NEI_Draft_Statement_of_Work_20240612.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

SOURCE SELECTION SENSITIVE

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

DRAFT

Attachment 1

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

for

Commercial Non-Earth Imaging (NEI)

11 June 2024

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Background

3.0 Purpose

4.0 Requirements

4.1 Resolution Validation

4.2 Data Format Validation

4.3 Data Transmission Validation

4.4 Sensing Payload Trade Analysis

4.5 Delta-v vs Time of Flight

4.6 Drive by Characterization

4.7 PED Capability Validation

4.8 Imaging Uncooperative Targets

4.9 Non-vendor Asset Imaging

4.10 Delivery Schedule, Delivery Location and File Format

4.11 Quality Assurance and Acceptance Criteria

5.0 Deliverables

5.1 Contract Kick-off

5.2 Technical exchange meeting (TEM)

5.3 Reporting

5.4 Contract Close-out

6.0 Period of Performance

7.0 Place of Performance

7.1 Work Site

7.2 Duty Hours

8.0 Government Furnished Information/Government Furnished Property (GFI/GFP)

9.0 Security

9.1 Unclassified Work Performance Security Requirements

9.2 Information Handling

10.0 Data Rights/Ownership of Deliverables

10.1 Government Purpose Rights

11.0 Quality Assurance

12.0 Travel

13.0 Optional Requirements

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Introduction

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is the nation’s primary source of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community.

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. As a DOD Combat Support Agency and a member of the IC, NGA provides GEOINT products and services to partners, decision makers, warfighters, and first responders across the globe. The NGA is the lead federal agency for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders.

The NGA motto is Know the World, Show the Way…from Seabed to Space.

Background

NGA’s Source (S) organization creates, collects and brokers authoritative GEOINT content and services based on NGA’s intimate knowledge of customer needs and powered by its unique command of the GEOINT supplier market, unparalleled tradecraft expertise, and cutting-edge technology to support national security priorities.

The Space Operations Division (SXOS) focuses on improving Space Domain Awareness (SDA) across the GEOINT enterprise to provide NGA customers with high fidelity SDA to increase understanding of the space operational environment.

Purpose

In the past two decades, the commercial space industry has developed from a nascent technology sector organized primarily around serving government customer needs and providing commercial satellite communications, to a robust, innovative market-driven industry focused primarily around commercial applications and commercial customers. In the commercial remote sensing industry, new capabilities offer alternate solutions for US

Government intelligence requirements.

This contract will utilize commercial unclassified Non-Earth Imaging (NEI) and associated analytics in satisfying emerging geospatial needs, and inform the development of enduring commercial NEI requirements. The contract will inform the impact of commercial SDA data on the quality and accuracy of commercial NEI data. The contract will also access alternative tasking and data delivery methods.

Requirements

4.1 Resolution Validation

4.1.1 The contractor shall demonstrate imaging capabilities at distance to target to be imaged at 20KM, 15KM, 10KM, 5KM, 2KM, 1KM, and 500M to validate current imaging technology.

4.1.2 The contractor shall deliver image and video data in the specified formats for panchromatic, and Infra-Red (Visible Near Infra-Red (VNIR), Short-Wave Infra-Red

(SWIR), Middle Wave Infra-Red (MWIR), and Long-Wave Infra-Red (LWIR)) spectral bands from all imaging operations conducted under this contract.

4.1.3 The contractor shall provide detailed mission planning to enable successful spatial resolution validation.

4.1.4 The contractor shall report Delta-v and fuel usage as well as any additional relevant metrics regarding the performance of the system during imaging operations.

4.1.5 The contractor shall provide engineering analysis of collected imagery to assess and validate imaging capabilities.

4.2 Data Format Validation

4.2.1 The contractor shall provide images and video to NGA in desired formats.

4.2.2 The contractor shall provide for the ability to create and validate format conversion function to export captured images and video into NGA’s specification.

4.2.3 The contractor shall provide an environment to capture images and video and validate format conversion to NGA specification.

4.3 Data Transmission Validation

4.3.1 The contractor shall ensure network communication connectivity between NGA and vendor system(s).

4.3.2 The contractor shall establish and validate network pathways to enable data delivery to specified NGA endpoint within the desired time constraints.

