Tanker Time Charter

The Military Sealift Command seeks a tanker time charter to transport and preposition petroleum cargo in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The solicitation requests offers for a 12-month base period with two optional 1-year extensions. The vessel must be available to deliver by April 13, 2023 and be redelivered in Pearl Harbor at the end of the charter period. The RFP specifies vessel, fuel, crewing, insurance, and certification requirements. Offers are due by the specified date and must include a technical proposal and representations and certifications.

No set-aside will be used for this procurement. The solicitation seeks a clean, double hull tanker capable of carrying a minimum of 300,000 barrels of clean petroleum products to provide service from April 13 to July 12, 2023 in Pearl Harbor. The contract will utilize firm-fixed pricing with pass-through expenses for port charges and fuel over the base period and optional extensions. Responses are due in October 2022 and award is anticipated in April 2023 following a market research determination that full and open competition without set-asides is appropriate.