80-DAY DRY Cargo Time Charter
- Client
- Dept of Defense
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
- 10/17/2026
- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 483111
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
- David Hamilton
Description
AI GeneratedThe Military Sealift Command Strategic Sealift Program Office requires market research on price and availability for an about 80-day time charter of a self-sustaining U.S. or foreign flag vessel. The requested scope involves carrying a minimum of 500 TEUs of containerized Class 1.1-1.4 ammunition hazmat cargo, with both delivery and redelivery at Concord, California, and laydays starting January 3, 2027. Interested parties, including small and large businesses under NAICS 483111 with a size standard of 1,050 employees, must submit information on vessel descriptions, supercargo accommodation, charter rates, fuel consumption, business size, and company details. Respondents must submit their information by email to David Hamilton at [email protected] before 1100 Eastern Time on October 23, 2026.
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- N32205-SS-N321-27-004
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the Navy › MSCHQ Norfolk
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 16, 2026
- NAICS
- 483111 · Deep Sea Freight Transportation
- Product/service code
- V124
- Place of performance
- Concord, CA
- Contracting contact
- David Hamilton
david.k.hamilton19.civ@us.navy.mil
7574435896 - Additional contact
- Michelle D. James
michelle.d.james7.civ@us.navy.mil
5642303323
Read the official notice description
Please see attached Sources Sought Notice N32205-SS-N321-27-004.
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.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Deep Sea Freight Transportation). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 483111, performed in CA
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 483111, since Oct 1, 2024
905 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. CROWLEY GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$475.5M
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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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