Commercial in Confidence

Security Industry Authority

Approved Contractor Scheme

Assessment Type Assessment Report for

Applicants Name

Sectors Covered

Date of Visit:

Date of Re-visit/Remote/Desktop: (select the option)

Assessor:

Assessing Body:
Assessing Body Signature:
CONTENTS

1 Summary 3

1.1 Key Findings…………………………………………………………………...... 3

2 Introduction 4

3 Summary of Findings 5

3.1 Special Instructions 5

3.2 Improvement Needs 5

3.3 Improvement Options 6

3.4 Areas of Good Practice ……………………………………………………...... 6

3.5 Achieving Continual Improvement 6

4 Detailed Findings against the ACS Standard 7

Summary

This Assessment Report covers the services provided by Applicant Name / Part of organisation / sectors covered. This report includes a brief description of the organisation, the overall assessment process and an overview of evidence obtained during the assessment visit.

In the view of the Assessment Body and based on our assessment on date and re-visit on date, Applicant Name / Part of Organisation, has achieved/not achieved the standard required for the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme, for Sectors Covered, and has achieved a score of X.

The following report covers assessment findings, the overall assessment process and an overview of evidence obtained during the assessment visit.

Note that the final decision on Approved Contractor Scheme approval will be made by the SIA approval team based on these findings and on the results of the SIA ACS eligibility requirements.

1.1 Key Findings

·  SI (Special Instructions): 0

·  IN (Improvement Needs): 0

·  IO (Improvement Options): 0

Introduction

The Assessor used a range of methods to gather evidence against the ACS Standard, comprising:

Summary of Findings

Provide details here

And where applicable:

Re-visit /Remote/Desktop Close Out - During the original assessment on XXX date there were Insert number of areas where applicant name fell below the required achievement level. A re-visit / remote / desktop close out was conducted on the XXX date which successfully closed all improvement needs.

Special Instructions

Special Instructions have not been issued/The following Special Instruction was issued.

Record the SI here along with details of assessor findings

Improvement Needs

There are no areas where XXX (applicant name) falls below the Required Achievement Level necessary to meet the ACS standard.

or

There are Insert number of areas where Applicant Organisation Name falls below the Achievement Level necessary to meet the ACS Standard. The organisation must address improvement needs, and be able to demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the ACS Standard, before they may be recommended for ACS approval:

Improvement Options

Although our assessment is that Applicant company currently meets the requirements of the ACS Standard, the organisation may wish to consider the following as part of its plans to ensure it continues to meet, and improve upon the ACS Standard throughout the Approval period.

Unlike section 3.2 Improvement Needs, it is not mandatory that Applicant company addresses the Improvement Options in order to meet the ACS Standard at this time. However, the organisation should bear in mind that the requirements of the ACS Standard will change over time, and organisations will need to demonstrate continual improvement activity. Improvement options will generally relate to areas where there remains scope for further improvement, or where without further action there is a risk of Applicant company falling below the ACS Standard.

Areas of Good Practice

During the assessment, Insert number of areas areas of good practice were identified. This/These are outlined below. The numbers in brackets refer to the relevant criteria and indicators in the ACS Standard.

Achieving Continual Improvement

Should Applicant company wish to demonstrate continual improvement in its achievements against the ACS Standard the following table presents such an analysis, by Criteria and Score:

Maximum available
score / Assessors
verified
score / Available improvement in score
Criteria 1: Strategy / 13
Criteria 2: Processes / 16
Criteria 3: CRM / 19
Criteria 4: Financial Mgt. / 10
Criteria 5: Resources / 14
Criteria 6: People / 58
Criteria 7: Leadership / 16
Criteria 8: CSR / 7
Criteria 9: Results / 21
174

Detailed Findings against the ACS Standard

The following table shows how Applicant Name, Part of Organisation demonstrated that it met the ACS Standard. It is a summary of the key findings against each criterion and should be read in conjunction with the previous sections.

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