Pearl Harbor Tugs Option 4_SS-25-101.docx
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This document is a Sources Sought Notice (SS-25-101) issued by the Military Sealift Command for four U.S. flag tugs to provide harbor support services at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The contract includes a firm period of 365 days from 31 October 2025 to 30 October 2026, with an additional 120-day option period through 27 February 2027. The tugs will be required to perform comprehensive maritime support services, including towing, mooring, berthing, emergency support, line handling, and pilot transfers, operating 24/7 within the Oahu Island region.
The solicitation specifies detailed tug characteristics, including a maximum length of 110 feet, minimum transit speed of 11 knots, bollard pull requirements, firefighting capabilities, and communication equipment standards. The contract will be structured as a firm fixed price with reimbursable elements, with daily rates exclusive of fuel (to be supplied by the government). Interested parties must submit responses by 1400 local time on 26 August 2025, providing company information, business size status, company history, financial capability, estimated rates, vessel characteristics, and other pertinent details. Responses should be sent via email to Ashley Smith at ashley.m.smith357.civ@us.navy.mil.
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19 Aug 2025
THIS IS THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, SPECIAL MISSION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE, NORFOLK VA.
SOURCES SOUGHT NO. SS-25-101.
SUBJECT: FOUR (4) US FLAG TUGS FOR NAVAL BASE PEARL HARBOR, HI
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT AN OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ANY COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION OF ANY SUBMISSION TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES. INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE IF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXERCISE AN UPCOMING OPTION UNDER AN EXISTING CONTRACT. SPECIFICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SCOPE OF WORK: MSC requests four (4) time-chartered, U.S. flag tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI. These tugs must meet requirements of 46 USC 55111. This contract is for requirements that cannot be satisfied with government owned, controlled or time-chartered vessels (both current and follow-on contracts). The following list, is not all- inclusive in neither scope nor description, is illustrative of the services to be performed:
(a) Towing, twisting, mooring, berthing, docking, streaming, shifting, assisting, pulling, and escorting various vessel types, barges, submarines, crafts, hulls, sleds, derricks, lighters, and objects of whatsoever nature including anything carried thereon. Government reserves the right to use Government-owned, controlled, or chartered Tugs or vessels separately or jointly with Owner's Tugs in the performance of any services listed in this Contract.
(b) Transfers of pilots and Government Personnel by Tug.
(c) Tug emergency support services, including responses to weather conditions, threatening vessels, piers, dry-docks, or shore facilities; shipboard fires; vessels aground; vessel equipment failures; downed aircraft; oil spills; missions of mercy; collisions; ammunition mishaps; search-and-rescue operations; shipboard casualty; and National Defense Emergency
(d) Line handling
(e) Providing personnel (other than a riding crew) to go aboard a tow.
(f) Owner's Representative shall provide adequate staff and communications to promptly respond to Government's requests for services under this Contract on a 24-hour-day basis.
1. AREA OF OPERATIONS: The place of performance shall be in the geographical region(s) of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI and the surrounding navigable waters, including all of Oahu Island. Within this geographical region, the Tug may be ordered to any berth, dock, anchorage, wharf, place, open roadstead, submarine line, or alongside any vessel, barge, lighter, submarine, craft, hull, derrick, or object of whatsoever nature that the Government may direct, provided the Tug can lie always afloat except in harbors or waters where it is customary and safe in the port to work aground. Tug will be home berthed in the Geographical Region noted below. The Government may reassign the Tug to a different berth within the Geographical Region on a temporary or permanent basis to meet emergent requirements. The Tug shall remain on site at the base assigned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when not on mission, undergoing refueling or required at a shipyard.
2. CONTRACT STYLE: Firm Fixed Price with reimbursable elements.
3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
| PERIOD NAME |
| DURATION |
| COMMENCEMENT DATE |
| END DATE |
| Firm Period |
| 365 days |
| 31 October 2025 |
| 30 October 2026 |
| Option One |
| 120 days |
| 31 October 2026 |
| 27 February 2027 |
4. AVAILABILITY: The tug shall be available 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week. After receiving a request for service from an authorized Government official (see “Requests for Service” below), Tugs shall be fully crewed and ready for service in accordance with the response times in the table below.
5. NOTIFICATION: When tug service is requested, service shall be provided within the time specified in the “Required Response” boxes below.
| TIME |
| REQUIRED RESPONSE |
Straight Time – Port hours 0600-1800 (Mon. – Fri. except weekends and Federal Holidays).
1 hour Unless scheduled by 1200 the previous workday
Overtime – All hours not covered in straight time, and all weekends and Federal Holidays.
2 tugs – 2 hours 2 tugs – 1 hour Unless scheduled by 1200 the previous workday
6. SCHEDULE OF ESTIMATES: The following estimates are not a guarantee of work. This information is provided for estimation purposes only. Any difference in the actual numbers or workload experienced shall not form the basis for any claim or equitable adjustment.
| PERIOD |
| ESTIMATED OVERTIME HOURS PER YEAR PER TUG |
| Option 4 |
| 50 |
| Option 5 |
| 50 |
7. DELIVERY/REDELIVERY: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI
8. TUG CHARACTERISTICS: The Tug(s) chartered under this Charter Party contract shall have the minimum characteristics as described in the chart Tug Characteristics. Specifications and characteristics exceeding the minimum, if offered and accepted by the Government, are incorporated by reference upon contract award.
| CHARACTERISTIC |
| MINIMUM |
| CHARACTERISTIC |
| MINIMUM |
| FLAG |
| USA |
| CLASSIFICATION |
| IACS Member |
| PROPULSION TYPE |
| Tractor like |
| MAXIMUM LENGTH OVER ALL |
| 110 feet |
| BOLLARD PULL |
| Forward100,000 lbs. |
Astern 70,000 lbs.
