SOW Semiconductor and Critical Minerals.pdf

U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration

Industry and Analysis Office of Health and Information Technologies (OHIT)

Statement of Work

1.0 Introduction:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) is the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) bureau that helps create economic opportunity for American workers and businesses by promoting trade and investment, strengthening industry competitiveness, and ensuring fair trade.

ITA consists of three business units, including Industry & Analysis (for additional information, please see: http://trade.gov).

Industry & Analysis (I&A) staff of industry, trade, and economic analysts devise and implement international trade, investment, and export promotion strategies that strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S. industries. These initiatives unlock export and investment opportunities for U.S. businesses by combining in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis with ITA’s industry relationships.

The Office of Health and Information Technologies (OHIT) within I&A is dedicated to increasing exports and addressing supply chain challenges of U.S. health technologies and information technologies (IT) hardware. We do this by strengthening the global competitiveness of these industries through industry analysis, trade policy development, trade promotion, and reducing or eliminating trade barriers.

OHIT’s Information Technologies and Semiconductor Teams provide industry and trade policy expertise to support U.S. suppliers of the hardware that enables the digital economy. These products range from the semiconductors powering electronic devices like phones and computers, to the data center equipment that makes cloud computing possible.

2.0 Objectives

OHIT/ITA is seeking to procure a set of reports on the materials used in the different manufacturing steps for packaging/final assembly of semiconductors and as inputs for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

The resource should consist of reports containing detailed data on the materials used in the different steps of semiconductor manufacturing, including a review of each market, trends and forecasts, a review of the previous year, five-year forecast, review of technology trends, competitive landscape, an overview of each of the key materials used in that manufacturing step, regional/country overview, use in the semiconductor manufacturing process, mergers and acquisitions, and supplier company profiles. The resources should also include detailed information on current and possible shortages considering recent shortages of key materials in the semiconductor supply chain. This information will be used to inform internal DOC analysis and planning, especially on semiconductor supply chains.

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3.0 Scope:

OHIT is seeking to procure reports on critical materials used in semiconductor manufacturing. The vendor will provide reports as they are updated, providing details of the materials used in different steps of the semiconductor manufacturing and packaging (final assembly) process, and key inputs for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Below is a list of required reports:

1. Sputtering Target Materials

2. Metal Chemicals for FE and Advanced Packaging

3. Rare Earth

4. Dielectric Precursors Market Report

5. ALD/High K Metal Precursors Market Report

6. CMP Slurry and Pads Market Report

7. Electronic Gases, including Ne and Xe

8. Quartz Equipment Components

9. Electronic Wet Chemicals and Specialty Cleans Market

10. Silicon Wafers Market Report

11. Lithography Materials Market Report

12. Ceramics/SiC Market Report

13. Silicon Equipment Components Market Report

14. Custom Reports on Semiconductors, Critical Minerals, or similar sectors

4.0 Requirements:

The requirement must include the following features, limited to materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing and packaging process: Revenue forecasts, market share by suppliers of the input materials, an overview of the materials, and how the materials are used in the semiconductor process, market statistics and forecasts, list of suppliers.

Features

• Forecasts and market share data by material.

• Supplier Profiles.

• Information on technology drivers and roadmap for materials.

• Overview of the uses of the materials covered in the reports.

• Detailed information on materials by manufacturing step/usage.

5.0 Delivery

• The contractor will provide the reports as they are updated via email.

6.0 Government-Furnished property, Materials, Equipment, or information

• This is not anticipated in this procurement.

7.0 Security

• This is not anticipated in this procurement.

8.0 Travel

• It is not anticipated that travel will be a requirement for this procurement.

9.0 Special Material Requirements

• This is not anticipated in this procurement.

10.0 Other Unique Requirements

• This is not anticipated in this procurement.

11.0 Place of Performance

• Each authorized user will be emailed reports as they are updated.

12.0 Period of Performance

• The base period of the contract shall begin from the date the contract is awarded and end 12 months later.

2.0 Objectives