Anti Money Laundering & Politically Exposed Persons e-learning

Training Requirement

The HCA is looking for an online Compliance e-learning solution to address the following needs.

• Annual mandatory e-learning requirement in Anti Money Laundering or Financial Crime Compliance (AML/FCC) for all HCA staff (Maximum.1000 staff)
• Additional annual mandatory e-learning for specialist HCA staff in relation to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) (approx.100 staff)
• Appropriate administrative and delegate/user access to your Administration Management System (AMS) that can host, track and report on activity including completion and pass rates.
• Ability to make or request minor additions / changes to tailor small aspects of the e-learning, at no extra cost including content which may not be relevant in a non-banking context
• The content must be relevant to a financial services context and must have the ability to be tailored to a non-banking audience.

Training and Technical Requirement

The required training should cover the following subject areas:

Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) or Anti Money Laundering (AML)

• Policies and procedures
• The duty to report suspicious transactions
• What is money laundering
• How does Money laundering work
• Warning signs - what to look for
• Appropriate and sector relevant examples of money laundering
• The primary money laundering offences
• The definition of money laundering and criminal property
• Tipping off and prejudicing an investigation
• The duty to report knowledge or suspicion – when and how
• Terrorist financing
• The regulatory sector and the need for policies and procedures
• Customer due diligence (CDD) requirements, records and monitoring
• Know your client (KYC) procedures, requirements and on-going monitoring
• Obtaining customer due diligence for individuals and entities
• Risk-based approach
• To use case studies, adapted to HCA’s needs
• Links to our internal policies (useful but not essential)

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

• Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Sanctions
• Reliance on third parties
• Record keeping
• Offences under the Regulations

Further details contained within tender documentation.

Additional information: The contract period is 12 months with the option to extend for 12 months plus a further 12 months. The estimated contract value above is based on an estimated cost for 36 months.

The tender closing time is 1pm on Monday 3 August 2015.

All discussions, meetings and communications will be conducted in English.

The contract will be subject to English law. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in GBP and all payments under the contract will be made in GBP.

This procurement and award is subject to the transparency arrangements being adopted by the UK Government. These arrangements include the publication of tender documentation issued by the HCA and the contract between the HCA and supplier. Bidders should highlight any areas they consider commercially sensitive in order for the HCA to be able to honour our transparency obligations without undermining the bidders commercial interests.

Candidates are advised that the HCA is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("The Act"). If a candidate considers that any of the information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidential or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. The HCA shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to the Act which relates to the information provided by the interested party. Please note, it is insufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.

The HCA takes a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption and sets high standards of impartiality, integrity and objectivity in relation to the stewardship of public funds and the management of its activities. The principles contained within this policy apply to both internal and external audiences, including anyone wishing to undertake business or engage with the HCA. Please refer to our Anti-bribery and Corruption Policy by visiting https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-bribery-and-corruption-policy for further information.