4.4 Sensing Payload Trade Analysis

4.4.1 The contractor shall analyze multiple sensing phenomenologies at various distance with cost, Delta-v, and CONOPS implications.

4.4.2 The contractor shall determine top alternatives based on results of trade analysis.

4.4.3 The contractor shall determine implication to system CONOPs, cost, and expected image quality/resolution at various ranges to target, and document findings to report to NGA.

4.4.4 The contractor shall present findings to NGA during one of the Monthly TEMs.

4.5 Delta-v vs Time of Flight

4.5.1 The contractor shall demonstrate characterization of all faces of an object starting from a 100KM in-track standoff distance, and document findings to report to NGA.

4.5.2 The contractor shall ensure successful resolution validation through detailed mission planning.

4.5.3 The contractor shall report time to complete the characterization, Delta-v, and fuel usage, as well as any additional relevant metrics regarding the engagement.

4.6 Drive by Characterization

4.6.1 The contractor shall demonstrate drive-by object characterization of nadir and zenith faces of a target at 5KM, 2KM, 1KM, and 500M.

4.6.2 The contractor shall provide detailed mission planning to enable successful resolution validation.

4.6.3 The contractor shall report Delta-v and fuel usage as well as any additional relevant metrics regarding the performance of the system during imaging operations.

4.7 PED Capability Validation

4.7.1 The contractor shall create analytic products to include target component identification and mensuration.

4.7.2 The contractor shall produce analytic products including target object identification, component identification, mensuration of overall bus and solar panel dimensions, and mensuration of distinguishable components and features.

4.8 Imaging Uncooperative Targets

4.8.1 The contractor shall demonstrate imaging an uncooperative target by utilizing one vehicle as a surrogate.

4.8.2 The contractor shall provide detailed mission planning to enable successful resolution validation.

4.8.3 The contractor shall report time to complete the characterization, Delta-v, and fuel usage, as well as any additional relevant metrics regarding the engagement.

4.9 Non-vendor Asset Imaging

4.9.1 The contractor shall validate the ability to collect imagery of a cooperative non- vendor owned asset.

4.9.2 The contractor shall provide detailed mission planning to enable successful resolution validation.

4.9.3 The contractor shall report Delta-v and fuel usage as well as any additional relevant metrics regarding the engagement.

4.10 Delivery Schedule, Delivery Location and File Format

4.10.1 The contractor and NGA will agree on a delivery schedule.

4.10.2 The contractor shall provide the following collection data delivered to the specified location mutually agreed to, in the specified format, and not later than 24hrs following data collection.

4.10.3 The contractor shall provide analytic products delivered to the customer immediately upon completion.

4.10.4 The contractor shall deliver data to a Government-provided Amazon Web Services

(AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket available to WWW (Open Internet) users, or another cloud storage location or other delivery point specified by NGA, consistent with the delivery schedule.

4.10.5 The contractor will establish a location on their data and analytics platform to which all NGA-purchased data and analytics will available.

4.10.6 The contractor shall provide NGA with a username and password to their tasking and analytic platform, through which data and analytics will be available to NGA.

4.10.7 The contractor will send a notification to NGA whenever a new completed product is delivered Government-provided cloud storage location and added to the delivery repository.

4.10.8 The contractor shall deliver all available image data in the NITF 2.1 (preferred), TIFF-PL format, or the GEOTIFF format.

4.10.9 The contractor shall deliver video data as a .mp4 format using H.265/HEVC (lossless) encoding. Delivered motion imagery products shall conform to the NGA MISP-2023.2

NGA Motion Imagery Standards Profile, v2023.2.

4.10.10 The contractor shall deliver all analytics products in .pdf or .png formats.

4.11 Quality Assurance and Acceptance Criteria

The Government will periodically perform Quality Assurance assessments on the delivered data and analytic products. The Government will inform the vendor of the outcome of any Quality

Assurance assessments.

The Government will provide information relevant to improving the data and analytic product to the vendor as appropriate.

The Government may use USG systems to generate data for comparison to Contractor provided data.

