USMC Stern Landing Vessel Market Survey.pdf

16 July 2024

FROM: Military Sealift Command, Service Support Ships Program (PM4)

MARKET SURVEY NO: N103B-24-0053

SUBJECT: Market Survey for Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL)

Science and Technology (S&T) Division Stern Landing Vessel (SLV)

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

MARKET SURVEY OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.

1. MSC desires to charter one (1) US Jones Act Compliant stern landing roll on roll off (RO/ RO) vessel for one (1) 12-month firm period with two (2) twelve-month option periods. The vessel shall be prepared to carry personnel, small boats, vehicles, and ancillary equipement in littoral and open ocean transit. This vessel will be used during basic and advanced phases of technology risk reduction/development events and operational objective assessments by the Marine Corp.

The vessel shall be prepared to transport fuel and small arms / crew served weapons and ammunition in accordance with (IAW) United States Coast Guard (USCG) regulations and Navy requirements.

Also, support loading, storage and discharge of government materials, equipment, vehicles, 20-40 foot containers, and arranging for any shore-side equipment, if required for the load/discharge operations. They will additionally be prepared to conduct personnel transport in line with experimentation objectives provided by the sponsor.

2. AREA OF OPERATIONS: Operations shall range from the west coast of the United States to the western Pacific.

3. MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION:

4. LAYDAYS: 31 August 2024

5. DELIVERY: San Diego, CA

6. CHARTER PERIOD:

Base Period 31 August 2024 – 30 August 2025

Option Period One 31 August 2025 – 30 August 2026

Option Period Two 31 August 2026 – 30 August 2027

7. THE VESSELS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM CHARACTERISTICS:

VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS:

Stern Landing Vessel

Flag United States, Jones Act Compliant

Classification The vessel shall be USCG certified and American Bureau of Shipping

(ABS) or an International Association of Classifications Societies

(IACS) member society classified to perform tasks outlined herein. At a minimum, the vessels, launch and recovery systems, cranes, weight handling equipment, and unique shipboard storage appliances shall be maintained and shall be classed by the ABS (or equivalent society).

Provide USCG Certificate of Inspection (COI) as well as ABS class documentation.

Length Vessel shall be between 200-300 Feet in length. Provide General

Arrangement Drawing.

Beam Vessel shall have a beam between 42-68 feet.

Draft Vessel laden draft shall not exceed 12 feet. Provide Class Load Line

Certificate.

Deck Space Vessel shall have 6,000-10,000 square feet of deck space for Sponsor mission equipment storage with a deck loading capacity sufficient to support loading of vehicle listed in section 5.1. Deck space and deck lashing points shall provide maximum flexibility to support variations in vehicle load out and be clearly illustrated in a general arrangement drawing or other deck arrangements with dimensions, total area and loading capacity.

Sea State Vessel shall be able to operate in Sea State 5/ Survivability Sea State 7.

In addition, the ship shall be able to conduct launch and recovery of small boats, and conduct crane operations up to sea state 3.

Crew Requirements All crew must be U.S. citizens and properly documented for marine employment. Provide crew rating and count.

Messing & Berthing The vessel shall support berthing for up to 38 embarked personnel in addition to vessel crew, Berthing compartments shall be equipped with

110 VAC, 20-amp outlets, internet, and adequate shower facilities for both male and female personnel. All berthing compartments shall be climate controlled.

The vessel shall provide three (3) galley-prepared cafeteria-style meals for up to 38 embarked personnel (not including vessel crew), when underway. These meals shall be included in the fixed-price charter hire rate.

Provide detail drawings to illustrate compartments assigned to Sponsor and related facilities.

Passenger Capacity Vessel shall have the ability to accommodate a minimum of at least 38 passengers.

Dynamic Positioning The vessel shall be at a minimum DP Level 2 certified.

Fuel Storage & Refueling The vessel shall be equipped with internal cargo fuel tanks to provide storage for the following products:

1) 40,000-gallons minimum capacity - JP5.

2) 5,000-gallon minimum capacity – diesel (MGO/DFM).

Nozzles, hoses, and associated equipment to facilitate refueling operations shall be provided. The pump shall include an emergency shut-off switch that is fully accessible to personnel conducting refueling operations.

