Sources Sought
VOYAGE CHARTER
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N32205-SS-N103-26-009
Due in 26 days
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The Navy's Military Sealift Command is doing market research (not buying yet) on U.S.-flag ships that could carry two 46,000-metric-ton cargoes of granite aggregate from Canada (Aulds Cove and Bayside) to Port Everglades and Port of Palm Beach, Florida. It plans a voyage charter, which means paying a lump sum for one trip. Interested ship owners are asked to email price, vessel and company information.
Watch out for
- Dates do not line up. The attached notice says responses are due 04 November 2025 and the cargoes load in Nov and Dec 2025, but SAM.gov shows a 2026 response deadline, so confirm the real dates with the contracting office before spending time.
TIME, TUESDAY, 04 NOVEMBER 2025.
- U.S.-flag ship with cranes required. Only a small business that owns or controls a U.S.-flag bulk vessel with grab cranes can respond, so this is not open to general service firms.
U.S. FLAG VESSELS CAPABLE OF CARRYING BELOW CARGO
- Amendment changes a beam limit. Amendment 0001 changes max beam for paragraph 2(B) part C(IV) (the #89 granite Palm Beach discharge, originally 28.96 m) to 30.4 m, so check that you use the amended figure.
A. AMEND PARAGRAPH 2(B) PART C(IV) TO READ:
- Sources sought only. A response is not an offer and does not lead to a guaranteed contract; it is market research.
CONSIDERED AN OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT
Read from the notice and 2 attachments.
- 26-009 A0001 Notice.pdf
- SS NOTICE 26-009.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Information on U.S.-flag vessels able to carry #57 granite (46,000 MT) from Aulds Cove, Canada to Port Everglades and Port of Palm Beach, FL (23,000 MT at each port, in sequence)
- Information on U.S.-flag vessels able to carry #89 granite (46,000 MT) from Bayside, Canada to Port Everglades and Port of Palm Beach, FL (23,000 MT at each port, in sequence)
- Vessel must be geared to unload itself: ship cranes at least 8,500 metric tons per day, at least 10.8 m reach over the dock, clam shell bucket grabs, cranes over 30 metric tons safe working load with grabs
- Vessel name, full description and flag
- Rate as a lump-sum voyage price, plus demurrage rate
- Statement that the vessel meets or exceeds all requirements
- Estimated load and discharge rate for the vessel
- Company contact details and small business status
- Contract type
- Voyage charter (anticipated); this notice is a Sources Sought / request for information, not an offer request
- Period of performance
- No contract term stated. Load windows given: 23 NOV 25 to 29 NOV 25 for #57 granite and 30 NOV 25 to 06 DEC 25 for #89 granite
- Place of performance
- Load ports: Aulds Cove and Bayside, Canada. Discharge ports: Port Everglades, FL and Port of Palm Beach, FL
- How they'll choose
- Not stated. This is market research only; responses are not offers and no evaluation criteria are given.
- Offers due
- Before 1100 hours Eastern Time, Tuesday 04 November 2025 per the attached notice; the SAM.gov field shows 2026-11-04T11:00:00-05:00
- How to submit
- Email to Jordan Morrison, JORDAN.A.MORRISON5.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL, phone (564)-230-3633
What to include when you submit
- Company name, telephone number and email address
- Small business standing (small or large business, HUBZone status)
- Vessel name and complete description, including flag
- Rate as a lump-sum voyage, and demurrage
- Statement or information affirming the vessel meets or exceeds all requirements
- Estimated load and discharge rate for the vessel
- Any other pertinent questions or comments
You must have
- Vessel must be a U.S.-flag vessel
U.S. FLAG VESSELS CAPABLE OF CARRYING BELOW CARGO
- Vessel must be geared to discharge the cargo itself at the discharge ports (cranes with grabs, minimum unloading rate and reach)
3. VESSEL SHALL BE GEARED TO DISCHARGE CARGOES AT DISCHARGE PORTS.
- Vessel must fit each port's limits (max draft, length overall and beam). For example Port of Palm Beach: max draft 9.45 m at low tide, max length 190 m, max beam 30.4 m after the amendment
C. DISCHARGE PORT #2: PORT OF PALM BEACH, FL
- Small business size is asked about, but no set-aside is stated. The size limit for this type of service is 1,050 employees (NAICS 483111)
EMPLOYEES. PLEASE INDICATE IF BUSINESS IS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value or budget
- Actual response deadline and cargo dates (documents say 2025, SAM.gov says 2026)
- Evaluation criteria and how the award would be decided
- Whether the charter will be set aside for small business
- Contract terms, laytime, demurrage terms and payment terms for the future solicitation
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2025
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- N32205-SS-N103-26-009
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- MSCHQ Norfolk
- NAICS
- 483111
- Product/service code
- V124
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles
- Place of performance
- FL
- Contracting contact
- Jordan Morrisonjordan.a.morrison5.civ@us.navy.mil5642303633
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Sources Sought N32205-SS-N103-26-009 is hereby amended. Please see the attached amendment 0001. Please see the attached Sources Sought Notice N32205-SS-N103-26-009.
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