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ICE-CLASS TANKER (EXTENDED TERM CHARTER)

MSCHQ NORFOLK

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Response status

Due in 8 days

Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 4, 2026
Archive date
Oct 1, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • MSCHQ NORFOLK published this sources sought.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The notice uses NAICS 483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
63e722f482a644139b228d21016e8701
Solicitation
SS-26-162
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

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

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
SS-26-162
NAICS
483111 — Deep Sea Freight Transportation
PSC
V124 — TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: MARINE CHARTER
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Sep 4, 2026
Responses due
Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Oct 1, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Sep 9, 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.

Related Notice: SS-26-029 This is an updated Sources Sought Notice (SSN) for the previous SSN referenced above. MSC requests information about the price and availability of one, clean, approved, U.S. flag double hull, ice-class tanker. See attached Sources Sought Notice for full details.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$6,490,421
Median$21,851,911
High end (p75)$67,843,263
Comparable awards
50
Median
$21,851,911
Computed
Sep 8, 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)
NWS/NDBC: FY27 ATLANTIC MARINE SERVICES OR-FY26-01262PACIFIC RIM SHIPBROKERS, INC.$1,435,500.00Aug 26, 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)

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 9, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Sep 8, 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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