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Submarine Rescue Vessel Extended Time Charter

MSCHQ NORFOLK · Virginia

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Response status

Due in 17 days

Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Archive date
Oct 6, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • MSCHQ NORFOLK published this solicitation.
  • The place of performance is Virginia.
  • The notice uses NAICS 483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
d9ca278870ad4b9da8bf9ec3d48617d6
Solicitation
N3220526R6077
Base type
Solicitation
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
Solicitation
Solicitation number
N3220526R6077
NAICS
483111 — Deep Sea Freight Transportation
PSC
V124 — TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: MARINE CHARTER
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Responses due
Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Oct 6, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Solicitation
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
Virginia
City code
—
State
Virginia
State code
VA
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The solicitation will be a fixed-price time charter, with a performance period of one (1) year base period and will be followed by three (3) 1-year options and one (1) 11-month option period. The solicitation will require the time charter of one (1) Jones Act qualified, U.S. flag, Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) to support submarine rescue requirements in support of submarine sea trials and other Fleet mission support as required, in the vicinity of Hampton Roads Area in Virginia. Anticipated lay days: 18 February - 28 March 2027. Please see attached Request for Proposal (RFP) N3220526R6077 and all RFP attachments for full details. Administrative Note: This solicitation (RFP) is being issued to correct an administrative error on a previous posting. On 19 August 2026, this requirement was mistakenly published under Notice Type "Sources Sought" under Notice ID N3220526R6077. Please note that this is an active Request for Proposal (RFP) and not a request for information. All formal proposals must be submitted in accordance with the instructions detailed in this solicitation. The original "Sources Sought" posting is considered administratively closed.

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 25, 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
MSV 2U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$210,039,068.54Mar 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
STENA POLARIS ICE CLASS TANKER TIME CHARTERCROWLEY GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$115,732,717.93Mar 10, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MR TANKERS #1 ALLIED PACIFICFEDERATED MARITIME LLC$76,718,374.03Mar 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DECISIVE SPECIALTIME CHARTERTRANSOCEANIC CABLE SHIP COMPANY LLC$100,042,729.79Mar 18, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TIME CHARTER FOR CABLE LAYING SHIPTRANSOCEANIC CABLE SHIP COMPANY LLC$18,822,600.00Apr 16, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MARITIME SUPPORT VESSEL (MSV2)U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$44,274,900.75Mar 6, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
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)
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)
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)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1SolicitationAug 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM UTCe22e7df759d9406b
2SolicitationAug 28, 2026Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC708bf62112012598

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 25, 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.