50-Day U.S. Jones Act Tanker Time Charter
Military Sealift Command · MSCHQ NORFOLK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N3220527R6009 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 5, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
Action Code: Presolicitation Date: 05 October 2026 Fiscal Year: 2027 Contracting Office Zip Code: 23511 Product or Service Code: V124 - Transportation/Travel/Relocation - Transportation: Marine Charter Contracting Office Address: 471 East C Street, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511 Subject: 50-Day U.S. Jones Act Tanker Time Charter Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220527R6009 Closing Response Date: Friday, 09 October 2026 Contract Point of Contact or Contracting Officer: Tiffany Gallon tiffany.n.gallon.civ@us.navy.mil; 564-226-8986 Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD Contract Awa… (show all)
rd Dollar Amount: TBD Contract Line Item Number: N/A Contract Award Date: TBA Contractor: TBD Description: One, clean, approved, U.S. Jones Act, Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) / Integrated Tug and Barge (ITB) / Non-connected Tug and Barge or double-hull MR Tanker, with an Inert Gas System or equivalent system and Segregated Ballast Tanks that is capable of carrying a minimum of 260,000 bbls of clean product (JP5/F76/JAA) for MR Tankers or 150,000 bbls of clean product (JP5/F76/JAA) for ITB/ATB or Non-Connected Tug and Barge within vessel�s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks. Place of Contract Performance: The place/range of delivery is U.S. West Coast, Range and Port in Charterer�s Option (Intentions Long Beach, CA); and the place/range of redelivery is U.S. West Coast, Range and Port in Charterer�s Option (Intentions Puget Sound, WA). The laydays commence 11 November 2026 and cancel 18 November 2026, and the period of performance will be about 50 days. Set-aside Status: N/A. The decision to release this procurement as �Unrestricted� is based on responses received from a recent, sources sought notice for this service. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. The Small Business Administration�s Procurement Center Representative has concurred with this decision.
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.