Tender: DWP Adult Skills Fund Security Industry Training Delivery — Hertford Regional College (Broxbourne)

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Hertford Regional College is seeking a provider to deliver innovative adult learning funded by the Department for Work and Pensions Adult Skills Fund for learners aged 19+, with delivery that complies with DWP Funding Rules. The provider should deliver programmes in partnership with local stakeholders targeting people who require security industry skills and leading to embedded qualifications and an SIA licence, and must demonstrate good progression into employment for eligible learners who are engaging with local DWP services. Delivery is for a maximum of 36 learners at the College’s Broxbourne Campus (EN10 6AE) in three cohorts of 12 starting January 2027, with all delivery completed by 31 July 2027; this procurement is for non-devolved DWP funding only and is run under the light-touch regime. Suppliers must complete the volumes and values spreadsheet and the procurement questionnaire provided in the attachments and complete HRC due diligence checks to achieve the required assessment outcome prior to any contract award; contract awards are subject to a 20% management fee and procurement questionnaire responses scoring thresholds (including a minimum pass score of 150/300 and potential 50% weighting to question 3).