Creating confidence in programmes, commercial performance and critical decisions

Commercial Control & Capital Projects

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Organisations are operating in an increasingly complex commercial and delivery environment, with growing pressure to deliver major investments successfully, realise value, manage risk and maintain control across major programmes, contracts and commercial relationships.

Our Commercial Control and Capital Projects Risk & Control team combines commercial, financial, programme, data and technology expertise to help clients create confidence in programme delivery, commercial performance and critical decisions. We help organisations strengthen control, protect value and improve outcomes across their most important investments and commercial relationships.

How we can help

Commercial Control

Effectively managing commercial risk and optimising outcomes across complex contracts and transactions is an ongoing challenge - whether buying from third parties, managing strategic commercial relationships, or bidding for and delivering contracts to customers.

Our Commercial Control team combines commercial, financial, data and technology expertise to help clients throughout the commercial and contract lifecycle – from bid development, and commercial decision-making through to contract set-up, ongoing management, assurance and exit. We help clients strengthen commercial control, manage risk and improve outcomes.

  • Contract review
  • Cost reduction
  • Contract, supplier & supply chain assurance
  • Supplier compliance
  • Commercial modelling
  • Contract management
  • Negotiation
  • Commercial and procurement decision assurance
  • Contract readiness and set-up (including open-book readiness)
  • Contract exit
  • Embedded Commercial Intelligence (ECI)

Capital Projects

Major capital programmes are becoming larger and more complex, with increasing pressure to deliver at pace while maintaining control of cost, schedule, risk and outcomes. As organisations invest unprecedented sums in infrastructure, transformation and major capital programmes, leaders need confidence that their investments are on track to deliver the outcomes expected.

Our Capital Projects Risk & Control team helps clients build that confidence. We work across the programme lifecycle, bringing independent challenge, practical delivery experience and data-led insight to identify emerging risks, strengthen programme and commercial controls, and support timely, well-informed decision-making. Through independent assurance, governance, controls and performance insight, we help organisations improve certainty over delivery and achieve better programme outcomes.

  • Procurement and commercial delivery partner
  • Programme assurance
  • Portfolio, programme and project controls
  • Programme governance and decision assurance
  • Business case review and challenge
  • Data-led programme performance monitoring
  • Commercial strategy, procurement and delivery support
  • Cost, schedule and commercial assurance
  • Regulatory and independent assurance
  • Contract exit and programme close-out support


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Contact us

Tom Meacock

Tom Meacock

Partner, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)7483 153621

Qadir  Marikar

Qadir Marikar

Partner, Commercial Assurance National Lead, PwC United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)7718 928344

Chris Scudamore

Chris Scudamore

Partner, UK Leader for Central Government, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)7841 803132

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