Refueling operations will include sponsor mission equipment (SME), and fuel transfer to external fuel tanks in the cargo area or to equipment/fuel-containers ashore.

SME is defined as the sponsor’s government vehicles, generators and other sponsor mission equipment as required. Provide tank arrangement drawings.

Potable Water The vessel must maintain sufficient potable water to support embarked crew and passengers for the duration of the endurance period (15 days).

Fresh Water Provide 500 gallons of fresh water daily on back deck for miscellaneous use including, but not limited to, vehicle, equipment wash down, and (3) freshwater connections available topside for hook-up to containers.

Crane Crane with ability to load and offload cargo and stores in port, while beached or at sea. Lifting capacity shall be a minimum of 10 tons throughout the range of motion.

Hull Hull shall be suitable for the intended use as stated in PWS paragraph 1, designed and constructed for beaching stern first on sand, gravel, shale, small stone, and man-made marine ramps.

Stern Ramp The vessel’s stern ramp must be a beachable, roll-on / roll-off design to facilitate stern landing at a 1:25 beachable gradient. Ramp must be capable of beaching on sand, gravel, shale, small stone, and man-made marine ramps. Ramp surface will provide adequate traction for safe movement of equipment and personnel.

The stern ramp‘s maximum break-over angle (main deck to ramp) is 14 degrees. This will help prevent undercarriage drag (chassis or underbody of the RORO cargo) against the ramp hinge assembly.

The ramp‘s surface shall have an maximum angle of 14 degrees to the craft baseline (keel) when deployed to its maximum extent possible.

The ramp shall have traction bars, l-inch by l-inch on 9-inch centers extending transversely the width of the ramp between the stern sides, with the exception of a two-inch gap on the craft centerline for drainage.

Traction bars shall be continuously welded all around.

Vehicles and equipment that will traverse the ramp includes typical wheeled and tracked USMC inventory items. This includes “Sponsor

Furnished Equipment” outlined in section 5.0 and 5.1 vehicles/ equipment. Stern Ramp shall be a miniumum 40 ft. wide x 30 ft. long to facilitate athwartships loading of ISO containers. The ramp must have

10 feet long finger flaps on the end to accommodate variations in the terrain and minimize gaps between the ramp and beaching surface.

Ramp and ships crew must be capable of supporting launch and recovery of the following in-port, while beached and at-sea:

- Small hand portable boats for vessel to shore transfers of personnel, stores and equipment, along with other mission requirements as deemed necessary by the sponsor.

- Small/Medium Unmmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Groups 1-

3) as defined in Sponsor Mission Equipment, Sec. 5.1.

Lashing Vessel design shall incorporate adequate lashing points to provide a variety of load plan configurations to meet mission requirements. The contractor shall secure sponsor mission equipment for transport in the indicated sea states.

Endurance The vessels must be capable of supporting at-sea operations for up to fifteen days (15) days without resupply.

Range Vessel shall facilitate a transit range of at least 3,500 nautical miles

(NM) at minimum transit speed.

Sustain Speed (Laden) Vessel shall be capable of minimum 14 knots transit speed

Mooring Vessel shall be capable of a two-point mooring.

Transport Ammunition

Arms & Explosives (AA&E)

Vessel shall be capable of storing Hazard class: 1.4S containers.

Contractor will secure necessary regulatory body endorsements.

Towing The vessel shall have the capability of towing astern safely a surface vessel of 350,000 lbs. at a minimum speed of 2 knots for up to 5 days in up to sea state 5 conditions.

The vessel shall be equipped with towing winches with low speed in-haul/out-haul speed adequate to support above working load. Contractor must provide an assortment of towing hardware (i.e. towline, tow bridle, shackles, etc.)

