GLOCK JA 18 June 2024 Redacted.pdf

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Glock J&A Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
W15QKN-21-D-0050-P00003
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Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Picatinny Arsenal

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This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a modification to an existing GLOCK pistol contract. The modification will incorporate additional GLOCK 19X and 43X systems, magazines, spare/individual parts, accessories, and training onto contract W15QKN-21-D-0050 for the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Picatinny Arsenal. The total estimated value of this procurement is undisclosed, though the total ceiling for the three-year contract period will remain unchanged at $14,999,980. The sole source justification cites that GLOCK, Inc. owns the intellectual property and is the sole producer of the GLOCK systems, making them the only responsible source able to meet the agency's requirements. The contract will be awarded on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of Title 10, United States Code, Section 3204(b).

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TABLE ONE � J&A Covered Items

FY GLOCK Systems, Magazines, Parts, and Training

Quantity Dollar Value

Ordering Period 3 (FY24) 19X & 43X Systems, Parts, and Training

Ordering Period 4 (FY25) 19X & 43X Systems, Parts, Ordering Period 5 (FY26) 19X & 43X Systems, Parts, Total Dollar Value

TABLE TWO � Items Currently on Contract

FY Glock Systems, Magazines, and Parts

Ordering Periods 1 through 5 G17, Gen 3, 4, 5 (Standard and Night) Ordering Periods 1 through 5 G19, Gen 3, 4, 5 (Standard, Night, MOS, MOS(M), MOS TB Ordering Periods 1 through 5 G26, Gen 3, 4, 5 (Standard, Night, and Night (M) Total Obligated to Date

4. Authority Cited: Title 10 United States Code Section 3204(b), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: As described at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B), when the supplies or services required by the agency are available only from one responsible source, or for DoD, NASA and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other types of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. Supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency�s requirements.

GLOCK, Inc. designs and owns all of the intellectual property for the GLOCK systems and parts. GLOCK, Inc. is the sole producer of the GLOCK systems, as well as its major components, subsystems, spare and repair parts. The Technical Data Package (TDP) is proprietary, and in June of 2024 the U.S. Government inquired about purchasing a license to the technical data for the GLOCK pistols. In response, GLOCK, Inc. advised that they would not consider selling. In the years that GLOCK, Inc. has been producing the GLOCK systems and parts, it has implemented continuous process improvements at both the part

(1) Contract Numbers/Dates: W15QKN-20-C-0024, Awarded: 18 August 2020

(2) Competitive Status: Other than Full and Open Competition

(3) Authority previously Cited: FAR 6.302-4(a), International Agreement

APPROVAL

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the modification to incorporate GLOCK 19X and 43X systems, magazines, spare/individual parts, accessories, and training on contract W15QKN-21-D-0050 on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 3204(b), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Suppliers or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The total estimated value for this procurement is , however, the total ceiling for the contract will remain unchanged at $14,999,980 for the remaining three-year period of performance. The approval is subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services and property herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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