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COMMS 034C National Fraud Awareness Campaign -ONLINE

1.Background to the Requirement National Fraud Authority The National Fraud Authority (NFA) is an of the Home Office. Set up in 2008, it leads and coordinates the fight to reduce fraud affecting; individuals and public, private (including SME`s) and third sector organisations. As part of this delivery, the NFA runs Action Fraud, the nat ional fraud and internet crime reporting centre, which is a first of its kind police service enabling members of the public and businesses to report fraud online or by phone and to get prevention advice. Action Fraud To date, Action Fraud has seen over 784,003 unique visits to its website (www.actionfraud.police.uk) and more than 219,452 calls have been made through the contact centre (0300 123 2040). All information reports and fraud crime reports are sent to the National Fraud intelligence Bureau (NFIB), a police intelligence system operated by the that looks at fraud reports from Action Fraud and data from other sources to help identify criminals involved in fraud. The National Fraud Segmentation The National Fraud Segmentation (NFS) research was conducted by the Government with industry support, in 2011, in recognition that self-protection is essential to avoiding becoming a victim of fraud and that a targeted approach to developing the public‟s ability to achieve this was required. The NFS is the bedrock for the behaviour change activity the NFA and partner organisations undertake to help individuals and business better self-protect from fraud. It maps individuals‟ behaviour and attitudes attempting to pinpoint activities, situations and life stages at which they are the most vulnerable to fraud with the plan of intervening at these stages to increase self-protection. The adult population has been broken down into 7 segments within the NFS; a copy of which is available at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/nfa/national-fraud-segmentation. A four year behaviour change strategy has been developed, which determines the journeys each of the 7 identified segments should take in order to successfully self-protect from fraud. Cross-sector partnership

One of the NFA‟s main aims is to drive the fight against fraud by encouraging and facilitating effective and collaborative efforts across all sectors. An essential element of achieving this is building cross-sector partnerships to raise awareness of fraud and change behaviour amongst individuals and businesses.

In March 2012, the first campaign funded jointly by the NFA, the banking and telecommunications industry, „The Devil‟s in Your Details‟ campaign, demonstrated what could be achieved when the public and private sector coordinate their fraud prevention activity. This campaign specifically targeted two segments (women aged 35-55 and both males and females within the 18-25 bracket) – both groups prone to regularly giving out their personal information. Further information on the campaign can be viewed at www.actionfraud.police.uk/thedevilsinyourdetails. The campaign succeeded in persuading 68% of those who viewed the videos to change the way they treated their personal information

Next tranche of work

Following on from the success of „The Devil‟s in Your Details‟ (DYID) campaign, the NFA has held discussions about future activities with a working group comprising members of the banking community,

public sector, third sector and law enforcement agencies. The working group support an extension of the DYID campaign to increase the resilience of 35 to 55 year old men (Seg 4) who are at high risk online and when investing. The behaviours of these segments lead to an approximated loss of £ 3.35 Billion (£2.7bn Id Fraud, £1.17bn high risk investment scams, £0.16bn property investor scams).

• The group has potentially more to lose and less ability to recover losses due to age – losses could affect retirement

• They are the second most likely segment to lose money to fraud. They tend to lose large amounts in certain investment based frauds which not only effect them but their families – sometimes severely

• A significant percentage of this group are either sole traders or small/medium sized business owners who fall under high risk/ loss categories re: fraud in their business lives (NFA SME segmentation)

• Messaging should focus around; “ take care when investing”, “know who you‟re giving your details to”, secondary messaging – “fraud costs your business – put preventative measures in place”

Requirement/Specification:

The NFA and its stakeholder group are seeking to extend the „Devil‟s in Your Details‟ campaign and develop a pilot programme of activity to help Segment 4 to mitigate the risks they take when investing on and off-line. Delivery of the campaign is planned for November/December 2012.

The primary target audience for this campaign is specifically focused on Segment 4. They can be further characterised by:

1. Their attitudes towards fraud – that it won‟t happen to them/ more clever than a fraudster – have all the knowledge 2. They don‟t take adequate precautions online 3. They are opportunity/ risk seekers The key activity within the proof of concept campaign will be an online engagement approach using viral videos or other online activity. This is the focus for this ITT.

The online collateral will be supported by PR and seeding activity provided by a partner agency which will be secured separately.

