Description
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is seeking information about the price and availability of a clean, approved, U.S.-flagged, double-hull Medium Range (MR) tanker with segregated ballast tanks. The vessel should have a maximum age of 20 years, a maximum length of 190 meters, a maximum beam of 32.31 meters, and a maximum deadweight tonnage of 50,000 metric tons. It should also have a minimum of three segregations with double valve isolation, a minimum boom lift capacity of 10 tons, and a minimum speed of 13 knots in moderate weather while laden. The vessel will be used for extended periods at sea as an afloat storage tanker and should be able to conduct simultaneous consol operations at two stations while underway.
• The vessel should be capable of carrying a minimum of 310 barrels of JP8, JP5, JA1, or F76 within its natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation.
• The operating area will be the Pacific Ocean, with delivery and redelivery ports in the Western Pacific/Sea of Japan range.
• The charter period will be from 22 August 2026 to 21 August 2027, with an option to extend for an additional year.
• Interested parties should provide company information, vessel and rate information, and indicate if their business is a small business concern.