Dry Cargo Voyage Charter

1. Action Code: Presolicitation

2. Date: 13 March 2025

3. Fiscal Year: 2025

4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 23511

5. Classification Code: V- Transportation, Travel, & Relocation Services

6. Contracting Office Address: 471 East C St., Bldg. SP-64, Naval Station Norfolk,

Norfolk, VA 23511

7. Subject: Dry Cargo Voyage Charter

8. Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220525R4053

9. Closing Response Date: 20 March 2025

10. Contract Point or Contracting Officer: Jordan Morrison; jordan.a.morrison5.civ@us.navy.mil

11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: T.B.D.

12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: T.B.D.

13. Contract Line Item Number: N/A

14. Contract Award Date: T.B.A.

15. Contractor: T.B.D.

16. Description: One, U.S. Flag, Jones Act compliant, and ABS certified tug & barge or self-sustaining vessel with the capacity to carry a minimum of 120 TEUs.

17. Place of Contract Performance: The load port/place is Military Ocean Terminal Concord Wharf 3, California (USA) with an available load date of 28 April 2025, and the discharging port/place is West Loch Wharves 4 & 5, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA) with a latest arrival date of 12 May 2025. The laydays commence and cancel 27 April 2025, and the period of performance will be one voyage.

18. Set-aside Status: Total Small Business Set-Aside. The decision to release this solicitation as a Total Small Business Set-aside is based on responses received from a recent, sources sought notice for this service. MSC’s Deputy Associate Director of Small Business has concurred with this decision.