85-Day Dry Cargo Vessel Charter

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is seeking a small-business contractor to provide an approximately 85-day charter of an ice-class, self-sustaining lift-on/lift-off breakbulk vessel for worldwide dry-cargo transportation and resupply operations.

United States of America > DEPT OF DEFENSE > DEPT OF THE NAVY > MSCHQ NORFOLK (MSC HQS)


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Open (active)
N3220526R6136
Oct 01, 2026 05:00 PM
Sep 24, 2026 07:57 PM
3 months
Small Business
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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matthew.r.price40.civ@us.navy.mil
+17573413348
Norfolk, VA, USA
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Military Sealift Command Norfolk, 471 East C Street, Building SP-64, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511-2419

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Description

The Military Sealift Command is soliciting one firm-fixed-price charter for approximately 85 days of an ice-class, self-sustaining lift-on/lift-off breakbulk vessel capable of carrying at least 750 TEUs, with at least 50 reefer plugs, two 100-metric-ton cranes, 20-foot and 40-foot container spreader bars, a maximum length of 180 meters, a maximum laden draft of 9.7 meters, a minimum laden speed of 15 knots, and a minimum unrefueled range of 10,000 nautical miles. The vessel must meet applicable Polar Code, ice-class, MARPOL, certification, biofouling, bunkering, cargo-space, and cargo-handling requirements, and support worldwide transportation, prepositioning, and military-readiness missions. The charter includes delivery and redelivery at Port Hueneme, California, laydays commencing December 28, 2026, and cancelling December 31, 2026. The contractor must provide or support required supercargo personnel, including a crane technician and ice pilot, and submit a signed offer containing the vessel name, pricing, required vessel particulars, itinerary, acknowledgments, and completed fuel-consumption information. Proposals may be submitted by email in PDF format, or alternatively by fax, mail, or hand delivery, to the address or point of contact identified in the SF 1449; email submissions may not exceed 20 megabytes and must contain a verifiable electronic or scanned handwritten signature.

Classification Codes
NAICS483111Deep Sea Freight Transportation
PSCV124Marine Charter for Things
Smart Codes
dry cargo vessel chartermarine freight transportationcontainer vessel operations
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Sep 24, 2026-Published Date
Oct 01, 2026 05:00 PM-Offers Due
Oct 16, 2026-Inactive Date
Dec 28, 2026-Charter Commencement Layday
Dec 31, 2026-Charter Cancelling Layday
Requirements
Required
  • Hull and Machinery
  • Protection and Indemnity
  • War Risk Hull and Machinery
  • War Risk Protection and Indemnity — $500,000,000.00
  • Second Seaman's War Risk — $200,000.00
Required
No
Documents
TitleDate Posted
26R6136 RFP.pdfSep 24, 2026 12:00 PM
26R6136 DRYTIME Fuel Consumption Temp.xlsxSep 24, 2026 12:00 PM
DRYTIME 2026 (02-26).pdfSep 24, 2026 12:00 PM
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