USNS KAISER Freshwater Generator

The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command has published a Special Notice regarding the procurement of freshwater generators for the USNS HENRY J. KAISER (T-AO 187). This notice announces the government's intention to make a sole source award to Alfa Laval, Inc., the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the Aqua Blue Single Stage Freshwater Generators currently installed aboard the vessel. The acquisition falls under the Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing NAICS category and is classified as Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment under the PSC category. The Special Notice was posted on April 8, 2026, with a response deadline of April 14, 2026. This announcement represents a limited source acquisition utilizing other than full and open competition procedures.

The primary objective of this acquisition is to procure OEM materials in support of the installation of new Alfa Laval desalination equipment as part of Work Item 0519_A. The government has determined that Alfa Laval Inc. is the only reasonably available source based on exclusive licensing agreements and is the authorized industrial distributor for the AQUA Blue E1 C125-HW 10,000 GPD Desalination Plants. The standardization justification for this sole source award is to maintain fleet configuration baseline consistency across all T-AO 187 Class vessels, as the equipment has been designated as critical ship equipment per applicable Navy instructions. Notably, any parts ordered from entities worldwide will ultimately be purchased through Alfa Laval, meaning no other contractors are eligible to participate in this procurement. The compressed timeline from posting to due date allows interested parties only six days to submit responses.