SS-26-058 Notice.pdf
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This is a Sources Sought Notice issued by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Strategic Sealift Program Support Office on February 13, 2026, for a 23-day dry cargo time charter. MSC is requesting market research information regarding the price and availability of U.S. and foreign flag, self-sustaining vessels capable of carrying a minimum of 150 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containerized ammunition classified as Hazard Class/Division 1.1-1.4, with maximum gross weights of 35,000 pounds per TEU and average gross weights of 25,000 pounds per TEU. The vessel must satisfy regulatory hazmat compatibility and segregation requirements and accommodate a minimum of two supercargo personnel. The charter will commence on June 1, 2026, with cargo pickup at Souda Bay, Greece, and redelivery at Nordenham, Germany.
Interested parties must submit responses via email to LCDR Amy Hutchings at Amy.R.Hutchings.mil@us.navy.mil by 1300 hours Eastern Time on February 19, 2026. Responses should include vessel name and complete description, proposed layday dates, confirmation of supercargo capacity, daily charter hire rates with any applicable delivery/redelivery bonuses, fuel consumption rates in metric tons for underway and inport working operations, company name and unique entity identifier, business size designation, and details regarding sub-contracting opportunities for large businesses. The Federal Acquisition Regulation establishes the small business size standard for water transportation services (NAICS 483111) at 1,050 employees. This is market research only and does not commit the government to pay any costs or enter into a contract.
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13 FEBRUARY 2026
MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND NORFOLK, STRATEGIC SEALIFT PROGRAM
SUPPORT OFFICE, N103A
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE NO: N32205-SS-N321-26-058
SUBJECT: 23-DAY DRY CARGO TIME CHARTER
1. THIS IS MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE STRATEGIC SEALIFT
PROGRAM OFFICE OF MSC. IT 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 SOURCES SOUGHT
NOTICE OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
2. MSC REQUESTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF U.S.
AND FOREIGN FLAG, SELF-SUSTAINING VESSELS CAPABLE OF CARRYING A
MINIMUM OF 150 TEU’S OF CONTAINERIZED AMMUNITION WHILE SATISFYING
REGULATORY HAZMAT COMPATIBILITY AND SEGREGATION REQUIREMENTS.
3. CARGO SPECIFICS:
A. AMMUNITION HAZARD CLASS/DIVISION: 1.1-1.4
B. OTHER HAZARDOUS CLASS: N/A
C. MAXIMUM TEU GROSS WEIGHT: 35,000 LBS
D. AVERAGE TEU GROSS WEIGHT: 25,000 LBS
E. PACKING LIST UNAVAILABLE
4. DELIVERY PORT: SOUDA BAY, GREECE
5. REDELIVERY PORT: NORDENHAM, GERMANY
6. CHARTER PERIOD: 23 DAYS
7. LAYDAY(S): COMMENCING/CANCELING: 01 JUNE 2026
8. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: NONE
9. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
A.NAME AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL(S).
B. PROPOSED LAYDAY(S).
C. CONFIRM ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE A MINIMUM OF TWO SUPERCARGO.
D. DAILY CHARTER HIRE RATE AND ANY DELIVERY/REDELIVERY BONUSES, IF
APPLICABLE.
E. FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE IN METRIC TONS (UNDERWAY & INPORT
WORKING).
F. COMPANY’S NAME AND UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER.
G. BUSINESS SIZE. REQUEST LARGE BUSINESSES PROVIDE DETAILS REGARDING
POSSIBLE SUB-CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
H. ANY OTHER PERTINENT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.10. THE FEDERAL
ACQUISITION REGULATION 19.102 ESTABLISHES THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE
STANDARD FOR THIS TYPE OF WATER TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AS NAICS
"483111" WITH A SMALL BUSINESS SIZE LIMITATION OF 1,050 EMPLOYEES.
PLEASE INDICATE IF BUSINESS IS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.
11. RESPONSES ARE REQUESTED, VIA EMAIL, PRIOR TO 1300 HOURS, EASTERN
TIME, 19 FEBRUARY 2026. THE POINT OF CONTACT IS LCDR AMY HUTCHINGS,
EMAIL AMY.R.HUTCHINGS.MIL@US.NAVY.MIL, OR TEL (757) 443-5666.
SIGNED: ROBBIN JEFFERSON, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC, N103A
mailto:AMY.R.HUTCHINGS.MIL@US.NAVY.MIL
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