It has been argued in section 2.5 that government needs to build its capability in procurement, contract management, commissioning and market design and stewardship. The concept of 'commercial capability' is at the same time too broad and too narrow - it fails to recognise the lack of serious applied research in these separate fields, and it assumes that the necessary skills are primarily commercial in scope.
If government is serious about improving capability in this area, then it must give serious attention to the study and teaching of these four disciplines. There are precedents. The Major Projects Leadership Academy, based at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford, is one such example. It has quickly acquired a reputation for excellence. The US Defence Acquisition University is another.