It seems that 1.6 billion bullets might not be enough for the Department of Homeland Security
They floated
this little questionnaire over at FedBizOps:
REDUCED HAZARD TRAINING AMMUNITION (RHTA)
Solicitation Number: HSFLGL-RFI-00056
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
The purpose of this sources sought notice is to determine how the Government requirements can be met. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), Glynco, Georgia is anticipating a purchase of Reduced Hazard Training Ammunition (RHTA) for multiple caliber types for use in the training programs for the FLETC sites. This applies to frangible and non-frangible projectiles and must meet the requirements stated below.
THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the government. Response to this questionnaire is purely voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey or any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.
OK -- we got it. A questionnaire, not a solicitation. Questions 15, 16 and 17 raise my eyebrows a bit:
15. Are you capable of producing large quantity orders of any training caliber specified with a short turnaround time of 30-60 days?
16. What would your lead time be for an order of 2 million rounds of a single type listed above?
17. If you were awarded a contract for some of the calibers listed above, submitted a production lot of one million rounds and that lot or portion of the lot was not accepted, would you be able to replace that order with an additional one million rounds within 60 days?
We are not ordering right now mind you
--BUT-- if we did place an order, could you have two million rounds of a specific caliber on our loading dock within 30 to 60 days?
Posted by DaveH at May 5, 2013 11:19 AM