26R6063_RFP.pdf

02 April 2026

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Subj: RFP N3220526R6063

Ref: (a) SF 1449

(b) MSC DRYTIME 2026 (02-26)

This procurement is a FAR Part 12 acquisition being conducted under FAR 15 Contracting by Negotiation. Per FAR 52.216-1, the Government contemplates award of a firm-fixed-price contract resulting from this solicitation.

MSC Strategic Sealift Program Support Office, N103A, requests proposals for vessel(s) capable of meeting the transportation requirements described below. The paragraph numbers below apply to the box layout of references (a) and (b), which are incorporated herein by reference (available on the MSC web site at https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil, under “Business “Opportunities”, select “Contracts”, then “Proforma”, or upon request), and shall be the charter form of any contract resulting from this solicitation. By submission of a proposal, the owner/offeror confirms agreement with all terms and conditions of this solicitation and the charter form (proforma), unless otherwise identified therein.

NOTES:

1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH MSC DRYTIME PROFORMA, PART X (a)(11) A VALID SUBMISSION

CONSISTS OF AT LEAST A SHIP NAME, A PRICE, AND A SIGNATURE; WITHOUT THESE AT A

MINIMUM, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR EVALUATION AND AWARD.

2. DUE TO INCREASED E-MAIL SECURITY, IT MAY TAKE LONGER FOR E-MAILS TO BE

RECEIVED IN THE APPROPRIATE IN-BOX, ESPECIALLY WHEN AN E-MAIL IS HOSTED IN A

FOREIGN COUNTRY; SOME E-MAILS ARE DELAYED IN EXCESS OF HOURS. OFFERORS ARE

ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT OFFERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NO JPEG FILES.

3. IN REFERENCE TO THE PROFORMA'S "WAR" SECTION, CONTRACTORS ARE NOTIFIED

THAT THE RED SEA, THE BAB AL-MANDEB STRAITS, AND GULF OF ADEN ARE

DESIGNATED IMMINENT DANGER PAY LOCATIONS; MSC CIVMARS RECEIVE IMMINENT

DANGER PAY OF $225 FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OR $7.50 PER DAY WHILE IN THE AREA.

4. OFFERORS ARE REMINDED THAT EXPIRED OFFERS WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE

COMPETITION UPON EXPIRATION AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT

REVIVAL OR RENEWAL UNLESS THE EXPIRATION OCCURS DURING A PERIOD WHERE

FINAL PROPOSAL REVISIONS ARE BEING ACTIVELY SOUGHT.

5. NOTICE TO OFFERORS THAT SOLICITATION MAY RE-OPEN IF FULL NEED OF

GOVERNMENT IS NOT MET.

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A. STANDARD FORM 1449 BOXES

I. Standard Form 1449 Boxes

2. Contract No.: Will be provided upon award

5. Solicitation No.: N3220526R6063

6. Solicitation Issue Date: 02 April 2026

7. For Solicitation Information: Email Matthew Price at matthew.r.price40.civ@us.navy.mil;

564-230-3782

8. Offer Due Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026, at 1100 Eastern Time

9. Issued By: Military Sealift Command Norfolk, 471 East C Street, Bldg. SP-64, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511-2419 (Code: N32205)

10. This Acquisition is: Unrestricted; NAICS Code: 483111

14. Method of Solicitation: RFP 18a. Payment will be made by: ERP DFAS-CL (Pay DoDAAC N50082). Submit electronic invoices IAW Part VIII(6) DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions 18b. Submit invoices to: See Part VIII(C)(7) MSC Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) Instructions 27a. Solicitation incorporates by full text FAR 52.212-1 and 52.212-4, tailored as indicated and appropriate.

PART I-DRYTIME BOXES:

1. 1. Vessels Required:

Four (4) to six (6) U.S. flag, roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) bow ramp equipped “landing craft like” vessels per offer capable of transporting a minimum capacity of 2,100 square feet per each individual vessel and no less than 12,600 square feet combined capacity across all vessels per each offer.

A minimum of four (4) vessels per offer must be available for tasking at all times. Information provided will be used to help develop future requirements. Complete information regarding vessels, particularly as it relates to paragraphs 7 and 8, will be appreciated.

2. Place/Range of Delivery: Naha, Japan

3. Place/Range of Redelivery: Naha, Japan

4. Charter Period: (1) 180-day base period and (1) 180-day option period

5. Layday(s): Commencing: 0800 15 June 2026

Cancelling: 30 July 2026

6. Terms/Conditions/Attachments added, deleted or modified:

Add: special requirements: Each vessel must individually and together with all other vessels in the offer collectively meet the requirements below:

A. Each vessel must be beachable with a bow ramp deployable to piers, floating barges, or unimproved shorelines, and capable of repeated beaching/unbeaching. Each vessel and vessel crew must be able to jointly plan and coordinate operations if the Government provides a mailto:matthew.r.price40.civ@us.navy.mil single set of instructions to the whole cohort of vessels. Propulsion must be configured for beaching operations.

B. Each vessel shall carry 350–450 short tons in a single lift, including heavy tracked vehicles, iso containers, breakbulk, and bulk liquids, with a modular cargo deck adaptable for mission-specific loads.

C. Each vessel shall have an unrefueled range of at least 5,000 nautical miles and twenty (20) days self-sustained endurance.

D. Each vessel shall be capable of transiting the open ocean up to sea state 4.

E. Each vessel shall maintain a laden draft of nine (9) feet six (6) inches or less.

F. Each vessel shall have cargo stowage areas that provide unimpeded overhead access for lift-on/lift-off crane operations.

