Compilation of Ocean-Going Self-Propelled Deep-Draft Vessel Operating Costs (DDVOCs)

DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE ARMY · USACE · OTHER_DIVISION · W4LD USA HECSA is soliciting Compilation of Ocean-Going Self-Propelled Deep-Draft Vessel Operating Costs (DDVOCs). Solicitation number W912HQ26RA017. Classified under NAICS 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Product/service code R499 — OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. Responses are due by 22 September 2026 20:30 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

This requirement is in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources. The anticipated contract will be awarded using RFO Part 12 "Acquisition of Commercial Services". The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price contract. The primary emphasis of work efforts under this contract will be the compilation of vessel operating costs according to cargo vessel type and size or capacity classes typically of concern to USACE analysts when undertaking waterborne navigation project evaluations. Integral to the needs for estimation of vessel operating costs will be the creation of a computerized application to support use, comparative audit and limited adjustment of estimates and estimation of bunkerage costs.  It will be an integral requirement that bunkerage costs be separably investigated and estimated as a critical input to operational costs of ocean-going commercial cargo vessels. See the RFP and the PWS for additional information.