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Commercial Advisor for Repairs and Maintenance Contracts

Buyer: Dacorum Borough Council →

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BuyerDacorum Borough Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline8 Dec 2025
Value£450,000
Published28 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Dacorum Borough Council is procuring a Commercial Advisor to support the mobilisation and ongoing management of its new suite of housing contracts, including Repairs, Maintenance, and Capital Delivery, as well as associated Mechanical & Electrical, Fire Safety & Security, and Lift Maintenance contracts. The Council is adopting cost-plus and open book cost models to drive transparency, value for money, and robust financial governance across all contracts. The Commercial Advisor will play a pivotal role in embedding these models, providing strategic commercial advice, supporting the Council’s client management and finance teams, and ensuring effective implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of commercial arrangements throughout the contract term. This appointment is central to the Council’s commitment to achieving best value, strong financial controls, and collaborative working with its contractors and stakeholders.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Commercial Advisor

Statusactive
Value£450,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a749
Latest release ID007670-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jan 28 2026 15:02:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073328-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jan 2026award, contract007670-2026
14 Jan 2026award, contract003127-2026
12 Nov 2025tenderUpdate073328-2025
11 Nov 2025tender072984-2025
2 Oct 2025planningUpdate061906-2025
2 Oct 2025planning061894-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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12 Nov 2025 · 073328-2025 · tenderUpdate
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11 Nov 2025 · 072984-2025 · tender
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2 Oct 2025 · 061894-2025 · planning
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