SOW - 9mm PCC.pdf

9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine Solicitation #: 70US0926R70093557 Attachment 2

STATEMENT OF WORK

United States Secret Service (USSS)

1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Scope: The United States Secret Service (USSS) requires the acquisition of a 9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC) that meets the specifications outlined in this Statement of Work (SOW).

1.2 Period of Performance: USSS intends to award a single-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for an ordering period of five (5) years. Specific task orders will be placed against the IDIQ.

1.3 Quantities: The ceiling quantity for the entire IDIQ shall be 1,000 firearms.

1.4 Delivery: All delivery orders shall be shipped to the following address in accordance with USSS agency delivery procedures. These procedures will be indicated at the time of each delivery order, as procedures may change over time.

USSS/RTC

Attn: Kummer/MS-8192

245 Murray Lane SW

Washington, DC 20223

All deliveries are subject to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ regulations and shall be completed in accordance with all applicable statutes and requirements of the National Firearms Act. It is recognized that one or more of these devices meet definitions stipulated in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(24), are thus a National Firearms

Act firearm as defined under 26 U.S.C. § 5845 and subject to controls of the National Firearms Act 26 U.S.C., Chapter 53, §§ 5801-5872, and that the US Secret Service is a qualified United States agency, as specified in 26

U.S.C. § 5852.

2.0 REQUIREMENTS

2.1 General. The USSS has a requirement for a 9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC), available in both standard and compact/personal defense weapon (PDW) variants, for use in all environmental conditions, including when discreet carry and/or maximum concealment is required.

The firearm shall be commercially available and exhibit a ‘manual of operation’ consistent with existing/legacy AR-

15 family of weapons.

All firearms and components shall be of new manufacture in serial production at time of initial submission. Rebuilt, overhauled, remanufactured, "seconds", or any condition that is other than new shall not be accepted.

The offeror(s) must be the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the serialized receiver. Site inspection by the

Government of the manufacturing facility may be required.

2.2 First Article Test (FAT)

The Government will be responsible for conducting a FAT if it is invoked for condition "a". The Contractor shall be responsible (under Government supervision) for conducting the FAT for all other conditions and shall be responsible for all associated expenses to include testing, shipping costs, administrative/processing costs, and any other expenses associated with FAT and/or firearm quality issues.

The Government may invoke its right to require the Contractor to conduct additional FAT post-award for the following conditions:

• First fifteen (15) production samples after solicitation.

• Design change of the firearm or components.

• Design change of manufacturer's production process and/or equipment.

• Relocation of manufacturer's production facility.

• Major firearm quality defects, recalls, and/or any other substandard performance issues.

• A complete production lapse (all variants) of six (6) months or more of the contracted firearm

• Manufacturer changes supplier of critical components (receiver, barrel, recoil system, and internal mechanism parts that affect firing or cycle of operation).

2.3 Limited Technical Inspection (LTI)

2.3.1 During the contract term, if the manufacturer of the weapon modifies the design of the firearm in any way, the contractor shall be required to notify the USSS Office of Training - Firearms Policy and Research Section the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and the Contracting Officer at least thirty (30) days in advance of any changes in material, make up, or specifications of the firearm prior to delivery.

2.3.2 If the new modifications do not pass the Government's testing (via LTI or further), the Government reserves the right to reject the modifications. If the Government refuses the modifications, then the Contractor shall continue to deliver in accordance with the original contract specification.

2.4 Quality Management System (QMS).

2.4.1 The manufacturer shall have a QMS (Quality Management System) in place that enables the organization to identify, measure, control, and improve key manufacturing processes.

2.5 Warranty.

2.5.1 The offeror(s) shall warranty the firearm for a minimum of five (5) years from the date of delivery of the firearm to the Government. The contractor shall replace any firearm that has a gross failure of the barrel, receiver, or operating system within the warranty period rendering the firearm unsafe and/or non-operational, due to defects in material or workmanship. Normal ‘wear and tear’ components associated with use shall be warrantied to the life of the component as identified in the manufacturer’s provided documented preventative maintenance schedule.

