Guidance

Commercial assessment and development centre

Are you a commercial specialist? Do you want to enter the Government Commercial Function? This brochure shows you what to expect on your assessment day.

• From: Government Commercial Function
• Published: 8 May 2018
• Last updated: 9 April 2025
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  1. 9 April 2025

     Added the following documents: Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Guide Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Brochure

  2. 14 June 2023

     Updated the document: Commercial assessment and development centre as we have included some additional information (attribute definitions) to help participants prepare for the ADC - this is an extension of the existing document.

  3. 20 May 2022

     Added Version 2 of the brochure.

  4. 8 May 2018

     First published.

Documents

Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Brochure (PDF)

PDF, 784 KB, 10 pages

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Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Brochure (HTML)

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Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Guide (PDF)

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Commercial Assessment and Development Centre Guide (HTML)

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Details

If you are a commercial specialist and you want to enter the Government Commercial Function, you will undergo 1 day of classroom based tests and training.

This is at the Commercial Assessment and Development Centre (ADC). Its purpose is to recruit commercially astute professionals into the Government Commercial Function.

This brochure shows you what to expect on the day. It also covers why the Centre is important for government.