G. Each vessel shall provide berthing, messing, and sanitation facilities according to IACS guidelines to support a minimum of two embarked sponsor personnel. The vessel shall meet USCG or equivalent IACS construction and maintenance standards, comply with SOLAS/IMO conventions.

H. Eachvessel be capable of integrating sponsor communications and logistics I.T. systems through installed internet capability such as VSAT, Nexuswave or Starlink. Onboard I.T.

network shall provide 24/7 service in operating areas and provide robust upload/download speed.

I. Owner/offerer shall confirm ability to provide messing and berthing for a minimum of two (2) supercargo per each vessel. If more accommodations are available, provide total number of berths.

J. Owner/offer shall provide earliest availability for layday per each vessel within the commencing layday of 15 June 2026 through the cancelling layday of 30 July 2026.

K. Owner/offeror shall submit name and complete description / characteristics of each vessel(s) including COI (or similar), COD (or similar), photos, vessel specification sheet, the breakover angle(s) for ramp when deployed to a pier, barge or similar, and all deliverables as per MSC

PROFORMA DRY CARGO TIME CHARTER (DRYTIME SPOT) FEBRUARY 2026 (02-

26).

L. Acknowledgement: Owner/ Offeror shall submit a warranty that the Owner/ Offeror acknowledges and will meet all requirements of the solicitation.

1. Owner/ Offeror submit item: 6J and 6K

2. Owner. Offeror warranty validates acknowledgment of items: 1-5 and 6A-6H

Full text of clauses may be accessed electronically through this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html

PART VI ADDITIONAL FAR AND DFARS CLAUSES; add/amend the following:

Amend: (b) FAR 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) –

CHECKED

Add: (b) FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (Nov 2023) - CHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) - CHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-28, Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jan 2025) -

CHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) - CHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (Feb 2021) - CHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.240-1, Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act-Covered Foreign Entities (Nov 2024) – CHECKED

Amend; (b) FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) to read as follows:

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor any time prior to redelivery of the Vessel.

Amend; (b) FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) to read as follows:

The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the contractor anytime prior to redelivery of the Vessel. The Government may, but is not required to, give the contractor a preliminary notice of its intent to extend anytime prior to redelivery of the Vessel. The preliminary notice, if provided, does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 360 days.

Add: (b) FAR 52.240-91, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications –

CHECKED

Add: (b) FAR 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services –

Add: (c) DFARS 252.225-7005 Identification of Expenditures in the United States – CHECKED

Amend: (c) DFARS 252.232-7008 Assignment of Claims (Overseas) (JUN 1997) – CHECKED

PART VI(c) DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions

VI(c) DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions

VI(c)(f)(1)(ii)(A) Not Applicable

VI(c)(f)(1)(ii)(B) Invoice 2-in-1

VI(c)(f)(3): Document routing: The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

A. Routing Data Table:

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC N50082 Issue By DoDAAC N32205 Admin DoDAAC N32205 Inspect By DoDAAC N62387 Ship To Code N62387 Ship From Code Leave Blank Mark For Code Leave Blank Service Approver (DoDAAC) N62387 Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) N62387 Accept at Other DoDAAC Leave Blank LPO DoDAAC N62387 DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Leave Blank Other DoDAAC(s) Leave Blank

PART VII ADDITIONAL FAR AND DFARS PROVISIONS; add/amend the following:

Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations – UNCHECKED

Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns- UNCHECKED

Add: (b) FAR 52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications -

Add: (c) DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region-Representation (JUN 2023) – CHECKED

PART IX. ATTACHMENTS – DRY CARGO TIME CHARTER; add the following:

(c) DRYTIME Fuel Consumption Template

Offerors shall comply with all parts of the solicitation and shall use the guidelines set forth in Part X for submission of offers.

PART X. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS; amend or add the following:

PART XI. FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES (DOW DEVIATION 01 FEB 26) (tailored pursuant to FAR 12.205(a)) – SPOT CHARTER); amend or add the following:

Amend PART XI(a) first two setences to read as follows:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) (See Note (1) below) whose technically acceptable proposals represents the lowest price to the Government. Awards will be made to the offerors with the lowest, evaluated price proposal.

PART XI(a)(7) PRICE; amend to read as follows:

i. The offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated based on the value of the charter hire rate(s) offered for the entire charter period of (a) 360 days, price for fuel, and any other pricing elements set forth in the offer. For evaluation purposes, the period of performance will consist of (b) 360 days. Fuel calculations will be based upon (c) 79 days underway laden at the speed specified in the individual solicitation, using fuel consumptions provided in DRYTIME Boxes 68 and 70; (d) 84 days underway ballast at the speed specified in the individual solicitation, using fuel consumptions provided in DRYTIME Boxes 69 and 70; and (e) 197 days in port idle, using the fuel consumption provided in DRYTIME Box 71. This will represent the overall price to the Government. The proposed price(s) must be determined to be fair and reasonable.

XI(a)(7)(ii) Add the following to the body of the already-existing paragraph:

MGO/MDO: $1,188.68 per metric ton.

THIS CONCLUDES THE CHANGES TO PART I, DRYTIME BOX 6 (TERMS/CONDITIONS/

ATTACHMENTS ADDED, DELETED OR MODIFIED).

SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER TOMLIN, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC, N103A

Add: special requirements: Each vessel must individually and together with all other vessels in the offer collectively meet the requirements below: