Attachment A - Task 1 SOW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK FOR ENGAGEMENT OF FOREIGN MARITIME AUTHORITIES TO SUPPORT

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON

THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

OPEN-SOURCE RESEARCH SERVICES – Task 1

Purpose:

The purpose of this Task is to provide the Government with open-source research analysis of selected maritime stakeholders in support of the targeted maritime engagements contemplated under Task 2.

Scope:

The services of this Task 1 will include performance of the tasks set forth below pursuant to the terms, conditions, and scope of the basic Indefinite Duration/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

Requirements:

At the direction of the Government, the Contractor shall conduct open-source research relating to DPRK activity that implicates the foreign maritime sector. This research shall focus on global maritime stakeholders, including, but not limited to, customs authorities, port operators, flag registries, maritime insurers, commodity brokers, providers of bunkering services, financial sector entities that underwrite or fund maritime commerce, and others on sanctions risks associated with DPRK-related shipping. This includes commercial shipping activity that may support DPRK efforts to acquire or export WMD, their delivery systems, and related items, and conventional arms-related items, as well as the DPRK’s efforts to acquire commodities like refined petroleum and export DRPK-origin coal through sanctionable transactions, such as those outlined in the recent sanctions advisories by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S.

Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The

Government is particularly interested in DPRK activity in China. The Contractor shall deliver the results of its research to the COR and COR-designated representatives of the Government via encrypted e-mail. All research/analysis conducted under this IDIQ Contract shall be used by the

Government and Contractor to support the engagement of targeted maritime stakeholders under Task 2.

Period of Performance:

One year plus two option years.

Key Personnel:

There will be no Key Personnel for this Task outside of those designated in the base IDIQ

Contract.

Deliverables:

Deliverable Recipient Deadline

Reports/Analyses of DPRK activities implicating global maritime stakeholders

COR, GTM, and COR-designated personnel from CPI, in e-mail

The deadline for individual reports and/or analyses shall be agreed upon between the Government and the

Contractor.