Foreign Weapons, Body Armor and Ammo

The United States Special Operations Command seeks to recompete an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for foreign weapons, ammunition, body armor, and helmets, with proposals due May 25, 2026. This is a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside at 100 percent, and the Government intends to award to the top seven offerors.

Place of performance includes Tampa, Florida (HQ USSOCOM administrative oversight) with delivery to Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky for ammunition and HQ USSOCOM SOFSA in Lexington, Kentucky for weapons, body armor, and helmets. The contract covers U.S. weapons (5.56mm and 7.62mm assault rifles, machine guns, handguns, sniper rifles, shotguns, suppressors, grenade launchers, mortars, and anti-tank weapons), foreign weapons (AK variants, heavy machine guns, SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, mortar systems, RPGs, anti-tank guided missiles), weapon accessories, non-standard ammunition (5.45x39mm, 7.62x39mm, 7.62x54R, 12.7x108mm, 14.5x115mm, 23mm, and mortar rounds), and personal protective equipment (ballistic plates Levels II through IV and helmets PASGT, MICH, ACH, or High-Cut at Level IIIA or higher). Country of manufacture cannot be Belarus, China, or Russia.

Contractors must hold current Directorate Defense Trade Control Brokering Licenses (K license), Federal Firearms Type 11 Importer licenses, provide Certificates of Conformity or Lot Acceptance Tests for foreign items, submit at least three Authorized Reseller Letters, and demonstrate financial capability for contracts exceeding $1 million. The contract minimum is $2,000 and maximum is $19,500,000 over a 60-month period (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031). Evaluation weighs technical evaluation as the most important factor, followed by past performance. Technical proposals are limited to 25 pages addressing Storage/Packaging/Delivery, Quality Assurance Plan, Timely Delivery Execution, and Management Plan/Relationship Management. Past Performance proposals are limited to 5 pages covering up to five relevant contracts completed within three years. The NAICS code is 332994, Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing.