Ancillary Surface Craft (ASC) Shipping
Open Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N32205-SS-N103-27-014
- Agency
-
Military Sealift Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 483111 Deep Sea Freight Transportation
- Place of performance
- Alabama, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Military Sealift Command (MSC) Norfolk is seeking market information on U.S. flag vessel availability and pricing to transport two Ancillary Surface Craft (ASCs) for the United States Marine Corps, with responses due by 1000 Eastern Time on Monday, November 9, 2026. This Sources Sought Notice (N32205-SS-N103-27-014) uses no set-aside. It is a request for information only and does not commit the government to contract or reimburse response costs.
Cargo is two ASCs, each weighing 500 short tons and measuring 150 feet long (169.54 feet including ramp), 31.46 feet beam, and 52 feet high. Loading occurs at Mobile, Alabama, with an available load date of January 5, 2027, during laydays of January 4-8, 2027 (last-on, first-off). Discharge is at a U.S. military port in Okinawa, Japan.
Respondents must offer self-sustaining transport ships equipped with float-on/float-off (FL/FLO) well decks or heavy-lift cranes capable of safely loading, transporting, and discharging the ASCs. Open-ocean towed barges and standard lift ships lacking conforming lift or FL/FLO configurations are strictly excluded for safety reasons. Respondents must identify their vessels as U.S. or foreign flagged and may not be "in transition of re-flagging to U.S flagged."
Responses must include vessel specifications, mission execution plans, loading and discharge methods, stowage area verification, route information, and voyage duration. Pricing requested comprises lump-sum rates for loading, stowing, securing, and discharging; detention rates; and reimbursable daily pricing for supercargo. Company information must include small business status. The NAICS code is 483111, with a small business size standard of 1,050 employees. Submit responses by email to Jordan Morrison at JORDAN.A.MORRISON5.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL.
Notice text
Please see attached Sources Sought Notice N32205-SS-N103-27-014.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 27-014 Sources Sought Notice.pdf |
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