Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 8, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

90-Day Tanker Time Charter

Military Sealift Command · MSCHQ NORFOLK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
483111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N3220527R6008
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
V124
Place
Hakozaki, JPN
Contact
LCDR Hutchings, Amy (amy.r.hutchings.mil@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N3220527R6008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 8, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 15, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 15, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 16, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026, middle of the range Nov 2, 2026.
Measured from 170 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 483111 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 8, 2026).

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

Action Code: Presolicitation Date: 08 October 2026 Fiscal Year: 2026 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: 90-Day Tanker Time Charter Proposed Solicitation Number: N3220527R6008 Closing Response Date: Thursday, 15 October 2026 Contract Point of Contact or Contracting Officer: LCDR Amy Hutchings amy.r.hutchings.mil@us.navy.mil Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD Co… (show all)

ntract Line Item Number: N/A Contract Award Date: TBA Contractor: TBD Description: One, clean, approved, U.S. or foreign flag, double-hull tanker, with an Inert Gas System (IGS) and Segregated Ballast Tanks (SBT) that is capable of carrying a minimum of 240,000 bbls of clean product (intentions F76 and/or JP5) within vessel�s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation. Place of Contract Performance: The place/range of delivery is the Western Pacific / Sea of Japan, Range and Port in Charterer�s Option (Intentions Onsan, South Korea); and the place/range of redelivery is Western Pacific / Sea of Japan, Range and Port in Charterer�s Option (Intentions Hakozaki, Japan). The laydays commence 13 November 2026 and cancel 14 November 2026, and the period of performance will be about 90 days. Set-aside Status: N/A. The decision to release this procurement as �Unrestricted� is based on the Contracting Officer�s knowledge of the market and applicable market research. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. MSC�s Director of Small Business Programs 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.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC23$174.2MSep 11, 2026
SCHUYLER LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY15$147.9MSep 16, 2026
TSP TANKERS HOLDINGS LLC13$50.5MFeb 12, 2026
CROWLEY-STENA MARINE SOLUTIONS LLC10$48.8MDec 29, 2025
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC9$47.3MSep 11, 2026
LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC9$45.8MSep 11, 2026
U.S. MARINE MANAGEMENT, LLC8$142.7MSep 25, 2026
FEDERATED MARITIME LLC8$121.5MSep 16, 2026
OCEAN SHIPS, INC.4$1.3BMay 14, 2026
OVERSEAS SUN COAST LLC4$18.8MJun 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.

Latest awards

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
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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
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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
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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.