Commander, Military Sealift Command, Bldg 210, 901 M Street SE, Code N10, Washington, DC 20398-5541

V -- TIMECHARTER/BAREBOAT/PURCHASE OF VESSEL DUE 081798 POC Kevin Spillane at (202) 685-5225 (fax) or Kevin.spillane@SMTPGW.msc.navy.mil (email) WEB: Military Sealift Command, http://www.msc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Military Sealift Command, Kevin.spillane@SMTPGW.msc.navy.mil. This announcement provides changes to MSC market survey PM2-98-12 for a U.S. flag vessel to support telemetric measurements: 1. in Paragraph 2, add the following wording: quote or a vessel that would be available for sale to the US Government unquote. 2. in Paragraph 4.B., delete quote minimum twenty knots unquote and insert quote desired twenty knots unquote. 3. in Paragraph 4.C., delete all wording after the first sentence and replace with quote exact configuration will be determined based on platform design unquote. 4. delete Paragraph 4.H. 5. delete the wording in Paragraph 4.J. and replace with the following: quote vessel must be capable of berthing and messing minimum 100 personnel unquote. 6. delete Paragraph 4.K. 7. delete Paragraph 4.N. 8. delete Paragraph 4.O. 9. delete Paragraph 8 and replace with the following: quote estimated operating scenario: vessel is expected to be underway at design speed about 34 percent of the time; at four to six knots about 31 percent of the time; and inport about 35 percent of the time unquote. Posted 07/27/98 (W-SN228857). (0208)

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