27R6009_Re-open_A0001.pdf

16 OCTOBER 2026

THIS IS THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND NORFOLK, STRATEGIC SEALIFT

PROGRAM SUPPORT OFFICE, N103A

TO: ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

SUBJECT: RFP N3220527R6009; AMENDMENT 0001

REF: (A) MSC RFP N3220526R6009, DATED 05 OCTOBER 2026

1. REF (A) IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-OPENED:

A. AMEND RFP FIRST PARAGRAPH TO READ:

“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.”

B. AMEND DRYTIME BOX 4 (CHARTER PERIOD) TO READ:

ABOUT 60 DAYS

C. AMEND DRYTIME BOX 5 (LAYDAYS) TO READ:

COMMENCING: 15 DECEMBER 2026

CANCELLING: 18 DECEMBER 2026

D. AMEND DRYTIME BOX 6 (TERMS / CONDITIONS / ATTACHMENTS…) AS

FOLLOWS:

- AMEND PART XI(E) TO READ:

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) 60 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) 60

DAYS. FUEL CALCULATIONS WILL BE BASED UPON (C) 35 DAYS

UNDERWAY LADEN AT THE SPEED SPECIFIED IN THE INDIVIDUAL

SOLICITATION, USING FUEL CONSUMPTIONS PROVIDED IN TANKTIME

BOXES 89 AND 91), (D) 07 DAYS UNDERWAY BALLAST AT THE SPEED

SPECIFIED IN THE INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATION, USING FUEL

CONSUMPTIONS PROVIDED IN TANKTIME BOXES 90 AND 91, (E) 09

DAYS IN PORT IDLE/LOADING, USING THE FUEL CONSUMPTION

PROVIDED IN TANKTIME BOX 92A, AND (E) 09 DAYS IN PORT

DISCHARGING, USING THE FUEL CONSUMPTION PROVIDED IN

TANKTIME BOX 92B). THIS WILL REPRESENT THE OVERALL COST TO

THE GOVERNMENT. THE PROPOSED PRICE(S) MUST BE DETERMINED

TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE. THE EVALUATED PRICE WILL BE

COMPUTED BASED UPON THE ABOVE PRICES SET FORTH IN THE

OFFER, DIVIDED BY THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CAPACITY OF THE

VESSEL OR TUG AND BARGE UNIT, 260,000 BARRELS OF CAPACITY FOR

MR TANKERS AND 150,000 BARRELS OF CAPACITY FOR TUG/BARGE

UNITS, TO FORMULATE A “DOLLARS PER BARREL CARRIED” RATE.

THIS WILL REPRESENT THE OVERALL COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.

THE PROPOSED PRICE(S) MUST BE DETERMINED TO BE FAIR AND

REASONABLE. AWARD WILL BE MADE, IF AT ALL, TO THE LOWEST

PRICE (DOLLARS TO BARREL CARRIED), TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE

VESSEL/ TUG AND BARGE UNIT.

MGO/MDO: $1,604.88 PER METRIC TON.

E. AMEND PART X(I) SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES, TO READ “RESERVED.”

F. 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.

2. OFFERORS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TIMELY OFFERS MUST

EITHER REAFFIRM THEIR EXISTING OFFER OR RESUBMIT IT. FAILURE TO

SUBMIT OR REAFFIRM AN OFFER WILL RESULT IN THE OFFER NOT BEING

CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.

3. ALL OTHER OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OFFER TO BE

CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.

4. OFFERS OR REAFFIRMED OFFERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE CLOSING

DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED IN BOX 8, FORM 1449.

5. OFFERORS ARE REMINDED THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EVALUATE

OFFERS AND AWARD A CONTRACT WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS. THEREFORE,

THE OFFEROR’S INITIAL OFFER SHOULD CONTAIN THE OFFEROR’S BEST

TERMS FROM A PRICE AND TECHNICAL STANDPOINT.

6. STANDARD FORM SF 1449 BOXES:

A. AMEND SF 1449, BOX 8 “OFFER DUE DATE,” TO READ:

TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2026, AT 1100 EASTERN TIME

7. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

SIGNED: NIC HATCHER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, N103