Attachment-1_SOW-Prospector_22AUG2025.docx

UNCLASSIFIED

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

GEOINT Analysis: Prospector

Statement of Work (SOW)

22 August 2025

UNCLASSIFIED

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is the nation’s primary source of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the US Intelligence Community (IC). GEOINT is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information that describes, assesses, and visually depicts physical features and geographically referenced activities on the earth.

NGA delivers world-class GEOINT that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders from seabed to space.

2.0 Purpose

The purpose of this contract is to procure a subscription for worldwide access to an existing platform with data and analysis on critical rare earth minerals and battery industrial sectors; to enable NGA to gain a more detailed, global view of trade. This will allow NGA to monitor key developments in precious mineral markets, and the precious mineral global supply chains.

3.0 Scope of Work

The Contractor shall provide all services in accordance with this statement of work:

3.1 Task One: Forecasts

The Contractor shall make available detailed supply and demand forecasts (including projections to at least 2040) with quarterly updates for each of the critical mineral/industry sectors listed below:

Critical Minerals

· Yttrium

· The Lanthanide series:

· (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, and gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium)

· Cobalt

· Lithium

· Manganese

· Graphite

· Nickel

Industrial Sectors

· Battery Storage

· Solid State Batteries

· Battery Component Recycling

Industry/Commodity data shall include:

· Country-level information on commodity supply and demand

· Company-level information regarding:

· Identification of tier 1,2,3-level companies

· Production capacity and output levels

· Expansion plans, new construction, and projected capacity increases

· Mergers and acquisitions of companies

· Acquisition of mining concessions

· Major trading partners: suppliers and customers

· Parent companies and child branches

· Geographic locational data (geocoordinates in decimal degree format)

· Categories of products manufactured

The Contractor shall maintain, hold, and make available historical data that is at least ten years old, including projections to at least 2040.

3.2 Task Two: Reports

The Contractor shall make available in-depth assessments of industry developments and policy updates that examine market trends and dynamics, constraints, and opportunities affecting supply and supply chains worldwide. Underlying data used to produce these assessments shall be provided to NGA.

3.3 Optional Task Two: Additional Forecasts

The Contractor shall make available detailed supply and demand forecasts (including projections to at least 2040) with quarterly updates for each of the critical mineral/industry sectors listed below:

Critical Minerals

· Scandium

· Antimony

· Arsenic

· Bismuth

· Gallium

· Germanium

· Tungsten

4.0 Data and Other Technical Considerations

· All data/information must be derived from unclassified sources.

· All data must be available in .csv format for further analysis.

· The Contractor shall set up auto-email alerts on an unclassified domain when data and reports are available for download. Alternatively, the Contractor may auto-deliver the data and reports to NGA via unclassified email.

5.0 Consultation and Training

NGA requires access to Contractor subject matter industry experts to respond to unclassified requests for information (RFI) and to be available for targeted industry discussions, up to five hours per month.

The Contractor shall provide new user training, including training on new enhancements and functionality when deployed to its user interface.

Due to the nature and shifting priorities of GEOINT, NGA requires the Contractor to remain flexible and be available to respond to inquiries from NGA requiring niche critical mineral and industrial sector data/information.

6.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance of this contract will be a base year, and four (4) one-year option periods.

7.0 Place(s) of Performance

Work shall be performed at the Contractor facility.

NGA Washington is located at:

7500 GEOINT Dr.

Springfield, VA 22150

NGA St. Louis is located at:

3200 S 2nd St.

St. Louis, MO 63118.

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