Table 1: Performance Objectives, Acceptance Criteria & Methods of Performance Assessment

Performance Objective Acceptance Criteria Method of Assessment

Format Imagery: NITF 2.1 (preferred), TIFF-PL, GEOTIFF

Video: MP4

100% of data delivered in desired formats. >50% of

Visual inspection

Analytic Reports: PDF or PNG imagery data delivered in NITF

2.1 format

Targeted space object is present in image frame

Minimum: Correct target is present in frame in 70% of collected imagery.

Maximum: Correct target is present in frame in 90% of collected imagery

Validation through comparison to other data Accuracy

Quality Data interpretability compared to range-to-target in each spectral band

Minimum: SORS 8 Maximum: SORS 10

Visual inspection and validation through comparison to other data

Temporal Collected data delivered to NGA within 24 hours

80% delivered within 16 hours of collection. 100% delivered within 24 hours of collection

Tracking of data delivery timelines

Deliverables

The contractor shall adhere to the following deliverable schedule.

Table 2: Deliverables

ID Deliverable Due Date Recurring Method of

Delivery Format Delivered to

0001 Kick-off Meeting 10 days post award

None In person or

Virtual Meeting

Briefing (e.g.

PPT or PDF file), to be determined, Section 5.1

Program Management office, CO and COR

0002 Project Plan 10 days post award

None In person or

Virtual Meeting

MS DOC or PDF

Program Management office, CO and COR

Monthly Technical Exchange

Meeting (TEM) and Program Management Review (PMR)

30 days post award

Monthly and as needed basis

In person or Virtual

Meeting

Teleconference by GOV PMO as described in section 5.2

PMO, COR

ID Deliverable Due Date Recurring Method of

Delivery Format Delivered to

Collected Data

& Analytic Reporting

30 days post award

Immediately upon completion

AWS;

Email notification to PM and COR

MS Office:

Analytic

Deliverables as described in section 4.5

PMO, COR

0005 Status Reporting 30 days post award

Five (5) Monthly

Email to PM and COR

MS Office: As described in section 5.3

PMO, CO,

COR

0006 Final Report Submitted with final invoice

One (1) final report

Email to PM and COR

MS Office: As described in section 5.4

PMO, CO,

COR

5.1 Contract Kick-off

A kick-off meeting via teleconference or videoconference (e.g. MS Teams) shall take place within 10 days of contract award.

5.2 Technical exchange meeting (TEM)

A technical exchange meeting (TEM) via teleconference (e.g. MS Teams) will occur once a month. Other meetings may occur on an ad-hoc basis, if deemed necessary.

In the event the Government cannot attend a meeting, an email containing the required information can be substituted.

5.3 Reporting

The contractor shall prepare a digital report monthly due on the last business day of each month to provide information on tasking and delivery metrics for the month, and any other relevant information relating to the contract or supporting operations. Status Reports will utilize standard office business software (e.g., Microsoft Office).

Each report shall include:

▪ Number of identified space objects imaged

▪ Number of times each identified space object was imaged

▪ Accuracy percentage – number of images in which the targeted object was detected out of the total number of images taken

▪ Total number of images for the month

▪ Total number of images delivered under the contract to-date

▪ Min, Max, and Average resolution of delivered images

▪ Average time from tasking to data and analytic product delivery

▪ Maneuvers conducted and mission profiles flown to acquire provided imagery.

▪ Delta-v and fuel expenditure used for each NGA engagement.

▪ Total Delta-v and fuel expenditure on NGA requirements for the month.

▪ Any challenges or other relevant items for consideration

5.4 Contract Close-out

Following the completion of the contract, the vendor will complete a final report that will detail overall performance metrics, relevant lessons learned, and outline potential areas for improvement for both the vendor and the government.

Period of Performance

The effort will have a base period of 12 months starting with contract award with 4 available option years.

Place of Performance

7.1 Work Site

Work shall be performed at the Contractor facility.

In the event of extenuating circumstances, and subject to NGA COR approval, the Contractor shall work using remote work/telework practices to provide for the requirements in this

Statement of Work (SOW).

7.2 Duty Hours

Contract personnel assigned to the contract shall perform the duties of their position during

NGA’s business within the normal 40-hour work week (Monday through Friday). Any changes in schedules must be coordinated and approved by the GOV PM in writing. The work schedule of the individuals providing these services shall conform to the government work schedule in the office in which they support. In the event of a national emergency or pandemic, and agency-wide shift schedules are implemented, the GOV PM will assign which days/weeks the contract personnel are allowed onsite.

