MSC requests for two (2) twin screw or better tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling for the Port Canaveral area.  The expected annual operating tempo (OPTEMPO) for the two tugs is 25 ship movements of approximately 2 hours each, of which 4 ship movements may occur during overtime working hours. Therefore, the annual estimate of ship movements is 100 hours [(2 tugs x 2 hours) x 25 moves].  This is an estimate and not a guarantee of work.  The following list is provided for illustrative purposes only and describes some of the services that may be performed on a 24 hour per day, 365 days per year basis:

•(a)    Towing, twisting, mooring, berthing, docking, streaming, shifting, assisting, pulling, and escorting various Vessel types, barges, submarines, crafts, hulls, sleds, derricks, lighters, and objects of whatsoever nature including anything carried thereon.  Government reserves the right to use Government-owned, controlled, or chartered Tugs or vessels separately or jointly with Owner's Vessels in the performance of any services listed in this Contract.

(b) Transfers of pilots and Government Personnel by Tug.

(c) Emergency support services, including responses to weather conditions threatening vessels, piers, dry-docks, or shore facilities; shipboard fires; tugs aground; tug equipment failures; downed aircraft; oil spills; missions of mercy; collisions; ammunition mishaps; search-and-rescue operations; shipboard casualty; and National Defense Emergency.

(d) Line handling.

(e) Providing personnel (other than a riding crew) to go aboard a tow.

AREA OF OPERATIONS:  Port Canaveral, FL and surrounding navigable waters.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  an initial firm period consisting of 111 days commencing 28 August 2017 and two (2) one-year options.