Manned Guarding & ACS Security Officers

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Approved Contractor Scheme & Security Industry Authority

Welcome to ACS Pacesetters

The Approved Contract Scheme Pacesetters membership is made up of Contract Security Guarding Companies who are in the top 15% benchmarking and achievement levels set by the Security Industry Authority Approved Contractor Scheme.

To achieve accreditation companies must reach a score of zero and currently the maximum score is +159 points. All members of ACS Pacesetters will have gained a minimum score of +86 during their recent annual inspection by one of the five appointed UKAS inspection bodies.

There are currently 711 Contract Security Guarding Companies who have achieved ACS accreditation, therefore, it is very difficult for the buyers of security services to differentiate between them. The ACS Pacesetters places emphasis on the importance of the annual score, making the tender process for end-users very much simpler.

In restricting membership of the ACS Pacesetter to the top 15%, the field has been well and truly split; a total of only 107 companies are eligible to join. These companies, both national and regional, have proved they are the best in class. Quite simply, as a client, would you want to select a company to tender for your security contract which was not in the top 15% of the ACS scoring system? It surely has to be the safest route.

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The ACS Pacesetters is an independent initiative linked to FM Contract Watch LLP and is not being sponsored by The SIA
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Approved Contractor scores show continual improvement

Members of the SIA’s Approved Contractor Scheme are continuing to raise the bar, results published today have shown. Read More »

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Rt. Honourable Bruce George - appointed President of IPSA

Described as “A man in a Million" by the Mayor of Walsall when presenting the Rt. Hon. Bruce George in 2011 with the silver casket and scroll marking his being granted the Honorary Freedom of the City of Walsall in recognition of serving 36 years at its Member of Parliament, the International Professional Security Association expresses similar sentiments and is pleased to announce that Bruce George has been appointed Honorary President of the Association. Read More »

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If your company has an ACS score of +86, why miss out on the commercial advantages of The ACS Pacesetters membership?