18R3254_Synopsis.docx

1. Action Code: Presolicitation

2. Date: 14 December 2017

3. Year: Fiscal Year 2018

4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 23511

5. Classification Code: V- Transportation, Travel, & Relocation services

6. Contracting Office Address: 471 East C St., Bldg. SP-64, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511

7. Subject: 21-day Tanker Time Charter in the Mediterranean Sea

8. Proposed Solicitation Number: N32205-18-R-3254

9. Closing Response Date: 19 December 2017

10. Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Nathan Haines; nathan.d.haines@navy.mil;

757-443-3868 or Lorrie Leedy; lorrie.leedy@navy.mil 757-443-2805

11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD

12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD

13. Contract Line Item Number : TBD

14. Contract Award Date: TBD

15. Contractor: TBD

16. Description: This requirement is for one, clean, approved, U.S. or foreign flag, double hull tanker with an Inert Gas System (IGS) and Segregated Ballast Tanks (SBTs) that is capable of carrying a minimum of 188,000 bbls of clean petroleum products (intentions JA1, and or JP8) within the vessel’s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation.

17. Place of Contract Performance: The place/range of delivery is the Mediterranean Sea, Range and Port in CHOPT (Intentions Lavera, France) and the place/range of redelivery is the Mediterranean Sea, Range and Port in CHOPT (Intentions Mersin, Turkey). The laydays commence 10 January 2018 and cancel 11 January 2018. The period of performance will be about 21 days.

18. Set-aside Status: N/A. The decision to release this solicitation as “Unrestricted” is based on all work being done outside the United States and its outlying areas. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. MSC’s Small Business Representative has concurred with this decision.