JONES ACT TANKER VOYAGE CHARTER

1. Action Code:  Presolicitation

2. Date:  19 December 2024

3. Fiscal Year:  2025

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:  USEC Jones Act Tanker Voyage Charter

8. Proposed Solicitation Number:  N3220525R4024

9. Closing Response Date:  Friday, 27 December 2024

10. Contract Point or Contracting Officer:  Jordan Morrison; 564-230-3633; jordan.a.morrison5.civ@us.navy.mil      

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. Jones Act, Articulated Tug and Barge, Integrated Tug and Barge, or double-hull tanker, with an Inert Gas System or equivalent system and Segregated Ballast Tanks that is capable of carrying a minimum of 150,000 bbls of clean product (intentions JAA) within vessel’s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation.

17. Place of Contract Performance:  The intended load port/place is DFSP Houston (Magellan), TX (USA) and the intended discharging port/place is DFSP Charleston, SC (USA).  The laydays will commence 17 January 2025 and cancel 31 January 2025, 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 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.  The MSC Deputy Associate Director of Small Business Programs has concurred with this decision.