About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is conducting a market survey to determine the commercial availability and operational capacity of ocean carriers to transport government-generated hazardous waste from Guam to permitted facilities in the United States. Pursuant to the Military Cargo Preference Act and coastwise trade statutes, DLA is evaluating the availability of qualified U.S.-flagged vessels, including coastwise-endorsed vessels and registry-endorsed vessels under the statutory Guam trade exemption. The agency seeks industry capability data to meet technical environmental safety standards and volume throughput. The cargo encompasses Department of War-generated waste streams, including RCRA-regulated hazardous wastes, contaminated liquids, used oil, spent batteries, contaminated solids, and other hazardous materials. Interested maritime transportation and ocean freight industry partners need to submit only one response.
Scope of work
- Ocean transportation of RCRA-regulated hazardous waste exhibiting ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity characteristics
- Transportation of contaminated liquids including waste fuels, gasoline, solvents, paints, thinners, and wastewater
- Transportation of used oil, oily water, oil filters, sludge, and petroleum contaminated materials
- Transportation of regulated spent batteries including lithium-ion, lithium-metal, lead-acid, and nickel-cadmium batteries
- Transportation of contaminated solids including paint debris, spent blasting media, contaminated soil, and absorbents
- Transportation of oxidizers, corrosive chemicals, flammable substances, aerosol waste, and compressed gas cylinders
- Weekly throughput handling of 2 each 40-foot containers or ISO tank containers from Guam to the U.S. West Coast
Minimum qualifications
- Operation of qualified U.S.-flagged vessels, including coastwise-endorsed vessels or registry endorsements under 46 U.S.C. § 12111(b)
- Jones Act-compliant vessel scheduled on the specified route during the shipping window
- Legally certified and operationally equipped to accept, stow, and transport specified DOT/IMDG hazard classes of hazardous waste
Documents to include with your response
- Written response addressing company information, points of contact, and required RFI questions
Key dates
- Notice date
- November 3, 2026
- Responses due
- within twenty (20) calendar days from the date of publication of this notice
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit written responses electronically via email in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format with Subject Line: 'Response to RFI – Maritime Transport of Hazardous Waste (Guam to CONUS)'.
Contract details
- Term
- Present – Indefinite
- Place of performance
- Guam to United States (West Coast)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- RFI_22D0016_483111
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Defense Logistics Agency › DLA Disposition Services - EBS
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 25, 2026, 12:30 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 3, 2026
- NAICS
- 483111 · Deep Sea Freight Transportation
- Product/service code
- V115
- Place of performance
- Piti, GU, 96915
- Contracting contact
- Bradley Moehlig
Bradley.Moehlig@dla.mil - Additional contact
- Mike Mamaty
Michael.Mamaty@dla.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
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.
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