N3220525R6003 - SURTASS-E RFP
Military Sealift Command · MSCHQ NORFOLK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N3220525R6003 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
***02 OCT 2025. RFP Amendment A0002 is hereby issued. (Attachment 16 has been added to address questions submitted by potential offerors). Updated versions of Attachment 3, Attachment 6, Attachment 7, Attachment 8, Attachment 9, Attachment 12, Attachment 13, and Attachment 14 have been uploaded. See attached [SF-30] and [SF1449] for full details. Nothing from the SF1449 Changed from A0001 to A0002 and the only change from the orginial posting is the issue date and due date (Box 6 and 8) as outlined in A0001. All other things remain unchanged. ***29 SEP 2025. RFP Amendment A0001 is hereby issue… (show all)
d to update the RFP Issue Date and Response Date. See attached [SF-30] for full details. See SF1449 and Related Attachments for details The solicitation will be a fixed-priced time charter with reimbursable elements, with a performance period of one (1) year base period and will be followed by three (3) 1-year option periods and one 11-month option period. The solicitation will require a time charter of one US flagged or foreign flagged vessel (to be reflagged US prior to delivery of vessel) required to tow an acoustic array in support of U.S. Navy Operations. The vessel will tow a passive acoustic monitoring system, between 4-6 knots, 24hrs/day for up to a 60-day event. The ship will need to be able to tow on a directed heading within 5 degrees for extended periods at slow speed. Because of the type of acoustic system employed, the ability of the vessel to maintain heading stability is critical. The vessel must be capable of worldwide operations, including support in all ocean basins of the world from the Artic to the Antarctic during all periods of time. The vessel is expected to operate in open water in the vicinity of the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) and must be capable of surviving encounter with young open ice, as specified by ABS, Ice Class D0.
Who won similar work
157 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 483111.
| 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.
- Sep 29, 2026OFFSHORE AVIATION LLC$10.2M365-day Dry Cargo Time Charter
- Sep 25, 2026U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC$8.6M90-DAY TANKER TIME CHARTER
- Sep 22, 2026DANN OCEAN TOWING, INC$1.6MDry Cargo TUGCON
- Sep 16, 2026SCHUYLER LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY$4.8M60-Day Tanker Time Charter
- Sep 16, 2026FEDERATED MARITIME LLC$3.7MDry Cargo Voyage Charter
- Sep 15, 2026PHOENIX CONTRACTING LLC$2.8MDry Cargo TUGCON
- Sep 11, 2026LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC$7.7M50-day Dry Cargo Time Charter
- Sep 11, 2026American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC$11.2M50-day Dry Cargo Time Charter
- Sep 11, 2026WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$10.8M50-day Dry Cargo Time Charter
- Aug 28, 2026DUNLAP TOWING COMPANY$1.4MDry Cargo Voyage Charter
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.
- 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.