Government Furnished Information/Government Furnished Property

(GFI/GFP)

There will be no GFP for this effort. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing necessary IT equipment for its employees to perform the required work successfully. This includes, but is not limited to, computers, monitors, keyboards, networking, and internet access.

In the event that Government personnel must support efforts at the contractor site, the contractor shall also provide internet access for Government employees while working from the contractor site. The contractor shall also temporarily provide the Government with peripheral IT items (keyboards, mice, etc.) for use by Government employees when

Government employees are in the contractor facility.

Security

9.1 Classified Work Performance Security Requirements

9.1.1 Contractor personnel performing classified work on this contract are required to have at a minimum with an in-scope TOP SECRET/SCI eligibility to perform work on this contract. Contractors shall be subject to a Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph (CSP) exam when requested by the Government. NGA will sponsor: Security indoctrinations and accesses; Common Access Cards (CAC); and other required items for required program personnel.

9.1.2 Any contractor personnel working with CUI information must receive a favorable HSPD-

12 and/or HSPD-12 Tier 1 adjudication prior to accessing CUI information. Contractor personnel who require access to CUI for 60 days or less must receive a favorable HSPD-

12 adjudication. Contractor personnel who require CUI access for greater than 60 days must receive a favorable HSPD-12 Tier 1 adjudication.

9.1.3 NGA will sponsor the HSPD-12 and HSPD-12 Tier 1 background investigation for required program personnel. NOTE: Contractor personnel submitted for a security clearance cannot be submitted for a HSPD-12 or HSPD-12 Tier 1 adjudication while waiting for their security clearance approval.

9.1.4 The Contractor shall be a U.S. owned entity. Only United States citizens (foreign nationals are prohibited from working on this effort) are authorized to perform work or have access to the information on the contract

9.1.5 Contractor personnel shall not release any unclassified information, regardless of medium (e.g. film, tape, document), pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless the COR has given prior written approval or in performance of a project that has been scoped and negotiated by NGA.

9.1.6 Contractor personnel visiting NGA facilities and/or sites will receive the appropriate visitor badge and will be escorted as appropriate. The visitor badge will be returned at the end of each visit day. NOTE: NGA reserves the right to refuse access to any personnel.

9.1.7 Contract personnel are forbidden from bringing in prohibited, unauthorized, and/or

Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) items into any NGA installation or any office/working location covered under this agreement. A list of PEDs includes but is not limited to cell phones, cameras, two-way pagers, laptops, recorders (digital, tape, etc.), flash drives, or any other kind of removable media, without prior approval and approval paperwork from NGA. See NGA instructions/regulations/policy for a full list of prohibited and unauthorized items. Security violation repercussions will be determined on the severity of the violation.

9.2 Information Handling

9.2.1 Contractor personnel will comply with the NGA, DoD, and IC policies and regulations (to include, but not limited to, the CoNGA Security Classification Guide) to properly mark

(to include portion marking) unclassified documentation, media, etc.

9.2.2 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.

9.2.3 Information management will be in accordance with applicable security policy and regulations, and NGA compliance documents.

9.2.4 All Government-furnished information released to the Contractor or created in the performance of this contract will be destroyed or returned by the Contractor to NGA upon contract termination or when no longer required for contract performance. The determination to destroy or return will be at the direction of the NGA CO or COR.

Data Rights/Ownership of Deliverables

10.1 Government Purpose Rights

The Government shall have “unlimited rights” to all technical data, including metrics and architecture design, required to be delivered under this contract, as that term is defined in

DFARS 252.227-7013.

All data and analytic products delivered under the auspices of this contract will be fully owned by NGA and shareable with NGA partners, to include USG entities and international partners.

Quality Assurance

The Contractor is responsible for product/service quality as it pertains to all requirements under this SOW. The Contractor shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the content meets all quality and specification aspects required by NGA and its customers.

Travel

Travel will not be necessary.

Organizational Conflict of Interest

In accordance with FAR Part 9.5, please discuss any performance which may lead to an

OCI and how the Offeror would mitigate, avoid, or neutralize the conflict.

Optional Requirements

N/A