Northmark Commercial Advisory

Our Services

End-to-end commercial advisory across the project lifecycle.

Northmark provides tailored commercial and contractual advice from tender strategy and contract formation through delivery, change management and close-out — together with experienced commercial resources to strengthen project teams when additional capability is required.

Advisory

Specialist commercial and contract advisory.

01

Commercial & Contract Management

Strategic and day-to-day commercial support across the project lifecycle.

  • Contract administration
  • Commercial strategy
  • Rights and obligations management
  • Payment management
  • Correspondence management
  • Contract registers
  • Commercial reporting
  • Project lifecycle support
02

Contract Review & Negotiation

Contract review, risk assessment, departures schedules and commercial negotiation.

  • Contract risk assessments
  • Departures schedules
  • Negotiation strategy
  • Limitation of liability
  • Indemnities
  • Insurance
  • Consequential loss
  • Termination, payment and security provisions
  • Delay and EOT claims regimes
03

Tender & Procurement Support

Commercial procurement strategy, tender management, evaluation and negotiation support.

  • Procurement strategy
  • Tender development
  • Commercial evaluation
  • Bid review
  • Tender clarification
  • Contract selection
  • Supplier and subcontractor assessment
  • Commercial negotiation
04

Claims, Variations & Extensions of Time

Preparation, assessment and management of claims, variations and extensions of time.

  • Contractual notices
  • Variations
  • Extensions of time
  • Delay analysis
  • Claim preparation
  • Claim assessment
  • Entitlement substantiation
  • Negotiation and dispute avoidance
05

Commercial Risk & Governance

Commercial risk identification, contractual governance and assurance frameworks.

  • Contract risk registers
  • Rights and obligations registers
  • Commercial governance
  • Delegated authority
  • Risk allocation
  • Compliance reviews
  • Contract administration frameworks
  • Commercial assurance
06

Project Controls & Forecasting

Commercial controls, cost forecasting, EAC reporting and project performance insight.

  • Estimate at Completion (EAC)
  • Estimate to Complete (ETC)
  • Budget management
  • Cost forecasting
  • Accruals
  • Variance analysis
  • Cashflow reporting
  • Commercial dashboards and management reporting
07

Head Contract / Subcontract Flow-Down

Downstream obligation mapping and flow-down alignment between head contract and subcontract.

  • Head contract risk assessment
  • Downstream obligation mapping
  • Subcontract flow-down
  • Notification alignment
  • Claim time bars
  • Scope alignment
  • Risk gap analysis
  • Subcontract terms and conditions review
08

Commercial Training & Capability Development

Practical commercial workshops and capability building for project teams.

  • Contract awareness training
  • EOT and variation training
  • Claims management
  • Contractual notices
  • Commercial governance
  • Project-team coaching
  • Contract administration templates
  • Practical commercial workshops

Resourcing

09

Commercial Resourcing & Embedded Support

Flexible onshore, offshore and hybrid commercial resources to strengthen project teams and delivery capability.

  • Contract / Commercial Administrator
  • Senior Contract / Commercial Administrator
  • Contract Manager
  • Senior Contract Manager
  • Commercial Analyst / Project Controls Support
  • Onshore, offshore and hybrid delivery
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Our Approach

A disciplined, four-stage process.

01

Understand the Risk

Understand the project, commercial objectives, contract structure and risk profile.

02

Structure the Contract

Develop appropriate commercial frameworks, contract terms and risk allocation.

03

Support Delivery

Provide ongoing commercial management, contract administration and project support.

04

Protect the Outcome

Manage change, preserve entitlement, mitigate disputes and support commercial close-out.

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