AIMS Is Now Live on G-Cloud 15
AIMS Is Live on G-Cloud 15: What Does This Mean for Grantmakers?
AIMS Grant Management Software is now available through G-Cloud 15, giving eligible UK public-sector organisations an established route to procure our cloud-based platform.
For teams considering a new grant management system, this brings a practical question into focus: how do you move from identifying the right software to buying it?
Our place on G-Cloud 15 provides another route to take that next step.
What is G-Cloud 15?
G-Cloud 15 is a UK Government framework for buying cloud services, including software, hosting and support. It brings together suppliers and services within a defined procurement arrangement, helping buyers explore available options and progress towards a purchase.
You can find AIMS on the official Digital Marketplace.
What does this mean for your organisation?
If you are planning to replace an existing system, bring grant processes online or improve how funding programmes are managed, you can now consider AIMS through G-Cloud 15.
The framework gives your procurement and grant-management teams a common starting point: published service information to review, commercial documentation to assess and an established purchasing route to follow.
It can help connect the operational conversation, what your grant team needs, with the procurement conversation about how to acquire it. Buyers still need to evaluate services against their requirements and follow the applicable framework process and internal approvals.
Further buying information is available on the official G-Cloud 15 framework page.
Specialist software for the full grant lifecycle
AIMS supports applications, assessment, decisions, awards, payments, monitoring and reporting within one configurable platform. Online portals, workflows, permissions and integrations help organisations manage funding processes across teams and programmes.
Our experience includes delivering a digital grant management system for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland, working with several UK Government departments on a Workday-integrated solution for shared grant management services, and supporting grant programme administration with delivery partners such as Ecorys. We also work with arm’s-length bodies, local authorities, research funders and charitable organisations.
For grant teams, the starting point is their own process. Where do applications get held up? What information is difficult to report? Which steps create duplicate work? What needs to be consistent across programmes, and where do individual schemes need flexibility?
These are the questions that make a software evaluation useful—and help establish whether AIMS is the right fit.
Explore AIMS through G-Cloud 15
Our dedicated G-Cloud 15 grant management software page explains our offering and provides access to the official supplier listing.
We also provide a list of FAQs that you might find useful.
If you are exploring your options, speak to our UK team to discuss your programmes and arrange a demonstration.
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