Tender Summary: Training on Defensive and Offensive Driving

Objectives

The primary objective is to equip learners with advanced driving competencies that enhance road safety, minimise accident risks, and ensure optimal vehicle control. The programme focuses on mastering both defensive and offensive driving techniques to navigate static and dynamic hazards, execute high-speed manoeuvres, and apply vehicle dynamics effectively.

Scope of Work

The successful provider will deliver a comprehensive training programme for 21 learners across two nationally recognised Unit Standards. Responsibilities include facilitating theoretical and practical sessions, conducting formal assessments aligned with quality assurance protocols, arranging independent moderation, and issuing official certificates of competence or statements of results upon successful completion.

Technical Requirements

• Current accreditation from a recognised South African quality assurance body (QCTO, CHE, SETA, or Umalusi) specifically for Unit Standards 377220 and 377201.
• Delivery via accredited training facilities, a dedicated compliant driving track, and roadworthy, fully insured vehicles owned by the bidder or leased under a verifiable agreement.
• Pricing must remain valid for ninety days, be firm, and include VAT where applicable. A firm delivery period must be stated.
• Bidders must achieve a minimum functionality score of sixty-five out of one hundred during Stage One evaluation to qualify for subsequent price and preference scoring.
• Mandatory administrative submissions include completed Standard Bidding Documents (SBD 4 and SBD 6.1), proof of accreditation, facility documentation, vehicle registration certificates, and facilitator credentials.

Skills Requirements

• Facilitators must possess at least an NQF Level 5 qualification in Road Traffic Management, Transport Management, Policing, Road Safety, or Advanced/Offensive Driving.
• Facilitators must be formally registered as either an assessor or moderator with the relevant quality assurance body.
• Candidates with foreign qualifications must provide verified South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) evaluations.
• Upon completion, learners will demonstrate proficiency in hazard negotiation, accident prevention strategies, high-speed turning, dynamic situation management, and advanced vehicle control techniques.

Key Procurement Terms

80/20 Preference Point System: A South African public procurement scoring model allocating eighty points to competitive pricing and twenty points to socio-economic goals (e.g., black, women, youth, or disability ownership; SMME status; rural/township location; Limpopo provincial presence).

Unit Standards 377220 & 377201: National vocational benchmarks under the South African Qualifications Authority framework defining specific learning outcomes, credit values, and assessment criteria for offensive and defensive driving training.

SBD 4 & SBD 6.1: Standardised government bidding forms requiring suppliers to declare independence from collusion and claim preference points for designated demographic or enterprise categories.