8. EVALUATION FACTORS: PLEASE COMPLETE

Stern Landing Vessel

Flag

Classification

Length

Beam

Draft

Deck Space

Sea State

Crew Requirements

Messing & Berthing

Passenger Capacity

Dynamic Positioning

Fuel Storage & Refueling

Potable Water

Fresh Water

Crane

Hull

Stern Ramp

Lashing

Endurance

Range

Sustain Speed (Laden)

Mooring

Transport Ammunition

Arms & Explosives (AA&E)

Towing

9. SPONSOR MISSION EQUIPMENT (SME) All vehicles and equipment shall be on-loaded and off-loaded from a pier or beach and griped to support open ocean transport in sea states indicated in Section 3. The The vessel must be capable of transporting and loading/unloading the following vehicles and equipment:

1) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV):

a) JLTV/MADIS/ Rogue (a.k.a JTLV, Heavy Gun): 17ft x 8ft x 7.6ft, 11 Short Tons

b) JLTV Utility: 18.17ft x 8ft x 7.67ft, 11.08 Short tons

c) JLTV trailer: 14.83ft x 8 x 7.58ft, 4.6 Short Tons

d) JLTV, COMM/GP 16.92 ft x 8 ft x 7.67 ft, 10.82 short tons

2) Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR):

a) MTVR Cargo, Armored: 25.25ft x 8.17ft x 11.83ft, 23.08 Short Tons

b) MTVR Extra Long Wheelbase (XLWB), Armored: 32.23ft x 8.17ft x 11.83ft, 21.78 short tons.

c) MTVR Cargo Trailer: 16.6ft x 8.1ft x 10.4ft, 11 Short Tons

d) MTVR, Wrecker, Armored & GFE, Lift & Tow 14k lbs. 32.27 ft x 8.17 ft x 11.75 ft, 27 short tons.

3) Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR):

a) LVSR Cargo MKR 18, 35.6ft x 8.1ft x 8.5ft, 53.75 short tons

b) LVSR, Tractor MKR 16, 34.67ft x 8.17ft x 8.92 ft, 37.65 short tons

c) LVSR, Wrecker MKR 15, 37.58 ft x 8.17 ft x 8.5 ft 37.65 tons

d) LVSR, MKR16 w/loaded trailer, 91.08 ft, 11.92 ft x 11.92 ft, 49.98 short tons.

4) Trailer Refueler: 30.6ft x 8.5ft x 9.08ft, 28 short tons.

5) Extendable Boom Forklifts (EBFL): 20.67ft x 8.42ft x 7.75ft, 15.61 short tons.

6) Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated-steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM): 29.25ft x 9.17ft x

11ft, 21.07 short tons.

7) “Kalmar” Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH): 37.7ft x 12ft x 13.1ft, 59 short tons.

8) Boat Trailer with 11 Meter Boat: 41ft x 12ft x 12ft, 10.7 short tons.

9) Small hand portable boats; 17ft x 7.5ft x 3.5, 350 pounds empty (loaded 2,000 pounds).

10) Small/Medium Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Groups 1-3): 14 feet x 11 feet x 4 feet, 593 pounds empty (loaded 350 pounds).

11) QUADCON Container: 8 feet x 4.78125 feet x 6.83 feet (1,764 lbs. empty and max gross weight 11,200 lbs.).

12) 20-foot Container: 20 feet x 8 feet x 8.5 feet (5,070.6 lbs. empty and max weight 40,000 lbs.).

13) 40 foot Container: 40 feet x 8 feet x 8.5 feet (3,750 lbs. empty and max weight 55,000 lbs.).

14) Ultra Light Tatical Vehicle (ULTV) 12.6 ft x 5 ft x 6.1 ft, 1.8 short tons.

15) NMESIS Rouge Fires 21.92 ft x 8.17 ft x 10.83 ft, 9.75 short tons.

16) Light-Capability Rough Terrain Forklift (LCRTF; 5k loads) 19.17 ft x 8.25 ft x 8.25 ft,

7.71 short tons.

17) HIMARS

a) TRAILER, HIMARS RE-SUPPLY 18.99 ft x 8 ft x 10.42 ft, 10.06 short tons.

b) MTVR, HIMARS RE-SUPPLY 30 ft x 8.17 ft x 11.83 ft, 31.10 short tons.

18) Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 30.17 ft x 11.42 ft x 11.33 ft, 34 short tons.

19) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), 25mm Main Gun 21.08 ft x 8.25 ft x 8.83 ft, 15.67 short tons.

