Tender Summary

Objectives

To provide six designated officials with certified, advanced handgun proficiency through a structured professional firearms training programme. The initiative aims to enhance operational readiness, ensure strict compliance with national firearm safety and usage regulations, and formally validate participant competencies for workplace deployment.

Scope

The contract encompasses a comprehensive five-day training intervention scheduled for the last week of September 2026. All sessions will be conducted at the Training Service Provider’s dedicated facility. The scope includes theoretical instruction, practical live-fire range exercises, formal assessments, and administrative support for competency certification. Bidders must submit detailed daily programme outlines, transparent costing structures (unit, group, and ancillary charges), clear deliverable specifications, aftercare provisions, and value-added benefits. Joint ventures are explicitly prohibited.

Technical Requirements

• Curriculum must align strictly with SASSETA-accredited Unit Standards 117705, 119649, and 123515.
• Delivery methodology must specify instructional blocks, lecture formats, and assessment strategies, supported by a day-by-day schedule.
• Mandatory inclusion of practical live-fire range evaluations and formal competency assessments culminating in a certificate of competence.
• Full accreditation from the Professional Firearms Training Centre (PFTC) is required for both the training centre and its instructional materials. If material accreditation is held by a third party, a valid memorandum of understanding must be provided.
• Facilitator documentation must include current CVs matching the proposed trainers, valid facilitation certificates, and proof of PFTC instructor certification. Any personnel changes require prior departmental approval and equivalent credentials.
• Bidders must demonstrate capacity to manage the competency application process on behalf of participants.
• Pricing must clearly separate unit costs, group rates, and additional departmental charges.

Skills Requirements

• Lead instructors must possess recognized qualifications in professional firearms training.
• Demonstrated expertise as certified instructors for accredited PFTC curriculum materials is mandatory.
• Proven ability to design and deliver training that prepares participants for real-world operational environments.
• Strong competency in conducting live-fire range safety protocols, practical evaluations, and formal assessment administration.
• Administrative capability to guide officials through national competency certification procedures.

Specialized Terms & Conditions

PFTC (Professional Firearms Training Centre): A recognized industry body that sets standards and accredits firearm training providers and curricula.

SASSETA (Services Sector Education and Training Authority): The South African regulatory body overseeing vocational training standards across service industries.

Unit Standards: Nationally registered learning outcomes that define the specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for occupational competence.

Competency Application Process: The formal administrative pathway through which trained individuals submit evidence of skill acquisition to receive nationally recognized certification.

80/20 Preference Point System: A procurement evaluation model allocating 80 points to bid pricing and 20 points to socio-economic goals (e.g., youth, women, disability-owned enterprises, SMME status, and regional economic development).