Athwartship 70,000 lbs
| FENDERING AND CONFIGURATION |
| Configured with cleans non-marking fendering to prevent metal-to-hull contact with surface and sub-surface vessels under normal conditions of pitch and roll. Fendering shall be firmly secured to vessel along the entire length. Fendering includes propeller guards, if applicable. |
| TRANSIT SPEED |
| 11 knots minimum at 80% rated horsepower in “moderate weather” per the Douglas Sea Scale |
| MAXIMUM DRAFT: |
| 16 feet (salt water), fully laden. |
| PASSENGER CAPACITY: |
| 12 people maximum in addition to master and crew, without provisions for victualing and berthing. |
| ENDURANCE |
| 7 days endurance with a minimum operational range of 500 nm. |
| COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT |
| Minimum required by the U.S.C.G. and FCC for inland and international waters. Additionally, shall have external loud hailer, two sets of fixed VHF radios and two sets of portable VHF radios functioning on a marine frequency. Shall have a transceiver capable of working at 2-30 MHz at 100-Watt output. |
| FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT |
| Each tug shall have fire-fighting systems capable of providing 3000 GPM at the fire pump. Shall have sufficient fire monitors to provide 360 coverage at 1000 GPM at 125 PSI. Shall have minimum of two (2) fire stations, one port, and one starboard. Fire fighting system shall be capable of having AFFF foam injected into it for fire fighting. Be equipped with a portable de-watering pump capable of 250 gpm. |
| WINCHES |
| Each tug shall have a total of three winches for services performed under this contract. Each winch shall have a minimum safe working load of 9,000 lbs. Further, each shall have 40 feet per minute pay-out/haul-in speed. All shall be capable of handling 8” lines. |
| PILOT TRANSFER CAPABILITY |
| Tug shall have sufficient handholds and/or platform to safely transfer pilots to and from vessels under normal sea conditions. |
| NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT |
| Minimum required by the U.S.C.G for inland and international waters to include a radar, fathometer and GPS. |
| SEWAGE CAPACITY |
| Minimum of 24 hrs. |
| LINES |
| Tug shall be equipped with sufficient synthetic lines to perform port services. Contractor will identify the type of line(s) and its intended use. |
Will log the date each line was put into service.
Keep on hand the load tests and specifications of the line.
Log will be kept in the pilot house for review by the COR.
| OTHER REQUIREMENTS |
| Each tug shall be capable of performing work in winds equivalent to Beaufort force 8 (wind speed of 34-40 knots). |
| BROW |
| One brow to allow for the safe transfer of two passengers at a time. The brow shall be a minimum of two feet in width for the entire length. Such brow shall be of sufficient length to assure safe passage of personnel from the tug to the deck of a Trident Submarine. The end of the brow shall be fitted with rubber-coated rollers or non-marking skids to prevent metal-to-metal contact between brow and submarine deck; each side shall have handrails and midrails. Transfer to submarines other than TRIDENT class will be required. TRIDENT is only identified as the worst case brow transfer arrangement. |
| VETTING |
| Contractor shall provide a completed form JBPHH 0-180 to the COR for vetting access for each crewman entering the base. This form contains PII (which shall be protected IAW the Privacy Act of 1974):: Name, SSN. Place and Date of Birth and Gender for the purpose of determining base access. Crewmen not receiving positive feedback will not be allowed to perform on this contract. The COR will provide the contractor with a copy of the form. |
9. PRICING SHEET: Daily Rate: The daily rate shall be inclusive of weekends, holidays and overtime, based on the required availability above. Daily rate is exclusive of fuel, which shall be supplied/reimbursed by the Government.
| FIRM PERIOD |
| OPTION PERIOD 1 |
Tug #1 Daily Rate
Tug #2 Daily Rate
Tug #3 Daily Rate
Tug #4 Daily Rate
Tug #1 Delivery/Redelivery Fees
Tug #2 Delivery/Redelivery Fees
Tug #3 Delivery/Redelivery Fees
Tug #4 Delivery/Redelivery Fees
11. FUEL CONSUMPTION RATES:
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(NM)
NET BBLS
PER DAY
OPERATING
RANGE
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12. Interested parties shall furnish the following minimum information:
a) Name of Company; Point of Contact, Telephone Number, Fax Number, Address, and e- mail address
b) Business size status and demonstrate how the company will perform at minimum 51% of the requirement
c) Brief summary of company history relative to similar requirements
d) Affirm the company is financially capable of meeting the requirement
e) Estimated daily rate, mobilization/demobilization fees, positioning fees and/or other term cost/price to provide the above services (See Pricing Sheet above)
f) Fuel Consumption rates (See Chart Above) and grade
g) Vessel characteristics, to include a description of the vessels shore power capability
h) Any pertinent questions/concerns.
13. Responses are requested no later than 1400 local time, Norfolk, VA, 26 August 2025. Please send questions pertaining to the sources sought and responses via e-mail to Ashley Smith at ashley.m.smith357.civ@us.navy.mil.
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