1. Action Code:  Presolicitation

2. Date: 29 September 2023

3. Fiscal Year:  2024

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:  Tanker Voyage Charter

8. Proposed Solicitation Number:  N3220523R4152

9. Closing Response Date: 11 October 2023

10. Contract Point or Contracting Officer: Mary Gordon; 757-341-5655; [email protected];

Jordan Johnson; 757-341-5427; [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 or equivalent (e.g. nitrogen generation system) and segregated ballast tanks that is capable of carrying a minimum of 10,000 bbls of clean product (intentions JPTS) within vessel’s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double-valve isolation.

17. Place of Contract Performance:  The intended loading port/place is Killingholme, UK; and the intended discharging port/place is Akrotiri, Cyprus. The laydays commence 15 November and cancel 21 November 2023, and the period of performance will be one voyage. 

18. Set-aside Status:  N/A.  The decision to release this solicitation as “Unrestricted” is based on responses received from a recent sources sought notice for this service.  All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency.  MSC’s Deputy Director of Small Business Programs has concurred with this decision.