26R6108 RFP.pdf
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This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by Military Sealift Command Norfolk for a dry cargo time charter vessel procurement. The solicitation number is N3220526R6108, issued on 18 June 2026, with proposals due by Monday, 25 June 2026, at 1100 Eastern Time. The Government intends to award up to two firm-fixed-price contracts to responsible offerors with technically acceptable proposals representing the lowest evaluated price, with potential awards to up to four offerors with the lowest evaluated prices if necessary.
The procurement requires U.S. or foreign flagged, self-sustaining Roll-on/Roll-off vessels capable of carrying a minimum of 110,000 square feet of military cargo (wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles, and breakbulk) with a minimum laden speed of 15 knots. The charter period is approximately 64 days, with laydays commencing/cancelling between 25 July 2026 and 30 July 2026. Delivery is required at Charleston, South Carolina, and redelivery at Tacoma, Washington. The RFP mandates a minimum of two supercargo per vessel, lashing gear, a detailed stow plan with vessel trim and stability calculations, a fully bunkered vessel, and submission of the vessel's Certificate of Inspection and any outstanding USCG 835 deficiencies. Valid submissions must include at minimum a ship name, price, and signature. Fuel pricing is evaluated at MGO/MDO $1,188.66 per metric ton, with fuel calculations based on 50 days underway laden, 0 days underway ballast, and 14 days in port idle. The proforma documents, referenced as MSC DRYTIME 2026 (02-26), are available upon request and incorporate standard FAR and DFARS clauses including small business subcontracting plan requirements, service contract labor standards, and various security and compliance provisions.
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18 June 2026
This is the Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Strategic Sealift Program Support Office
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICES, RFP’S, AMENDMENTS AND CONTRACT AWARDS
WILL BE POSTED TO THE SAM.GOV WEBSITE (ONLY) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
HTTPS://SAM.GOV
PROFORMA DOCUMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Subj: RFP N3220526R6108
Ref: (a) SF 1449
(b) MSC DRYTIME 2026 (02-26) “The Proforma”
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 TANKTIME PROFORMA, PART X (a)(11), A VALID SUBMISSION
CONSISTS OF AT LEAST A SHIP NAME, A PRICE, AND A SIGNATURE; WITHOUT THESE
THREE ITEMS ON THE OFFER DOCUMENT 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.
https://sam.gov/ https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/
A. STANDARD FORM 1449 BOXES
I. Standard Form 1449 Boxes
2. Contract No.: Will be provided upon award
5. Solicitation No.: N3220526R6108
6. Solicitation Issue Date: 18 June 2026
7. For Solicitation Information: Email David Anaya at david.c.anaya.civ@us.navy.mil
8. Offer Due Date: Monday, 25 June 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. Vessel Required:
A. U.S. or foreign flag, self-sustaining Roll-on/Roll-off vessel(s) (multiple awards up to two vessels or until the needs of the government have been met), capable of carrying a minimum of 110,000 SQFT of military cargo (wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles, and breakbulk).
B. Minimum Laden Speed shall be 15 knots.
C. Packing List: Contact MSC Contracting for packing list to be used for the stow plan.
2. Place / Range of Delivery:
Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
3. Place / Range of Redelivery:
Tacoma, Washington, USA.
4. Charter Period:
About 64 Days.
5. Laydays:
Commencing/Cancelling: 25July2026 - 30July2026.
Itinerary: Provide vessel’s itinerary confirming vessel can meet the laydays in accordance with Part I, DRYTIME Box 16.
6. Terms/Conditions/Attachments added, deleted or modified:
A. Supercargo: Pursuant to PART IV (k), a minimum of two supercargo per vessel.
B. CALL OUT PART V (i): Lashing Gear mailto:david.c.anaya.civ@us.navy.mil
C. CALL OUT and AMEND PART V (m), Certificates, to read: Provide most recent and complete copy (with all endorsements) of the vessel Certificate of Inspection (COI) and outstanding USCG 835 and class society deficiencies with correction date.
D. CALL OUT PART and AMEND PART V (n), Stow Plan, to read: Provide an accurate, feasible, and detailed stow plan, including vessel trim and stability values resulting from the proposed stow plan, using the provided packing list showing the vessel’s ability to support the requirement.
As part of the provided stow plan evaluation, vessel trim and stability calculations and value, ability to stow all cargo provided on the packing list and/or stated in the RFP, and necessary segregation, will be considered. The vessel stow plan may, at evaluator’s sole discretion, also be cross-checked in ICODES for accuracy and feasibility, to include square footage, segregation compatibility, weight, trim, and stability issues.
