Joint Global Sealift Charter

Joint Global Sealift Charter (JGSC) Performance Work Statement Effective 1-Sep-2026 Page 1 of 24 SECTION 1 Background ............................................................................................................... 2 1.A. MSC Role ......................................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 2 Scope ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.A. Overview .......................................................................................................................... 2 2.B. Dry Cargo Time and Voyage Charters............................................................................. 2 SECTION 3 Task Order Proformas ............................................................................................... 2 3.A. Dry Cargo Time Charter Task Order Proforma ............................................................... 2 3.B. Dry Cargo Voyage Charter Task Order Proforma ........................................................... 2 SECTION 4 Ordering Procedures at the Task Order Level .......................................................... 2 4.A. Request for Quote (RFQ) ................................................................................................. 3 4.B. Task Order Evaluation ..................................................................................................... 3 4.C. Task Order Evaluation Factor Criteria ............................................................................. 3 4.D. Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Evaluation .............................................. 5 SECTION 5 On-Ramp Of Additional Contractors ........................................................................ 6 SECTION 6 Invoicing ................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION 7 Deliverables Schedule............................................................................................... 6 7.A. General Vessel Information ............................................................................................. 6 7.B. Task Order Deliverables................................................................................................... 7 SECTION 8 Service Delivery Summary (SDS) ............................................................................ 7 8.B. Quality Control, Reporting, and Records......................................................................... 8 SECTION 9 Security (Cyber security, Industrial security, Vendor Threat Mitigation) ................ 9 9.A. Operationally Critical Support ......................................................................................... 9 9.B. Cybersecurity Incident Reporting .................................................................................... 9 9.C. Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Timelines ................................................................. 10 9.D. Mandatory Reporting Data............................................................................................. 10 9.E. Incident Reporting Coordination.................................................................................... 11 9.F. Confidentiality and Non-Attribution Statement ............................................................. 12 9.G. Cybersecurity Material Model Certification (CMMC) .................................................. 12 9.H. Industrial Security Information (Applicable Only to Task Orders Involving Classified or Sensitive Cargo) ............................................................................................................................ 12 APPENDIX A, GENERAL VESSEL INFORMATION.............................................................. 19 -- 1 of 24 -- Joint Global Sealift Charter (JGSC) Performance Work Statement Effective 1-Sep-2026 Page 2 of 24 SECTION 1 BACKGROUND 1.A. MSC Role 1.A.1. As the Navy Component Command of the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the Military Sealift Command (MSC) provides all strategic and maritime logistics for the Department of War (DoW). MSC operates government-owned and commercial ships to deliver equipment, fuel, and supplies to joint forces worldwide, acting as the maritime arm of USTRANSCOM. 1.A.2. MSC reports to the Navy (U.S. Fleet Forces Command) for administrative purposes, it operates under the combatant command of USTRANSCOM for transportation missions. MSC provides three main types of support to USTRANSCOM: surge sealift (moving unit equipment), prepositioned sealift (keeping supplies at sea), and sustainment sealift (resupplying forces). SECTION 2 SCOPE 2.A. Overview 2.A.1.1. The Joint Global Sealift Charter (JGSC) contract enables MSC to fulfill its mission by providing strategic sealift to facilitate USTRANSCOM’s global movement of large- volume combat forces’ rolling stock and associated materials through short-term worldwide time and voyage charters. The Contractor must own or control a Roll-On/Roll-Off (RORO), multi- purpose, or vehicle carrier vessel. Additionally, the Contractor must maintain status as a Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Participant throughout the life of the contract. A VISA Participant is defined as an entity that is a U.S.-flag vessel operator organized under the laws of a State of the United States, or the District of Columbia, that is a signatory party to VISA, including all United States subsidiaries and affiliates of the entity which own, operate, charter or lease ships and intermodal equipment in the regular course of their business and in which the entity holds a controlling interest. 2.B. Dry Cargo Time and Voyage Charters 2.B.1. These charters are short-term agreements supporting USTRANSCOM operations. The Contractor shall provide dry cargo vessels on a time or voyage charter basis to me…