SOW_Prospector_04.03.2025.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Commercial Analytic Service: Prospector

Statement of Work (SOW)

3 April 2025

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Purpose

3.0 Scope of Work

3.1 Task One: Forecasts

3.2 Task Two: Reports

4.0 Data and Other Technical Considerations

4.1 Data Rights & Licensing

5.0 Consultation and Training

6.0 Period of Performance

7.0 Place of Performance

8.0 Authority

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 order is to procure access to 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

Scandium Yttrium Lanthanide Cobalt Lithium Manganese Graphite Nickel Antimony Arsenic Bismuth Gallium Germanium Tungsten

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:

o Identification of tier 1,2,3-level companies o Production capacity and output levels o Expansion plans, new construction, and projected capacity increases o Mergers and acquisitions of companies o Acquisition of mining concessions o Major trading partners: suppliers and customers o Parent companies and child branches o Geographic locational data (geocoordinates in decimal degree format) o Categories of products manufactured

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.

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

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.

The Contractor shall comply with Section 508 for IT accessibility standards for both Federal and public customers.

4.1 Data Rights & Licensing

The unclassified data, analytic services, and reports associated with this effort will preferably be delivered at US Government purpose rights - End User License Agreements (EULAs) with the ability to release content to US Federal and foreign partners, when deemed necessary by NGA in support of USG missions.

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 and respond to ad-hoc taskings from NGA requiring niche critical mineral and industrial sector data/information.

6.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance for this contract is as follows: 4 years 3 months

7.0 Place of Performance

Work shall be performed at the Contractor facility. NGA is located in Springfield, VA and Saint Louis, MO.

8.0 Authority

NGA hereby authorizes the Contractor to carry out such steps as it considers necessary to perform the Services, including using subcontractors to assist the Contractor under this statement of work. The Contractor will remain liable in respect of any Services provided by the Contractor's subcontractors, subject to the terms of this statement of work.