Objectives:

The campaign should bring about behaviour change in the way individuals approach risk and recognise fraud.

• To raise awareness of the risks taken with personal information and finances when going online • To encourage the adoption of practising due diligence when investing

• To find help when in doubt - „ask for directions!‟ • To increase traffic to Action Fraud to report fraud and seek advice

Delivery of the campaign will fall in November/December 2012.

A separate Tender exercise is being run for the outreach – stakeholder engagement – face to face with the target audience, and another tender for the PR.

For this tender:

Agencies are required to:

 To develop an innovative proposal for the design and delivery of the online collateral within a cross- sector integrated communications and engagement proof of concept campaign that results in a demonstrable change in behaviour and attitudes towards fraud.  The proposal should be developed with „bronze, silver, gold‟ activity and cost options for targeting both segments included in the proof of concept, enabling a choice for partners on level of involvement in relation to funding.  To develop an effective programme of measurement and evaluation to gauge the impact and success of the campaign collateral as part of the wider measurement activity.

Suggested key activities across the proof of concept campaign to include: a) A targeted digital campaign focusing on trigger behaviour points aiming to „shock‟ segments into change which could utilise online videos and apps (Subject of this ITT) b) Customer education activity – investment portals engage directly with target segments c) PR and media activity eg, engage key opinion leaders, case studies, shock figures

Specific Specialist Skills/Capabilities/Qualifying requirements:

Experience of conducting awareness/ engagement campaigns Experience in targeting and achieving behavioral change across vulnerable audiences as identified within the National Fraud Authority‟s (NFA) segmentation research (copy available at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/nfa/national-fraud-segmentation)

T ender Timetable:

Action Date Advertise on Contracts Finder Friday 31st August Issue ITT Fri 7th Sept Clarification questions Until Tues 11th Sept Issue Clarification responses Thur 13th Sept Tender Return Date Fri 14th Sept Bid Evaluations Mon 17th Sept Contract Award Weds 19th Sept Contract Commencement and kick off meeting W/C 24th Sept Deliverables Nov/Dec 2012

Duration: campaign to be delivered Nov/Dec 2012

Location:

Across the UK

Evaluation Criteria For Bids:

EVALUATION CRITERIA Weighting 1.VFM - costs 5%

2. Organisational information – please give a brief description of your organisation (in no more than 150 words) 5%

3. Experience of conducting awareness/ engagement campaigns 20%

4. Experience in targeting and achieving behavioural change across vulnerable audiences as identified within the NFA segmentation research 40%

5. Ability to meet deadline for delivery indicated in ITT 25%

6. Why you? Tell us why you think you should be considered for this brief (in no more that 200 words) 5%

Terms and Conditions of Contract:

The Authoritys Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract may be found under Terms and Conditions , short form contracts at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/procurement/doing-business/

How to apply:

The Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the Internet. Any organisation intending to submit an expression of interest must be registered as a supplier with the Home Office eSourcing Portal. To register, visit the Portal‟s Login Page at https://sourcing.homeoffice.gov.uk and complete the online registration form by clicking on the “Register Supplier Organisation” link in the top right-hand corner of the page. The entire process should take no more than 10 minutes and need only be completed once. Passwords are issued via email, normally within 1 working day. Please contact the eSourcing Help Desk for support in completing the online registration process; call 01633 813 950 or email [email protected].

Once registered, organisations intending to submit an expression of interest must send an email to [email protected] any time up to, but no later than Friday 7th September 2012. The email should be entitled ‘COMMS 034C NFA ONLINE ‘and contain the following details: your organisation‟s name; your contact‟s email address; your contact‟s name and your contact‟s telephone number.

Organisations who have complied with the foregoing will receive details of how to access and complete the online Request for Proposal (RFP). The online RFP must be fully completed no later than Friday 14th Sept 2012. Any expressions of interest not submitted in the required form (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. If, however, you believe that there are reasons as to why you would be unable to use the eSourcing service, please let us know by emailing [email protected] and we will consider how best to overcome your difficulties.

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Authority Contact Details –

PCoE Helpdesk 01633 811600

Point of Contact – Stephanie Molina

Date of issue: Friday 31st August 2012

Closing Date/Time for Bids: Friday 14th Sept 2012