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Redstone Tesst Center- MOSAIC Vessel Lease Transportation Services

Federal · Department of Defense · U.S. ArmyDue Thursday, October 15, 2026
Client
Department of Defense · U.S. Army
RFP Number
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Posted
10/8/2026
Category
Transportation Services
Budget
—
NAICS
—
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Contact
Noah Lane
Email
noah.r.lane.civ@army.mil

Description

AI Generated

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, on behalf of the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, seeks information to identify potential sources capable of providing chartered shipping vessels. The requested scope includes leasing vessels to furnish transportation services for the Modular Open System Architecture Instrumentation Containers program to support Broad Ocean Area operations during missile test missions, primarily in remote areas of the Pacific Ocean. Interested parties of all business sizes may submit responses to assist with market research and procurement planning. Applicants must submit company descriptive literature and answers to the RFI questions in Microsoft Word or searchable PDF format using 12-point Arial font. Responses are due by email no later than October 15, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Central Time (or 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time).

Key solicitation details

AI-extracted from RFI_MOSAIC_Shipping_Lease_07_October_2026.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.

The buyer is conducting market research to identify potential sources capable of providing the lease of shipping vessels to furnish transportation services for the MOSAIC program during Broad Ocean Area test missions. The requirement calls for Jones Act compliant, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed vessels supporting hypersonic and long-range missile defense test missions. Interested parties across all business sizes are invited to submit capability statements.

Issued by
U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)
Response Due Date
15 October 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Central Time
How to submit
Email only
Submission details
Submit via email to both the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Format must be Arial 12-point font, Microsoft Word or searchable PDF, not exceeding 10 pages.
Contract term
Estimated period of performance up to two (2) years, anticipated to commence on or about December 2026
Place of performance
Multiple locations, with the majority of work performed in remote areas of the Pacific Ocean

Scope of work

  • Charter (lease) of shipping vessels to furnish transportation services
  • Support for the Modular Open System Architecture Instrumentation Containers (MOSAIC) program
  • Broad Ocean Area (BOA) operations during missile test missions
  • Telemetry data collection and flight safety asset support

Minimum qualifications

  • Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) compliant vessels
  • U.S.-flagged vessels
  • U.S.-crewed vessels
  • Employees who are U.S. citizens capable of obtaining a SECRET clearance if required

Documents to include with the bid

  • Company descriptive literature
  • Point of Contact Information
  • Responses to Section 7 questions

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number
PANAPG-26-P-0000-052467
Agency
Department of Defense
Buying office
Dept of the Army › W6QK ACC-APG
Notice type
Sources Sought
Responses due
Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 AM ET
Posted on SAM.gov
Oct 7, 2026
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Place of performance
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Contracting contact
Noah Lane
noah.r.lane.civ@army.mil
Additional contact
Todd Strasavich
todd.m.strasavich.civ@army.mil
Read the official notice description

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), on behalf of the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center (RTC), a subordinate activity of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), is issuing this Sources Sought / Request for Information notice as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources that can provide the charter (lease) of shipping vessels to furnish transportation services for the Modular Open System Architecture Instrumentation Containers (MOSAIC) program during Broad Ocean Area (BOA) test missions. MOSAIC is a critical telemetry data collection and flight safety asset for the hypersonic and long-range missile defense test mission. There is a current and ever-growing capacity shortfall for transportable telemetry / flight safety system (TM/FSS) instrumentation. For MOSAIC to support flight safety missions, the system must be flight-safety certified. For full RFI contents and requirements please see the attachments.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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