Simulation Marking Cartridges

The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection seeks an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for simulation marking cartridges, conversion kits, magazines, and ancillary training equipment, with offers due July 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET. CBP intends a single IDIQ award with potential for additional awards at its discretion; questions close July 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET.

Place of performance is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The contract ceiling is $9 million across all anticipated delivery orders over a five-year ordering period, with an initial delivery order at award equal to or exceeding a $10,000 minimum guarantee. All delivery orders will be issued on a firm fixed-price basis and may contain option years.

Technical requirements specify two M4A1 upper receiver conversion kits—one chambered in 9mm with an 11.5-inch barrel, one in 5.56mm—each matching or exceeding General Dynamics Simunition performance standards. Required items include 20-round translucent 9mm magazines, 30-round translucent 5.56mm magazines, marking cartridges (red and blue), non-marking cartridges, blank cartridges in quiet and loud variants, 9mm conversion kits for 40mm grenade launchers, discriminator rings, replacement O-rings, removal tools, and spent case push rods. Conversion kits carry five-year warranties or 10,000 rounds (whichever comes first); magazines carry one-year warranties; cartridges carry five-year shelf life and one-year warranties from acceptance. All submissions are subject to testing protocols including velocity measurement via Oehler chronographs and decibel measurement per MIL-STD-1474D.

Deliveries are FOB destination to CBP and DHS component locations nationwide and overseas (CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories). The NAICS code is 332994, Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing; PSC is 1095. Evaluation uses a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable approach, assessing technical acceptability first, then ranking by price. Offerors must submit two volumes—a technical quote with specifications, warranty documentation, and manufacturer authorization letters—plus a separate price quote, and must register in SAM prior to award. Quotes must remain firm for 150 calendar days minimum.