Harbor Pilot Services for NBVC

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego is conducting a market survey to identify capable businesses for providing Harbor Pilot Services at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) in Port Hueneme, California. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command requires contractor services to ensure safe movements of all incoming and outgoing U.S. military vessels, including submarines, ships, lighters, barges, floating cranes, and target ships within Oxnard Harbor. Contractors must provide pilots with current "First Class Pilot Endorsement" from the U.S. Coast Guard and at least three years of piloting experience, with specific expertise in handling military vessels and comprehensive knowledge of navigational rules, local geography, and weather conditions. The contract will require 24-hour availability with two-hour notice for harbor pilot services, with pilots assigned at the discretion of the NBVC Port Operations Installation Program Director. Interested firms must submit a three-page capability statement detailing corporate description and experience, with responses due by July 3, 2025, at 12:00 PM PST to Patricia Castillo via email.

The government is specifically seeking small business respondents and reserves the right to consider set-asides for small business socioeconomic programs including 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), and women-owned small business (WOSB) programs, with large businesses explicitly instructed not to respond. The current incumbent contractor is Buena Ventura Pilot, Service LLC, operating under NAICS code 488330 with a small business size standard of $47.0 million. The anticipated contract structure will be firm-fixed price covering a 12-month base year with four one-year option periods, potentially extending through November 30, 2030. The base period is scheduled to run from December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026, with the total contract period spanning five years if all options are exercised. Respondents utilizing subcontractors must demonstrate they will not pay more than 50 percent of the contract amount to non-similarly situated entities.