Commander, Military Sealift Command, Bldg 210, 914 Charles Morris Court SE, Code N10, Washington, DC 20398-5540

V -- DRY CARGO WATER TRANSPORTATION SOL N00033 -- 00-R-5261 DUE 030700 POC Karen Rooney (202)685-5823 WEB: MSC Homepage, http://www.msc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Karen.Rooney@msc.navy.mil. Subj: RFP N00033-00-R-5261 Ref: (a) SF 1449 (b) MSC DRYVOY Rev 1 (6/99) Voyage charter(s) for U.S. or foreign flag self-sustaining breakbulk or ro/ro vessel(s). Preference for U. S. flag and VISA participants to be given in accordance with the Cargo Preference Act of 1904 and section IIIa.3 of the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) at 64 Federal Register 8214-8222 dated 18 Feb 99. MSC Sealift Program Management Office, Code PM52P, requests proposals for vessel(s) capable of meeting the transportation requirements described below. References below apply to the box layout of Ref (a) and (b) which are incorporated by reference (available from the MSC website www.msc.navy.mil -- look under contracts/library of common docuemnts -- or upon request) which shall be the charter form of any contract resulting from this solicitation. By submission of an offer, offeror agrees with all terms and conditions of this solicitation, unless otherwise indicated, and warrants that the vessel is capable of carrying the cargo described in DRYVOY 99 box 6 below. I. Standard Form 1449 boxes 2. Contract No. : to be assigned upon award 5. Solicitation No.: N00033-00-R-5261 6. Solicitation Issue Date: 03 March 2000 7. For information call: Karen Rooney at(202)685-5823 or Cynthia Vass-Frye at (202)685-5813 8. Offer due date: 1000 07 March 2000 9. Issued by: Military Sealift Command, Sealift Program Management Office, Code PM52P, Bldg 210, Rm 275, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20398, Fax: (202) 685-5852 or alternate 685-5887. 10. This acquisition is unrestricted 18a. Payment will be made by: Commander,Military Sealift Command, N86, Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 157, Washington, DC 20398 II. DRYVOY boxes 1. Vessel(s) required: U.S.or foreign flag self-sustaining breakbulk or ro/ro vessel(s). Vessel must furnish lashing gear. Minimum speed laden is 14 knots. Vessel must accommodate a minimum of 4 supercargoes. 2. Cargo description: 4,000 sq ft vehicles 4,816 sq ft containers and other general cargo including 1 tricon small arms ammo, class 1.4 Cargo dimensions: Heaviest: 27 ST Longest: 577 inches Widest: 150 inches Highest: 182 inches Terms: liner in/liner out 3. Loading Port(s)/place(s): San Diego, CA Cargo available to load: 19 March 2000 5. Discharge Port(s)/place(s): Mombasa, Kenya Expected Delivery Date: 30 April 2000 6. Laydays: Commencing: 18 March 2000/Cancelling: 19 March 2000, 1200 local time 7. Terms/conditions/attachments added, deleted or modified: III(j) Change SSHEX' to SSHINC'; V(c) -- Loading and Discharging (Liner Terms); Add V(g) -- Position Reports (Attn: Capt. Christa Faehndrich/Tim Pickering (fax (202)685-5887); Add. X Change date of clause to "June 1999." X(j) Internet home page on 3rd to last line is changed to http://www.customerservice@dnb.com XII Change date of clause to "June 1999" XII(c)(4) Add "( ) is not," after "( ) is, " III. Instructions to Offerors Offerors shall use the guidelines set forth in part X of Ref (b) for submission of offers; however ata minimum, offers must contain the following: 1. Lumpsum price and detention rate. 2. Speed of advance (SOA), laden and detailed itinerary. 3. Set of completed boxes (Ref (b) I-1 thru I-4). 4. Completed Representations and Certifications (part XII, Ref (b) Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430950). (0063)

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