20) HMMVV

a) HMMVV Truck, Utility, Expanded Capacity Vehicle, Armament Carrier, M1151A1, M1114 W/B1 ARMOR KIT (Unarmored HMMWV- Gun Truck) 16.33 ft x 8.75 ft x 6.25 ft,

6.3 short tons.

b) HMMWV Truck, Utility, Expanded Capacity Vehicle, IAP/Armor Ready, M1152Aq w/

B2 Armor Kit (2 door) 16.33 ft x 6.25 ft x 6.05 ft 6.05 short tons.

c) HMMVV TRUCK, UTILITY, EXPANDED CAPACITY VEHICLE, COMMAND AND

CONTROL/GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLE, IAP/ARMOR READY, M1165A1 W/B3

ARMOR KIT (4 Door Unarmored HMMWV) 16.17 ft x 7.58 ft 6.25 ft, 5.68 short tons.

21) Bridge Erection Boat (BEB) 27ft x 8ft x 9 ft, 4.68 short tons.

22) Bridge Erections Boat cradle 23.33 ft x 9.67 ft, x 8 ft, 0.90 short tons.

23) Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo 5 (V) Ton (LARC-V) 35 ft x 10 ft x 10.17 ft, 13 short tons.

24) Water Trailer (Water Buffalo) 13.5 ft x 6.67 ft x 6.42 ft, 3.03 short tons.

25) SIXCON, Storage Tank Module, Water 8 ft x 6.42 ft x 4 ft, 5 short tons.

26) Autonomous Low Profile Vehicle (ALPV) 64 ft x 8 ft x 8 ft, 16.9 short tons.

a) LPV Cradle 19.5 ft x 7.65 ft x 17.5 ft 1.27 short tons.

9. MODIFICATIONS - The government may, at its option, modify vessel to meet new or changing mission requirements. The government will either task the contractor to perform or to subcontract for the modifications as a reimbursable item, or undertake the modifications itself. Any and all equipment put aboard as a result of the modifications will be SME. All SME will be removed pr to the vessel’s re-delivery at the expense of the government, unless otherwise agreed to. The costs of government directed modifications and the costs to restore the vessel to its original class or certification at award and as required by this contract shall be borne by the government.

10. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT: the contractor shall be responsible for providing the following equipment:

a) Two (2) FDA approved Automated External Defibrillator (AED) units stored in a location that is accessible to trained responders. One shall be located in the vicinity of the rear deck, and the other must be located in the vicinity of berthing spaces.

b) Sufficient certified and load-tested lashing gear for vehicle and equipment tie down as required for sponsored furnished equipment noted in Sponsor Mission Equipment.

c) Deck lighting to support night time launch and recovery of small boats

d) Deck lighting to support night time launch and recovery of unmanned surface vehicles

e) Deck lighting to support night time launch and recovery of Unmanned Aerial Systems

(UAS)’s

f) Deck lighting to support on deck maintenance during transit without interfering with safe navigation.

11. DAILY RATES: PLEASE COMPLETE, INCLUDE ALL COSTS (Excluding Fuel and mobilization/demobilization costs) IN THE CHARTER HIRE RATE.

STERN LANDING VESSEL

CONSTRUCITON COST $

CHARTER HIRE

$ Day Rate

DAYS

Total Charter hire

MOBIZILATION FEE $

Mobilization

DE-MOBIZILATION FEE $

Demobilization

FUEL

TYPE

BURN RATE

COST

Type

Burn Rate

Total Fuel Cost

12. Interested parties shall furnish the following minimum information:

a. Name and complete description of the vessel to address special requirements, including flag, age, and stern landing capability.

b. Vessel specification sheet/s including picture plus if vessel is built provide a copy of the vessel

COI or COD.

c. Name of owner, point of contact, telephone number, address, and e-mail address.

d. Whether the company currently has a facility clearance.

e. Business size.

f. Brief summary of company history relative to similar requirements and/or company’s ability to meet the above requirements.

g. Estimated daily or other term cost/price to provide the above services.

h. Estimated timeline to build.

i. Any pertinent questions or concerns.

13. MSC requests responses no later than 23 July 2024 at 1400 Eastern Time. Responses should be e-mailed to franklin.b.crozier.civ@us.navy.mil and franklin.c.orvin.civ@us.navy.mil. The point of contact for this action is Frank Crozier, who can be reached at (757) 443-2382 and Stephanie Ricker at (757) 341-

5630.