2.5.2 The warranty shall cover and provide the USSS, with every firearm purchased, a complement of all parts prescribed by the successful offeror's maintenance schedule and or replacement schedule. Additionally, should any new part be manufactured to rectify any unforeseen defect or deficiency, the successful offeror shall provide the

USSS, if accepted, with the "upgraded" part, for every firearm purchased.

2.5.3 During the period of the warranty, the Government will ship defective item(s) back to the manufacturer's facility for repair or replacement. The successful offeror shall be responsible for all shipping charges. A courier with parcel tracking, from pickup to delivery (such as FEDEX or UPS) must be used and the parcel must be delivered utilizing overnight or next day service.

2.5.4 The lower receiver shall be warranted for a minimum of 10,000 rounds.

2.6 Non-Disclosure of Serial Numbers.

2.6.1 Serial numbers provided for the firearms purchased post-award by the U.S. Secret Service shall not be released to any non-US Government entity, without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer (CO) and the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

2.7 Training

2.7.1 The successful offeror shall provide armorer training no later than 30 days prior to first delivery of weapons post-award.

2.7.2 In-person training shall be provided to USSS designated armorers, on site at the USSS Office of Training

- Firearms Policy and Research Section location, or the offeror's manufacturing facility. Training duration shall be no longer than five (5) days in length. This training shall include, but not be limited to, complete and detailed assembly and disassembly of the firearms, diagnosis and resolution of malfunctions, fitting of parts, training in the functioning and engineering of the design, symptoms of impending malfunctions, necessary tools and their proper use, and necessary dimensions and tolerances.

2.7.3 The training shall be available for the duration of the contract and listed as a unique Item Number within

Initial Proposal.

2.8 Documentation

2.8.1 The contractor shall provide documentation, written in English, regarding factory recommended maintenance procedures for the expected service life of the firearms at the armorer level. The documentation shall be provided in the form of a well organized presentation document specifically addressing the firearms being delivered under this contract. This presentation shall be provided in six (6) printed copies and one (1) copy in electronic format.

2.8.2 The contractor shall prepare and supply an inventory of spare parts based on the initial first year's purchase of firearm and any other parts as recommended by the manufacturer and the government.

2.9 Tools

2.9.1 The Contractor shall supply five (5) sets of any/all proprietary or unique tools required to service the firearm. This includes but may not be limited to gauges, jigs, barrel wrenches, vice jaws, factory headspace gauges, etc. required by the manufacturer to interface with proprietary parts during armorer level maintenance.

2.9.2 All tools and spare parts shall be delivered to the USSS/RTC Firearms Policy and Research Section no later than 30 days prior to the first delivery of firearms.

2.10 Design Requirements.

2.10.1 The firearm shall be operable, without modification or alteration, by a right or left-handed user.

2.10.2 All external metal parts of the weapon shall have a dark (black or dark grey) subdued, rust/corrosion resistant finish. The finish shall be unaffected by commercially available gun cleaning solvents, such as Simple

Green, used in heated ultrasonic cleaning tanks. flaking, peeling, blotching, etc. of the finish is unacceptable.

2.10.3 Operating System. The firearm shall utilize a closed-bolt, mechanically delayed operating system.

2.10.4 Barrel.

The firearm shall be chambered in accordance with current specifications for 9x19mm Luger, and function with assorted ammunition ranging in weight from 70 to 124 grains (to include all common SAAMI-spec and Mil-Spec ammunition) as well as frangible ammunition.