E. CALL OUT PART V (o): Fully Bunkered
F. AMEND PART III (c)vi POSITION REPORTS to add the following:
MSC_N321A_DryCargo@us.navy.mil MSC_BWC@us.navy.mil CTF63-MSCEURAF-N3-CARGO@us.navy.mil Richard.l.preston4.civ@mail.mil Curtis.l.mcclure.civ@mail.mil Marcus.l.green2.civ@us.navy.mil Jennifer.l.senner.civ@us.navy.mil ctf63-msceuraf-n3-cargo@us.navy.mil msclant.sdo@navy.mil
G. Acknowledgement: Owner/Offeror shall do the following:
1. Owner/ Offeror shall submit a warranty that the Owner/ Offeror acknowledges and will meet all requirements of the solicitation and corresponding proforma.
2. Owner/Offeror submit items: 1A, 5, 6C, and 6D.
3. Owner/Offeror’s warranty validates acknowledgment of items: 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, 6A, 6B, 6E through 6F.
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
PART VI ADDITIONAL FAR AND DFARS CLAUSES; add/amend the following:
Amend: (b) FAR 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) - CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-8, Utilitization of Small Business Concerns – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan - CHECKED mailto:MSC_N321A_DryCargo@us.navy.mil mailto:MSC_BWC@us.navy.mil mailto:Richard.l.preston4.civ@mail.mil mailto:Curtis.l.mcclure.civ@mail.mil mailto:Jennifer.l.senner.civ@us.navy.mil http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html
Amend: (b) Far 52.242-5, Payment to Small Business Subcontractors – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.219-28, Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jan 2025) –
CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor – CHECKED
Add: (b) FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans - CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities - CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans - CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the Labor Relations Act –
CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 – CHECKED
Amend: (b) FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases - 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.
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 –
CHECKED
Add: (c) DFARS 252.219-7996, Small Business Subcontracting Plan(DoD Contracts) (DEVIATION
2026-O0037) - CHECKED
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:
Add: (b) FAR 52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications -
CHECKED
Add: (b) FAR 52.240-93 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems -
CHECKED
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:
(b) U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination 2019-0288, Rev. 26
(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:
AMEND PART X(a)(11) to read:
A valid submission consists of at least a ship name, a price, and a signature; without these three items on the offer document at a minimum, your submission will not be considered for evaluation and award.
AMEND PART X(g) Multiple offers, to read:
Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with FAR subpart 4.10), or alternative commercial products or commercial services for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Further, Offerors may make more than one offer that adheres to the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted shall consist of no more than one vessel and will be evaluated separately.
AMEND PART X(i) Simplified Procedures, to read “Reserved.”
AMEND PART X(l) Service of Protest, to read:
Service of Protest. Protests, as defined in FAR 33.102 that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from the Contracting Officer. The mailing address is the same as that stated in Box 9, SF 1449. Interested parties may request an independent review of their protest as an alternative to consideration by the Contracting Officer or as an appeal of the Contracting Officer’s decision on their protest. See FAR 33.104. Requests for independent review shall be addressed to:
Director, Contracts & Business Management Directorate, Code N10
Military Sealift Command 471 East C Street, Bldg. SP-4 Naval Station Norfolk Norfolk, VA 23511-2419
MSC encourages potential protestors to discuss their concerns with the Contracting Officer prior to filing a protest. The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.
ADD PART X (m) FAR 15 Acquisition. This procurement is a FAR Part 12 acquisition being conducted under FAR 15 Contracting by Negotiation. Accordingly, the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award authorized by FAR Part 15, “Contracting by Negotiation “procedures apply. The Government intends to award without discussions. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-1(g), however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if it later determines them to be necessary.
Add Part X(n) Multiple awards: The Government reserves the right to make multiple vessel awards under this solicitation. Each vessel individually awarded will be required to meet the full requirement of the solicitation. The Government anticipates multiple awards for up to two chartered vessels or until the needs of the government have been met.
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 sentences to read as follows:
The Government will award up to two contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) (See Note (1) below) whose technically acceptable proposal(s) represents the lowest price to the Government. Award(s) will be made if at all, up to the four offerors with the lowest, evaluated price (or until the Government’s needs have been met) technically acceptable offerors, and according to the preference scale set forth in sec. III.A.3. of VISA (available at 79 Federal Register 64462- 64470).
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) 64 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) 64 days. Fuel calculations will be based upon (c) 50 days underway laden at the speed specified in the individual solicitation, using fuel consumptions provided in DRYTIME Boxes 68 and 70; (d) 00 days underway ballast at the speed specified in the individual solicitation, using fuel consumptions provided in DRYTIME Boxes 69 and 70; and (e) 14 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: $1,188.66 per metric ton.
Add PART XI(a)(9): Solicitation Compliance. The offeror’s proposal will be reviewed for compliance with the submission requirements outlined in Part X(a)(12). Failure to provide any of those submission requirements may result in a proposal being not eligible for award.
THIS CONCLUDES THE CHANGES TO PART I, DRYTIME BOX 6 (TERMS/CONDITIONS/
ATTACHMENTS ADDED, DELETED OR MODIFIED).
SIGNED: MICHELLE JAMES, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC, N103A
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