Vessel Design Challenge

The U.S. Maritime Administration is seeking domestic design teams to develop preliminary vessel designs that improve fuel efficiency by 30% and reduce underwater radiated noise through integrated hull, machinery, propulsion, and technology modeling.

United States of America > TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF > MARITIME ADMINISTRATION > 693JF7 DOT MARITIME ADMINISTRATION


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693JF726R000016
Jan 10, 2027 05:00 PM
Sep 11, 2026 07:34 PM
$450,000.00
1 year 6 months
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Federal
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christian.onwudiegwu@dot.gov
+12023661676
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, USA
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Description

The U.S. Maritime Administration's Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance program is seeking proposals from domestic design teams to develop one or more commercially useful vessel designs. Proposed work may redesign existing projects, support vessels in early design, or develop theoretical and experimental designs for coastal, inland-waterway, or Great Lakes operations. Teams should generally include naval architects, marine engineers, shipyards, owners or operators, and technology providers, with additional logistics, financing, or public-sector partners as appropriate. The work must integrate hull, machinery, propulsion, and other technologies to target a 30% energy-efficiency improvement over conventional vessel designs and meet specified underwater radiated noise source-level parameters under normal operating conditions. Required analysis includes hydrodynamic and fuel-burn modeling, underwater radiated noise modeling, stability and load analyses, technology-readiness and commercial-availability assessments, cost comparisons, return-on-investment analysis, and evaluation of implementation barriers. Deliverables include preliminary vessel designs, interim progress information, a publicly releasable final report, and participation in a debrief with the Maritime Administration. The project must be completed within 18 months of award, and proposals are limited to 20 pages with clear identification and justification of any artificial-intelligence use.

Classification Codes
NAICS541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
PSCR405Operations Research and Quantitative Analysis Services
Smart Codes
vessel designmarine engineeringhydrodynamic modeling
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Service Only
Timeline
Sep 10, 2026 07:28 PM-Publication Date
Jan 10, 2027 05:00 PM-Proposal Submission Deadline
Jan 25, 2027-Inactive Date
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