40 S&W Training Ammunition

Added: Apr 28, 2014 6:45 am This notice is amended to include the solicitation package for 40 Smith & Wesson (40 SW) Caliber Training Ammunition. The package includes separate attachments for the solicitation itself (Request for Proposals - RFP), Statements of Work (SOW), and the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ).

Offers are due 28 May 2014, 2:00 PM Eastern Time.

Added: Dec 19, 2012 10:45 am Modified: Apr 11, 2014 10:27 amTrack Changes

This is an update to Synopsis HSBP1013R0023 released on September 17, 2013.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to solicit offers in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) HSBP1013R0023 for 40 Smith & Wesson (40 SW) Caliber Training Ammunition for CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component locations nationwide, including those in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianna Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. HSBP1013R0023 is scheduled to be issued on or about April 28, 2014.

This requirement will be procured as a full and open competition.

The purpose of this solicitation is to achieve price savings over the current 40 SW duty ammunition. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation in its entirety if it feels this price savings cannot be reasonably achieved. Resulting award will be used for training/qualifications only, not for duty use, and will be used as a direct substitution in lieu of procuring like quantities of duty ammunition. The requirement will result in an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract against which individual delivery orders will be placed. Estimated quantity is approximately 50,000,000 (50 million) rounds of 40 SW training ammunition per year, totaling 250,000,000 (250 million) over the life of the contract. Key criteria for the training ammunition includes, but is not limited to: being easily distinguishable from duty ammunition (both in packaging and cartridge appearance), and meeting ballistic criteria to insure officer competency requirements are achievable.

All items shall be in accordance with the statement of work and RFP that will be provided at time of solicitation issuance. The awarded contract will be for a period of five (5) years from date of award.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332992.

Please address any questions to John Crockett, Contract Specialist, via email at john.crockett@dhs.gov.

Added: Dec 19, 2012 10:45 am Modified: Sep 17, 2013 10:42 amTrack Changes

Updated 09/17/2013

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to solicit offers in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) HSBP1013R0023 for 40 Smith & Wesson (40 SW) Caliber Training Ammunition for CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component locations nationwide, including those in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianna Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. HSBP1013R0023 is scheduled to be issued on or about October 7, 2013.

This requirement will be procured as a full and open competition.

The purpose of this solicitation is to achieve price savings over the current 40 SW duty ammunition. Resulting award will be used for training/qualifications only, not for duty use, and will be used as a direct substitution in lieu of procuring like quantities of duty ammunition. The requirement will result in an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract against which individual delivery orders will be placed. Estimated quantity is approximately 50,000,000 (50 million) rounds of 40 SW training ammunition per year, totaling 250,000,000 (250 million) over the life of the contract. Key criteria for the training ammunition includes, but is not limited to: being easily distinguishable from duty ammunition (both in packaging and cartridge appearance), and meeting ballistic criteria to insure officer competency requirements are achievable.

All items shall be in accordance with the statement of work and RFP that will be provided at time of solicitation issuance. The awarded contract will be for a period of five (5) years from date of award.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332992.

Please address any questions to John Crockett, Contract Specialist, via email at john.crockett@dhs.gov. Telephone inquires will not be accepted.

Added: Dec 19, 2012 10:45 am U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to solicit offers in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) HSBP1013R0023 for 40 Smith & Wesson (40 SW) Caliber Training Ammunition for CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component locations nationwide, including those in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianna Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. HSBP1013R0023 is scheduled to be issued on or about January 20, 2013.

This requirement will be procured as a full and open competition.

The purpose of this solicitation is to achieve price savings over the current 40 SW ammunition. Resulting award will be used for training/qualifications only, not for duty use. The requirement will result in an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract against which individual delivery orders will be placed. Estimated quantity is approximately 50,000,000 (50 million) rounds of 40 SW training ammunition per year, totaling 250,000,000 (250 million) rounds over the life of the contract. Key criteria for the training ammunition includes, but is not limited to, being easily distinguishable from duty ammunition (both in packaging and cartridge appearance), and meeting ballistic criteria to insure officer competency requirements are achievable.

All items shall be in accordance with the statement of work and RFP that will be provided at time of solicitation issuance. The awarded contract will be for a period of five (5) years from date of award.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332992. The Small Business size standard is 1000 employees.

Please address any questions to John Crockett, Contract Specialist, via email at john.crockett@dhs.gov. Telephone inquires will not be accepted.