Tender Summary: Facilitator to Provide Training in Welding

Objectives

The primary objective is to appoint a qualified Personal Service Provider to deliver specialised welding training at the Necsa Learning Academy. The provider will support apprentice development across multiple structured programmes, ensuring alignment with national occupational standards, quality management systems, and organisational safety protocols.

Scope of Work

The engagement encompasses 945 hours of instructional facilitation within the Fabrication section. Training will cover the Occupational Certificate: Welder, Occupational Skills Programme: Coded Welding, Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning, and welding short courses for electrical and mechanical students. The appointment is temporary and requires delivery under an official purchase order, strictly adhering to the client’s general conditions of purchase, contractual obligations, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Technical Requirements

• Quotations must be complete, fixed, and inclusive of all applicable taxes, freight, insurance, duties, and disbursements.
• Providers must be registered on the client’s supplier database.
• Submission requires a certified ID copy, a comprehensive CV, and certified copies of relevant qualifications.
• Documentation must comply with preferential procurement regulations, including tax clearance certificates, declarations of interest, B-BBEE certificates or affidavits, and letters of good standing where applicable.
• Quotes remain valid for 90 days post-closing.
• Bidders must pass a mandatory functionality evaluation threshold to progress to financial adjudication.
• All engagements are subject to standard contract conditions, anti-corruption clauses, and relevant legislative frameworks.

Skills Requirements

• Valid Welder Trade Certificate (Red Seal).
• Minimum of five years’ hands-on operational welding experience.
• Completion of a recognised qualification in occupational-related training.
• Proven capability to facilitate both theoretical instruction and practical assessments aligned with industry standards.

Key Procurement Terms & Definitions

• Personal Service Provider (PSP): A temporary contractor engaged for specific, project-based services rather than permanent employment.
• Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL): A formal assessment process that recognises skills and competencies acquired through work experience or informal training, enabling practitioners to obtain formal certification.
• Red Seal Certification: A nationally recognised South African trade credential confirming that a practitioner has met rigorous, standardised competency requirements.
• 80/20 Point System: A procurement evaluation model where 80 points are allocated to price competitiveness and 20 points to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment status levels.
• B-BBEE: A South African policy framework designed to promote economic transformation by increasing participation and ownership of historically disadvantaged groups in the economy.
• Functionality Evaluation: A mandatory technical and performance assessment phase. Bidders must achieve a predefined threshold score to qualify for financial adjudication.