throughout Sterling's architecture from the very beginning.

Rather than adapting a legacy desktop product to operate in the cloud, Sterling has been engineered as a cloud native SaaS platform that embraces modern security principles across every layer of the application. Authentication, authorisation, encryption, auditability and data protection have all been designed into the platform as core capabilities.

Public sector organisations are increasingly required to demonstrate strong governance around project information, particularly on nationally significant infrastructure and defence programmes. Sterling provides detailed audit histories, controlled user permissions and complete traceability of estimating activity, enabling organisations to understand not only what has changed but also who made the change, when it occurred and why.

The platform also supports modern identity management through integration with Microsoft Entra ID, enabling organisations to apply existing corporate security policies, single sign on and user management processes across their estimating environment.

Data sovereignty continues to be an important consideration for many public sector organisations, particularly where sensitive infrastructure, defence or commercially confidential projects are involved. Sterling supports UK hosted deployment options, allowing organisations to retain project data within the United Kingdom whilst benefiting from the scalability, resilience and availability expected from a modern SaaS platform.

As an open platform, Sterling also provides secure APIs that enable controlled integration with wider enterprise systems, supporting connected digital ecosystems whilst maintaining strong governance over project information.

James Hunter, CTO said: "Security is not a feature that has been added to Sterling. It is one of the core principles that shaped the platform from day one. We wanted to build a true cloud native construction platform where organisations could confidently manage some of their most commercially sensitive information, knowing that security, scalability and UK data sovereignty had been considered throughout the architecture. G-Cloud 15 reinforces that commitment and provides public sector organisations with confidence that Sterling has been designed to meet the expectations of modern government cloud adoption."

Enabling Better Delivery Across Construction and Infrastructure

Construction and infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly complex. Organisations must balance cost certainty, programme certainty, sustainability targets, procurement strategies and increasing governance requirements, all whilst delivering better value for taxpayers.

Many organisations continue to rely upon disconnected software applications, spreadsheets and manual processes to manage estimating and commercial information. This often creates multiple versions of project data, reduces confidence in decision making and makes it difficult to understand the commercial impact of design changes throughout a project's lifecycle.

Sterling has been developed to address these challenges by creating a connected digital environment that supports every stage of the preconstruction and commercial process.

Estimating teams can produce detailed resource based estimates whilst managing cost and embodied carbon together. Procurement teams can build structured bid packages directly from the estimate. Project controls teams can develop cost forecasting using the same trusted project data, whilst lifecycle specialists can assess long term operational costs without recreating information in separate systems.

This connected workflow improves collaboration across disciplines whilst providing senior stakeholders with greater visibility of project performance and commercial risk.

For government organisations responsible for delivering large, complex capital programmes, this means improved consistency, greater transparency and stronger governance throughout project delivery.

The platform also supports integration with the wider construction technology ecosystem, enabling organisations to connect estimating with document management, planning, Building Information Modelling, enterprise reporting and future Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Rather than replacing existing investments, Sterling has been designed to become the commercial data foundation that connects them together.

As investment continues across transport, defence, education, healthcare, utilities and major infrastructure, public sector organisations require technology that can scale alongside increasingly ambitious programmes. Sterling's cloud architecture enables organisations to deploy rapidly, support geographically distributed teams and continually benefit from new functionality without the disruption associated with traditional software upgrades.

By combining modern cloud technology with construction specific expertise, Sterling provides public sector organisations with a secure, future ready platform that supports better commercial decisions from the earliest stages of project planning through to long term asset management.

Looking Ahead

Sterling continues to invest in advanced digital capabilities including Artificial Intelligence, connected construction data, open integrations and automation to help public sector organisations deliver projects more efficiently.

Through its availability on G-Cloud 15, Sterling will continue supporting government departments, local authorities, healthcare organisations and infrastructure clients with a secure, cloud first platform designed specifically for modern construction and engineering projects.

For organisations looking to modernise their estimating and commercial processes, G-Cloud 15 provides a fast and compliant procurement route to adopt Sterling's Cost & Carbon Estimating platform together with its Bid Packages, Forecasting and Lifecycle capabilities.