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1. Action Code: Presolicitation


2. Date: 24 February 2023


3. Fiscal Year: 2023


4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 23511


5. Product or Service Code: V- Transportation, Travel, & Relocation services


6. Contracting Office Address: 471 East C Street, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511


7. Subject: Dry Cargo Voyage Charter


8. Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220523R4049


9. Closing Response Date: Friday, 03 March 2023


10. Contract Point of Contact or Contracting Officer: Tiffany Gallon, tiffany.n.gallon.civ@us.navy.mil ; 757-341-7279


11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD


12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD


13. Contract Line Item Number: N/A


14. Contract Award Date: TBA


15. Contractor: TBD


16. Description: U.S. Transportation Command requires one, U.S. flag, Jones Act compliant, self-sustaining vessel, or ABS certified tug/barge unit, with the capacity to carry a minimum of 70 TEUs. Vessel or tug/barge unit’s overall length shall not exceed 700 ft./ 213.4 m, and laden draft shall not exceed 31.5 ft./9.6 m.


17. Place of Contract Performance: The first load port/place is Naval Magazine Indian Island, WA with an Available Load Date (ALD) of 10 April 2023; and the second load port/place is Valdez, AK with an ALD of 16 April 2023. The first discharging port/place is Valdez, AK with an Earliest Arrival Date (EAD) of 16 April 2023; and the second discharging port/place is Military Ocean Terminal, Concord, CA with an EAD of 25 April 2023, and a LAD of 30 April 2023. The layday shall be a two-day window, indicated by the offerors, such that the ALD in Indian Island and EAD in Valdez are met. The charter period will be one voyage.


18. Set-aside Status: 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The decision to release this solicitation as a Total Small Business Set-aside is based on responses received from a recent, sources sought notice for this service. MSC’s Deputy Associate Director of Small Business has concurred with this decision.