1. Action Code:  Presolicitation

2. Date: 28 November 2023

3. Fiscal Year:  2024

4. Contracting Office Zip Code:  23511

5. Classification Code:  V124- Transportation/Travel/Relocation - Transportation: Marine       Charter

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

    Norfolk, VA 23511  

7. Subject:  Tanker Voyage Charter

8. Proposed Solicitation Number:  N3220524R4016

9. Closing Response Date: 05 December 2023

10. Contract Point or Contracting Officer: Samantha Wooton; 757-341-7250; [email protected]

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, clean, approved, U.S. or foreign flag, double-hull tanker, with an inert gas system and segregated ballast tanks that is capable of carrying a minimum of 270,000 bbls of clean product (intentions F76) within vessel’s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation.

17. Place of Contract Performance:  The intended loading port/place is Tanjun Bin, Malaysia (Vitol Terminal); and the intended discharging ports/places are Diego Garcia, BIOT; Fujairah, UAE (EPPCO/Horizon Terminal); and Jebel Ali, UAE.  The laydays commence 11 January and cancel 13 January 2024, and the period of performance will be one voyage.

18. Set-aside Status:  N/A. The decision to release this procurement as “Unrestricted” is based on the Contracting Officer’s knowledge of the market and applicable market research.  All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency.  MSC’s Associate Director of Small Business Programs concurred with this decision.