Register
The Register of Training Organisations
Following an extensive review and evaluation of the Approved College and Training Organisation Register (ACTOR) during 2011, a new register, the Register of Training Organisations, has been launched.
The Register of Training Organisations is a list of organisations that are eligible to be considered for funding from the Chief Executive of Skills Funding (the Agency) to deliver education and training services in England.
The Register has three distinct purposes for the Skills Funding Agency:
- To enable us to confirm that organisations with whom we have an existing funding agreement are suitable for us to continue to fund.
- To provide us with a list of organisations that are eligible to be selected to be invited to tender for the provision of education and training services.
- To enable us to determine on which subcontractors (organisations not holding a direct contract) we need to ask prime contractors to conduct a higher level of due diligence, monitoring and review.
A positioning statement for the Register has been published.
Due Diligence Assurance Gateway
In order to be included on the Register, organisations are required to pass a Due Diligence Assurance Gateway. This consists of two elements - submission of financial statements and an online questionnaire. These are then evaluated to determine whether organisations pass or fail the Due Diligence Assurance Gateway.
The Assurance Gateway comprises around 80% fewer questions than before and therefore a reduction in the amount of time we expect will be required to complete it. There are 67 questions, 4 declarations and 1 authorisation of submission to complete.
- 25 questions require Yes/No responses.
- 18 questions require a text based answer
- 21 questions offer a list of options from which one option can be selected
- 2 questions offer a list of options from which all applicable options can be selected
- 1 question requires a WinZip attachment to be uploaded
Organisations will only need to complete the Due Diligence Assurance Gateway if one or more of the following apply:
- they have an existing funding agreement with us
- they want to be selected to be invited to tender for education and training provision being commissioned by the Skills Funding Agency from 1 April 2012
- they are a subcontractor holding contracts with an aggregate value of £500,000 or above per annum
The online questionnaire can be found at the Skills Funding Agency’s e-tendering portal https://skillsfundingagency.bravosolution.co.uk/
Help and Support
A Quick Reference Support Guide for the e-tendering portal has been produced to assist organisations in their understanding of the e-tendering portal and specifies how to access the online questionnaire.
Read Me First – Guidance for Completion provides detailed information about the Register of Training Organisations and the Due Diligence Assurance Gateway.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions about the Register of Training Organisations and Due Diligence Assurance Gateway has been produced to assist organisations in completing the process.
