90-day tanker time charter

This pre-solicitation notice seeks a clean, double-hull tanker capable of carrying a minimum of 310,000 barrels of clean petroleum products within designated cargo tanks and with double-valve isolation. The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command requires this vessel for a 90-day voyage charter in the Middle East, with laydays commencing November 2nd and canceling November 4th, 2020. Responses to this pre-solicitation notice are due by October 13th, 2020. Evaluation criteria were not disclosed.

There is no set-aside designation for this requirement. As the work will be performed entirely outside the United States and its territories, the contracting officer has deemed this procurement "unrestricted" and open to all responsible sources. The period of performance will be 90 days and charter commencement will be no later than November 2nd, 2020. This charter requires the transportation of a minimum of 310,000 barrels of petroleum products within the vessel's cargo tanks and double-valve isolation. The Deputy Associate Director of Small Business has concurred with the contracting officer's decision to release this as an unrestricted solicitation.