2.10.4.1 Barrel Rifling (9x19mm Luger) shall be appropriate to achieve accuracy requirements.

2.10.4.2 The muzzle of the barrel shall be threaded to accept the provided sound suppressor.

2.10.4.3 The barrel shall have a minimum service life of 10,000 rounds.

2.10.4.4 Barrel service life is defined as objective to 3 Minutes-of-Angle (MOA), and a threshold of 4

MOA, ranked. Exhibiting no more than 125.0 ft/sec decrease in velocity (in accordance with

USSS velocity testing procedures), with observance of offeror’s submitted maintenance protocols.

2.10.4.5 The barrel shall be free of cracks, seams, and other injurious defects and the bore and chamber shall be free of pockets, rings, bulges, and other deformations. The bore and chamber shall be chromium plated, or of equivalent corrosion resistance. Stainless Steel barrels are acceptable. Any coating in the chamber and bore shall be free of nodules, flaking, pits, stripping, anode burrs and evidence of etched base steel. Burrs and sharp edges shall be removed from the chamber edges, and any bolt locking lugs.

2.10.5 Sound Suppressor. Each PCC rifle and PDW variant upper receiver shall be equipped with a sound suppressor capable of reducing acoustic signature. Minimum acoustic reduction required shall be 15 decibels.

Testing will be conducted in open air, on an outdoor non-baffled range. The Larson Davis LxT1 microphone will be placed at user’s ear in accordance with SAAMI Z299.6-2025.

2.10.6 Mode of Fire. The weapon shall be semi-automatic.

2.10.7 Fire Selector.

2.10.7.1 The fire control selector shall be ambidextrous in design, via a single lever paddle present on each side of the receiver, adjacent to the rear pistol grip, thereby not requiring the shooter to significantly break their firing grip when actuating.

2.10.7.2 The fire control selector shall be a rotary type and shall have two positions; safe and semi-automatic, with verbiage (in English), or easily understood icons/pictograms, engraved on the lower receiver to indicate corresponding safe/fire position.

2.10.7.2.1 Selector shall rotate manually 90 degrees without binding from one position to another when the hammer is cocked. The selector shall remain in place in each position by a perceptible spring detent load until manually reset.

2.10.7.2.2 With the hammer cocked, when the selector is placed in the "SAFE" position, it shall prevent the trigger from releasing the hammer so that the weapon is incapable of being fired.

2.10.7.2.3 When the selector is placed in the "SEMI AUTOMATIC" position, it shall have a disconnect, so that the weapon is capable of semi-automatic fire only (one shot with each pull of the trigger).

2.10.8 Trigger

2.10.8.1 The trigger configuration shall be two-stage with no adjustment screws or set screws.

2.10.8.2 The trigger pull shall not measure less than 3.00 pounds, nor more than 5.00 pounds.

2.10.8.3 The trigger shall have a smooth face, cannot be wider than the trigger guard, and shall be the only control inside the area enclosed by the trigger guard. Any other controls (bolt catch/release, magazine/catch release, etc.)

inside the area enclosed by the trigger guard are not acceptable.

2.10.9 Charging Handle. The charging handle shall be located at the rear of the upper receiver.

2.10.9.1 The charging handle shall not reciprocate with the bolt when the weapon is fired.

2.10.9.2 The charging handle shall be equipped with a latch mechanism on each side, to facilitate being operated with either hand.

2.10.10 Bolt Hold-Open Device. The rifle shall be equipped with a magazine-activated bolt hold open device. The bolt hold open device shall also be capable of being activated manually by the operator.

2.10.10.1 The bolt hold open device shall be located – at minimum – on the left side of the receiver

(Ambidextrous designs are acceptable), in a location like Mil-Spec AR15 family of weapons.

2.10.10.2 When the bolt hold open device is activated by the magazine follower and the magazine is subsequently removed, the bolt shall remain in the rear or open position.

2.10.10.3 When the bolt is in the rear or open position and a full magazine is inserted, the bolt shall remain in the rear or open position until the operator manually activates the bolt release.

2.10.10.4 When the bolt catch is released, the bolt shall return to the battery position. Upon release, the bolt shall strip a round from the loaded magazine and load it into the chamber.

