USAF Prepo Vessel Time Charter

This presolicitation notice seeks offers for a fixed-price time charter contract with reimbursable elements from the Military Sealift Command. The solicitation requires a self-sustaining container ship capable of carrying 900 twenty-foot ISO containers below deck and an additional 450 containers on deck for worldwide transportation and prepositioning of cargo, including hazardous materials and ammunition, in support of the United States Air Force. Lay days are July 23-25, 2022 with a performance period of one seventy-day period plus four additional one-year options and a fifth option of two hundred sixty-seven days. Responses are due by the date specified in the solicitation, which will be posted to SAM.gov on September 9, 2021. The anticipated award date is March 26, 2022 and the procurement will utilize FAR Part 15 procedures.

This procurement is set aside entirely for small businesses. The solicitation seeks the time charter of one vessel to transport unspecified quantities and types of cargo for the U.S. Air Force globally. The NAICS code for water transportation of cargo is 483130 and the predominate PSC code would be X325 for vessel charter services. No incumbent or current contractors are identified. The value and period of performance include a base period of one seventy-day period plus four additional one-year options and a fifth option of two hundred sixty-seven days.