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Dry Cargo TUGCON

MSCHQ NORFOLK

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Archive date
Sep 5, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • MSCHQ NORFOLK published this presolicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The notice uses NAICS 483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
32effb1910b2464e8e01bb33f8948bb2
Solicitation
N3220526R6121
Base type
Presolicitation
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Presolicitation
Solicitation number
N3220526R6121
NAICS
483111 — Deep Sea Freight Transportation
PSC
V124 — TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: MARINE CHARTER
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Responses due
Aug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 5, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Presolicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
—
Subagency
DEPT OF THE NAVY
Subagency code
—
Office
MSCHQ NORFOLK
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
NORFOLK, VA, 23511-2313, USA
Place of performance
—
City code
—
State
—
State code
—
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Action Code: Pre-solicitation Date: 14 August 2026 Year: Fiscal Year 2026 Contracting Office Zip Code: 23511 Product or Service Code: V124- Transportation, Travel, & Relocation Services Contracting Office Address: 471 East C Street, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511 Subject: TUGCON; Ex-GERMANTOWN Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220526R6121 Closing Response Date: Friday, 21 August 2026 Contract Point of Contact or Contract Specialist: David Anaya, david.c.anaya.civ@us.navy.mil, 564-226-8419 Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD Contract Line Item Number: N/A Contract Award Date: TBA Contractor: TBD Description: The Military Sealift Command�s (MSC) PM4 requires one, U.S. Flag, Jones Act qualified, ocean-going certified tug capable of towing Ex-GERMANTOWN �IAW the U.S. Navy Tow Manual (SL740-AA-MAN-010)�. Place of Contract Performance: The port/place of departure is Naval Station San Diego, CA (USA) and the port/place of destination is INACTSHIPS, Pearl Harbor, HI (USA). The layday commences/ cancels on 29 September 2026; period of performance is one voyage. Set-aside Status: Total Small Business Set-aside. The decision to release this solicitation as a Total Small Business Set-aside is based on responses received from recent sources sought notice for this service. MSC�s Director, Office of Small Business Programs has concurred with this decision.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$7,451,377
Median$20,603,211
High end (p75)$67,843,263
Comparable awards
50
Median
$20,603,211
Computed
Aug 18, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
NWS/NDBC: FY27 PACIFIC MARINE SERVICES OR-FY26-01584FISHING VESSEL NORTH WIND, INC.$2,268,500.00Aug 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TIME CHARTER VESSEL SERVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARDBORDELON MARINE, L.L.C.$7,731,250.00Mar 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR HSC-OCEAN IDIQ AWARDEESGALLIANO MARINE SERVICE, L.L.C.$10,000.00Mar 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HOMELAND SECURITY CUTTER (HSC)-OCEAN INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) $10,00HORNBECK OFFSHORE OPERATORS LLC$10,000.00Mar 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HOMELAND SECURITY CUTTER (HSC)-OCEAN INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) MINIMUTHAYERMAHAN, INC$10,000.00Mar 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HOMELAND SECURITY CUTTER (HSC)-OCEAN INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) MINIMUFEDERATED MARITIME LLC$10,000.00Mar 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
22-DAY DRY CARGO TIME CHARTERWATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$3,027,094.86Mar 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
45-DAY DRY CARGO TIME CHARTERWATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$6,126,409.78Mar 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O AND M) WATSON CLASS VESSELS.PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$988,664,434.30Mar 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MSV 2U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$210,039,068.54Mar 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PACFLT OSV (OCEAN VALOR)OMNI2MAX, INC.$45,965,022.25Mar 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE/FISCAL YEAR 2026 / OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF USNS WILLIAMCROWLEY GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$655,515,485.37Mar 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
STENA POLARIS ICE CLASS TANKER TIME CHARTERCROWLEY GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$115,732,717.93Mar 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MALAMA SPECIALTIME CHARTERHAWAII RESOURCE GROUP LLC$6,611,758.17Apr 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
USAF PREPO - MV FISHERSEALIFT INC. OF DELAWARE$64,884,892.00Mar 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DE-OBLIGATION OF FUNDSEIGER SHIPPING SA$756,562.15Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HOS RED DAWNHORNBECK OFFSHORE OPERATORS LLC$58,988,881.92Apr 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE USNS SEAY AND USNS PILILAAUPATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$216,846,963.33Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
BADLANDS TRADER (MR TANKER CHARTER)U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$96,108,818.23Mar 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EVERGREEN STATE (EAST COAST TANKER CHARTER)AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC$122,556,065.11Apr 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1PresolicitationAug 16, 2026Aug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC4bc7dfcadeba8112
2PresolicitationAug 28, 2026Aug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC3ee7a71b91f9a2ff

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 18, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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