2.10.11 Magazine Well / Magazine Release. The weapon magazine well shall be compatible with the GLOCK

17-rd Magazine (OEM Part # 39328), GLOCK 15-rd Magazine (OEM Part #39231), Glock 24-rd Magazine (OEM

Part #47359), and GLOCK 33-rd Magazine (OEM Part #4450)

2.10.11.1 The magazine shall be capable of being inserted directly into the magazine well by the operator with one hand, and without any "rocking" type motion.

2.10.11.2 The magazine release shall securely retain the magazine in the magazine well. The magazine (whether empty or full) shall fall free from the magazine well once the magazine release button is activated without any further operator assistance.

2.10.11.3 The magazine release button shall be located on both sides of the receiver, in location like the AR15 family of weapons.

2.10.11.4 Activation of the magazine release button shall be accomplished with minimum effort by the operator with only one hand and accomplished by pushing inward/laterally into the receiver.

2.10.11.5 The magazine release button shall be spring loaded.

2.10.12 Lower Receiver. The lower receiver shall have laser-etching and/or engraving displaying (but not limited to) make, model/variant, and unique serial number.

2.10.13 Upper Receiver. The weapon shall be equipped with a Mil-Std-1913 Picatinny attachment rail on the top of the receiver for mounting of optics, iron sights, lasers, etc.

2.10.13.1 Forend/Handguard. When assembled to the weapon, the upper most Mil-Std-1913 rail of the free-floating handguard assembly shall align and be at the same height as the rail on the receiver. A one-piece receiver/handguard assembly is acceptable if the barrel is free-floating, the above rail positioning interfaces are present, and handguard portion meets the minimum length requirements.

2.10.14 Pistol Grip. The rear pistol grip shall be securely attached to the lower portion of the receiver and shall not interfere with the operation of the selector lever. If applicable to the submission, vendor shall provide interchangeable rear pistol grip adapters (backstraps).

2.10.15 Buttstock. The butt stock shall be quickly adjustable for length-of-pull (LOP) without the use of any tools. A folding buttstock is not required but is acceptable.

2.10.16 PCC Firearm shall be designated as a “Full Size” PCC

2.10.16.1 Height: not to exceed 8.00 inches. (w/o accessories or magazine)

2.10.16.2 Width: not to exceed 2.50 inches.

2.10.16.3 Overall Length: not to exceed (NTE) 31.00 inches (maximum, w/stock assembly fully extended, not including muzzle device) NTE 27” collapsed

2.10.16.4 Weight: 7.00 lbs. (maximum; w/o magazine)

2.10.16.5 Barrel Length: 10.0-12.0 inches (min – max; not including sound suppressor)

2.10.16.6 Handguard length: 9.00 inches (minimum, measured from the front of the magazine well). The handguard assembly shall have MLOK-compatible slots along the length of the handguard at the 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00 o'clock positions.

2.10.16.7 Suppressor: Not to increase overall length by more than 6.00 inches

2.10.17 PDW Upper Receiver shall be designated as a “PDW” (Personal Defense Weapon) PCC. The following criteria will be measured when installed on the PCC firearm lower receiver.

2.10.17.1 Height: not to exceed 8.00 inches. (w/o accessories or magazine)

2.10.17.2 Width: not to exceed 2.50 inches.

2.10.17.3 Overall Length: not to exceed 28.00 inches (maximum, w/stock assembly fully extended, not including muzzle device); NTE 23.00” collapsed

2.10.17.4 Weight: 7.00 lbs. (maximum; w/o magazine)

2.10.17.5 Barrel Length: 6.0-8.0 inches (min – max; not including sound suppressor)

2.10.17.6 Handguard length: 7.00 inches (minimum, measured from the front of the magazine well). MLOK slots are not required.

2.10.17.7 Suppressor: Not to increase overall length by more than 6.00 inches