USNS RICHARD E. BYRD Voyage Repair Availability KR

The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command is soliciting proposals for voyage repair availability services for the USNS RICHARD E. BYRD (T-AKE 4), a naval replenishment ship requiring comprehensive maintenance and repair work. The procurement encompasses all labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to accomplish the vessel's repair availability as specified in work specification MSCOK 26-001, which includes exterior fire station cabinet repairs, deck preservation, metal steel renewal, HVAC room preservation, AC repair, lagging and insulation repair, jettison ready service lockers maintenance, and underwater hull cleaning and inspection. Only offerors possessing a Master Agreement for Repair and Alteration of Vessels (MARAV) and authorized to operate in South Korea are eligible to submit proposals. The government will evaluate proposals using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable method, considering price competitiveness, technical acceptability of the proposed approach, and the offeror's past performance on similar contracts, with preference given to U.S. Government, Republic of Korea Government, and private sector contract experiences from the past three years. The proposal submission deadline is December 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM Korea Standard Time, and a solicitation amendment issued on December 8, 2025, provided technical clarifications and additional details regarding work scope and requirements.

This solicitation carries no set-aside designation and represents a firm-fixed-price job order contract with performance scheduled from January 5-18, 2026, at the ROKPOG AMMO Pier in Jinhae-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. The contractor price breakdown attachment indicates the work will be itemized across multiple repair categories, though specific pricing and labor hour details were not yet finalized in the initial solicitation documents. No incumbent contractor or award value is identified in the available solicitation materials. The contract data sheet requires the successful contractor to provide post-performance information documenting on-time delivery, specification compliance, and overall performance metrics. Additionally, foreign contracting parties are required to complete IRS Form W-14, a Certificate of Foreign Contracting Party Receiving Federal Procurement Payments, to address applicable tax obligations under section 5000C and any applicable international tax treaties.