Geolocation estimates draft_SoW.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Analysis Directorate

Statement of Work for

Geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

30 October 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 General

2.0 Specific Requirements/Tasks

3.0 Delivery or Deliverables

4.0 Meetings

5.0 Required Travel and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

6.0 Special Instructions

7.0 Quality Control

1.0 General

1.1 Background

NGA has a need to monitor and research geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest with a worldwide subscription to an existing dataset that includes, but is not limited to, China, Russia, and Central to northern South America. NGA requires the capability to easily research vessels of interest and their historic tracks as well as fixed sites, in order to identify illicit activity, such as possible intelligence platforms, trafficking, and sanctions violations. The analytic products and services described in this acquisition will augment NGA’s capability to find, describe, and monitor places and things.

1.2 Objective

The objective is to leverage commercial industry global datasets that utilize automated detection and geolocation estimates techniques for identifying emitter metadata for Signals of Interest to include AIS, EPIRB, Iridium, L-Band Telecom, UHF, VHF, and X-Band

Marine Radar, and space situational awareness radars operating in all bands in order to add value to our analysis in a dynamic, scalable manner. NGA would benefit from utilizing a dataset of this scale and scope, delivered to our analysts and analytic managers as a service.

All work performed under this contract will be UNCLASSIFIED.

1.3 Period of Performance

The period of performance of this contract consists of a base year of 12 months and four

(4) optional 12 month extensions.

1.4 Place of Performance

All work is to be completed off-site, at the Contractor’s location.

2.0 Tasks

2.1 Base Year Task One: Delivery or access to data on geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

Contractor shall provide access to geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest. Ssection 3.2.2 for delivery methods and requirements.

The dataset must include China, Russia, and Central to northern South America.

2.1.1: Metadata, Sourcing, and Documentation:

Vendor shall provide consolidated methodology for how inventory is assessed.

Vendor shall deliver notification and documentation of any updates/changes to the model used to generate data (change date, modifications made, and justifications for changes).

Data must include accuracy and precision error estimates that are easily queried using the vendor’s API or APIs.

2.1.2: Access to data:

Vendor shall demonstrate prior to contract award that they are able to provide at least six months of existing data for the countries listed in section 1.1.

Vendor shall show demonstrated ability to incorporate additions to the remote sensing constellation for increased re-visit rates over time.

Vendor shall provide access to the data must be available on a daily basis via an Application Programming Interface (API).

Vendor shall provide access to any available historic data holdings.

Vendor shall deliver full documentation and inform NGA of API capabilities, parameters, and periodicity of updates, if anticipated.

2.2 Option Year 1 Task One: Geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

If exercised, the Contractor shall deliver geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest, consistent with the requirements in 2.1.

2.3 Option Year 2 Task One: Geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

2.4 Option Year 3 Task One: Geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

2.5 Option Year 4 Task One: Geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest

3.0 Delivery or Deliverables

3.1 Delivery Schedule

Delivery dates calculated based on the initial Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) for

Tasks 1 (section 2.1).

Line Item SOW reference

Description Quantity Delivery Date Acceptance Date

1 2.1 Task 1 Production of Structured Data

Global geolocation estimates and emitter metadata for Signals of Interest of countries

Data will be accessible, upon contract award +3 days

Contract award +16 days.

3.2 Delivery

3.2.1 Acceptance Criteria and Review Timelines

NGA will conduct substantive reviews of a random selection of geolocation estimates and associated emitter metadata deliverables every two months over the course of the contract to identify outliers and data inconsistencies. NGA will present questions, errors, and/or issues to the vendor via email, unclassified ad hoc meeting, or at a regularly scheduled quarterly meeting. The vendor shall have two weeks to provide insight into or verify outliers within the dataset.

Data will be reviewed for the following:

Metadata and attribution o Units for all measurements and conversions. The preferred standard datum is WGS84 unprojected.

o Completeness of global dataset o Precision of measurements o Fidelity of units of measurement (not rounded value or denote/specify the number of significant digits) o Vendor-provided Geolocation estimates: %90 - %95 must be accurate to within 5 – 10 kilometers.

3.2.2 Delivery Methods

Data is to be available via an unclassified API that allows for query and exportable/downloadable in commonly used formats (e.g.: .csv. JSON). Ideally, the data would feed automatically into relevant IC/DOD repositories on both unclassified and classified networks. Alternately, NGA would need structured data (GeoJSON) to load into Arc.

4.0 Meetings

4.1 Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs)

TEMs will be held on both a regularly scheduled and on an ad hoc basis as NGA evaluate the data and discuss questions and errors to facilitate evaluating the data. NGA meetings may take place at NGA Campus East (NCE), Springfield, VA or NGA Campus West (NCW), Saint Louis, MO; by teleconference; or other unclassified co-working space as determined by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

4.2 Post-award Kickoff Meeting

Within 10 business days of contract award, the Government will conduct a post-award kickoff meeting at NCE with dial-in from NCW. This TEM shall cover administrative issues and technical questions as necessary for the award.

5.0 Travel and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

No travel or other direct costs are anticipated for this contract.

6.0 Special Instructions

6.1 Unclassified Work Performance Security Requirements

All work performed under this contract will be UNCLASSIFIED and/or UNCLASSIFIED FOR

OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO).

6.2 Information Handling

The Contractor shall comply with the NGA, DoD, and IC Information Security and Classification policy and regulations. This includes but not limited to the CoNGA Security Classification Guide. Contractor personnel shall properly classify (with appropriate banner and portion marks) all classified, unclassified, and CUI information media regardless of its format.

Classification markings will be in accordance with the lowest security classification possible to ensure the confidentiality and integrity for the greatest release to partners in accordance with NGA and mission partner marking guides for classified information. Information management will be in accordance with applicable security policy and regulations, and NGA compliance documents.

6.3 License

License condition: The ability to share within the Government and to mission partners, the raw measurements, derived products, and any analysis.

License condition: The ability to retain and use delivered data once contract expires.

7.0 Quality Control

The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of quality services to the Government (See FAR 52.212-4(a).