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This is a Sources Sought (SS-26-017) from the Military Sealift Command requesting information about two U.S. flag tractor tugs for Naval Base Guam. The contract seeks time-chartered tugs to provide harbor support services from March 1, 2027, through January 31, 2032, with a base period of 366 days and four potential option periods totaling 1,432 days. The tugs will be required to perform comprehensive maritime support functions including towing, mooring, emergency response, line handling, and personnel transfers within Guam's naval base region.
Key specifications require the tugs to be U.S. flagged, tractor-type vessels with a maximum length of 110 feet, 100,000 lbs forward bollard pull, 16-foot maximum draft, and 11-knot minimum transit speed. The tugs must be available 24/7 with response times of 15 minutes during straight time and 60 minutes during after-hours. Vendor responses are due by December 9, 2025, at 1:00 PM local time in Norfolk, VA. Interested companies must provide company details, business size status, vessel characteristics, estimated daily rates, and confirm ability to meet specified performance requirements. The contract will be firm fixed price with pass-through elements, and the government will supply fuel separately.
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November 20, 2025
THIS IS THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, SPECIAL MISSION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE, NORFOLK VA
SOUCES SOUGHT NO. SS-26-017
SUBJECT: TWO (2) US FLAG TUGS FOR NAVAL BASE GUAM, GU
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND YOUR RESPONSE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AN OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ANY COSTS INCURRED IN THE PREPARATION OR SUBMISSION TO THIS MARKET SURVEY OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
MSC REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE COST AND AVAILABILITY OF TWO (2) TIME CHARTERED TRACTOR TUGS FOR A BASE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE TO COMMENCE 01 MARCH 2027 AND ENDING ON 29 FEBRUARY 2028 WITH THREE (3) 12-MONTH OPTION PERIODS AND ONE (1) 11-MONTH OPTION PERIOD ENDING 31 JANUARY 2032. SPECIFICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. SCOPE OF THE WORK: MSC requests two (2) time-chartered, U.S. flag tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling at Naval Base Guam, GU. The following list is not all-inclusive in neither scope nor description, and 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.
2. AREA OF OPERATIONS: The place of performance shall be in the geographical region(s) of Naval Base GUAM, GU and the surrounding navigable waters, including all of Guam Island. Within this geographical region, the Tugs 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 Tugs can lie always afloat except in harbors or waters where it is customary and safe in the port to work aground. Tugs will be home berthed in the Geographical Region noted below. The Government may reassign the Tugs to a different berth within the Geographical Region on a temporary or permanent basis to meet emergent requirements. The Tugs 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.
3. CONTRACT TYPE: Firm Fixed Price with pass through elements.
4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
| Period |
| Length |
(days)
| Option Notice |
| Date of Commencement |
| Date of |
Completion
Base Period
| 01 March 2027 |
| 29 February 2028 |
Option Period One
| 365 |
| (See FAR clause 52.217-9) |
| 01 March 2028 |
| 28 February 2029 |
Option Period Two
| 365 |
| (See FAR clause 52.217-9) |
| 01 March 2029 |
| 28 February 2030 |
Option Period Three
| 365 |
| (See FAR clause 52.217-9) |
| 01 March 2030 |
| 28 February 2031 |
Option Period Four
| 337 |
| (See FAR clause 52.217-9) |
| 01 March 2031 |
| 31 January 2032 |
5. AVAILABILITY: The tugs 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.
6. 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 – 0600-1800 hours local time, Monday through Friday, exclusive of Federal Holidays.
15 minutes maximum
| After-Hours – All hours not covered in straight time, and all weekends and Federal Holidays. |
| 60 minutes maximum |
7. 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 |
| ESTIMATEDAFTER- HOURS PER YEAR PER TUG |
| Firm Period |
| 150 |
| Option One |
| 150 |
| Option Two |
| 150 |
| Option Three |
| 150 |
| Option Four |
| 138 |
8. DELIVERY/REDELIVERY: Naval Base Guam, GU
9. VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS: The Tugs chartered under this Charter Party contract shall have the minimum characteristics as described in the chart Tug Characteristics shown below. 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 |
| Documented compliance with a recognized marine safety program (examples of this include classification by recognized regulatory society, demonstrated adherence to American waterways operator’s responsible carrier program, ISM certification, etc.) |
| PROPULSION TYPE |
| Tractor |
| MAXIMUM LENGTH OVER ALL |
| 110 feet |
BOLLARD PULL
Forward100,000 lbs.
Astern 80,000 lbs.
| MAXIMUM DRAFT: |
| 16 feet (salt water), fully laden. |
| TRANSIT SPEED |
| 11 knots minimum at 80% rated horsepower in moderate weather (Douglas Sea Scale). |
| ENDURANCE |
| 7 days endurance with a minimum operational range of 500 nm. |
| FENDERING AND CONFIGURATION |
| Configured with clean 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. |
| 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. Firefighting system shall be capable of having AFFF foam injected into it for firefighting and be equipped with a portable de-watering pump capable of 250 gpm. |
| PASSENGER CAPACITY: |
| 12 people in addition to master and crew. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SEWAGE CAPACITY |
| Minimum of 24 hrs. |
| NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT |
| Minimum required by the U.S.C.G for inland and international waters to include a radar, fathometer and GPS. |
| OTHER REQUIREMENTS |
| Each tug shall be capable of performing work in winds equivalent to Beaufort force 8 (wind speed of 34-40 knots). |
| LINES |
| Tug shall be equipped with sufficient synthetic lines to perform port services. |
| PILOT TRANSFER CAPABILITY |
| Tug shall have sufficient handholds and/or platform to safely transfer pilots to and from vessels under normal sea conditions. |
| 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 |
| All employees working under this contract are required to submit an SF-85 and Fingerprint Card to the Naval Base Guam Security Manager and receive a favorable report (“deemed suitable for a public trust position”) back from DONCAF prior to gaining long term installation access. |
10. PRICING SHEET: Daily Rate: The daily rate shall be inclusive of weekends, holidays and overtime, based on the required availability under section 4-6. If hours exceed the totals in Section 6, Table of Estimates, hours used will be charged at the after-hours rates provided in the table below. Daily rate is exclusive of fuel, which shall be supplied/reimbursed by the Government.
Firm Period Option One Option Two
| Option Three |
| Option |
Four
| TUG #1 Daily Rate |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
Delivery Cost
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| Re-delivery Cost |
| $0 |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
TUG #2 Daily Rate
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| $0.00 |
| Delivery Cost |
| $0 |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| Re-Delivery Cost |
| $0 |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
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; CAGE code, 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, 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) Name(s) of tugs and complete description (flag, transit speed, range, length, breadth, draft, certification and classification, minimum maneuverability speed, station keeping, etc.)
h) Vessel characteristics, to include a description of the vessels shore power capability
i) Confirm ability to meet Laydays of 25 - 28 FEB 2027.
j) Any pertinent questions/concerns.
13. Responses are requested no later than 1:00PM local time, Norfolk, VA, by 9 DEC 2025.
Please send questions pertaining to the sources sought and responses via e-mail to Ms. Ashley Smith at ashley.m.smith357.civ@us.navy.mil and CC responses to Stephanie Ricker at stephanie.ricker.civ@us.navy.mil.
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