Dry Cargo Voyage Charter
Military Sealift Command · MSCHQ NORFOLK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N3220526R6117 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
1. Action Code: Presolicitation 2. Date: 15 July 2026 3. Fiscal Year: 2026 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: Dry Cargo Voyage Charter 8. Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220526R6117 9. Closing Response Date: 21 July 2026 10. Contract Point or Contracting Officer: David Hamilton; david.k.hamilton19.civ@us.navy.mil 11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: T.B.D. 12. Contract Award Dol… (show all)
lar 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, U.S. Flag, Jones Act compliant, tug & ABS certified, self-sustaining barge with the capacity to carry a minimum of 75 TEUs. 17. Place of Contract Performance: The load port/place(s) are Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Wharf 3, CA (USA) with an available load date of 08 September 2026 and Valdez, AK; with ALD upon completion of discharge; and discharge port(s)/place(s) are Valdez, AK (USA) with a latest arrival date of 18 September 2026, and Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Wharf 3, CA (USA) with a latest arrival date of 28 September 2026. The laydays will commence and cancel 07 September 2026, and the period of performance will be one voyage. 18. 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 a recent, sources sought notice for this service. The Deputy Director of MSC�s Office of Small Business Programs has concurred with this decision.
Who won similar work
156 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MSCHQ NORFOLK), same product/service code (PSC) V124 and NAICS 483111.
Single-winner award sizes (156): middle half $2.7M to $7.5M, median $4.6M; range $129K to $1.1B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC | 23 | $174.2M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| SCHUYLER LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY | 15 | $147.9M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| TSP TANKERS HOLDINGS LLC | 13 | $50.5M | Feb 12, 2026 |
| CROWLEY-STENA MARINE SOLUTIONS LLC | 10 | $48.8M | Dec 29, 2025 |
| American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC | 9 | $47.3M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC | 9 | $45.8M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC | 8 | $142.7M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| FEDERATED MARITIME LLC | 8 | $121.5M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| OCEAN SHIPS, INC. | 4 | $1.3B | May 14, 2026 |
| OVERSEAS SUN COAST LLC | 4 | $18.8M | Jun 15, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 29, 2026OFFSHORE AVIATION LLC$10.2M365-day Dry Cargo Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 25, 2026U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$8.6M90-DAY TANKER TIME CHARTERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2026DANN OCEAN TOWING, INC$1.6MDry Cargo TUGCONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026SCHUYLER LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY$4.8M60-Day Tanker Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026FEDERATED MARITIME LLC$3.7MDry Cargo Voyage CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026PHOENIX CONTRACTING LLC$2.8MDry Cargo TUGCONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC$7.7M50-day Dry Cargo Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC$11.2M50-day Dry Cargo Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$10.8M50-day Dry Cargo Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC$3.5M28-Day Dry Cargo Time CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (8 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.