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Homeland Security Awards Handgun Contracts
Department Of Homeland Security Awards Handgun Contracts
For Immediate Release
Press Office
Contact 202-282-8010
August 24, 2004
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the award of two contracts today for handguns for all organizational elements within the department, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
SIGARMS Incorporated and Heckler & Koch, Incorporated each received a contract award with a maximum quantity of 65,000 pistols that may be purchased over the next five years. SIGARMS Incorporated, a small business located in Exeter, New Hampshire, received a $23.7 million contract for 9 x 19 mm and .40 caliber pistols. Heckler & Koch, a large business located in Sterling, Virginia, received a $26.2 million contract for 9 x 19 mm, .40, and .357 caliber pistols.
The two contracts will enable DHS personnel to acquire handguns in three popular law enforcement calibers and a variety of sizes. These contracts represent the results of the department’s Strategic Sourcing Program that is designed to optimize cross-departmental acquisitions through collaboration of agency technical and acquisition experts. The Weapons and Ammunition Commodity Council, part of the strategic sourcing program, identifies and consolidates emerging firearms and ammunition requirements for all Homeland Security components. As part of this effort, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a Request for Proposals in February 2004 for the procurement of handguns. The ICE National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit led the ensuing evaluation.
“This type of multiple contract award will provide the government the flexibility it needs to enable the DHS entities to address their diverse operational missions, while still maximizing logistical efficiencies found through standardization,” said Thomas Trotto, Director of the ICE National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit.
The technical evaluation of the proposals included a comprehensive handgun test protocol involving a rigorous battery of environmental, reliability, durability, and other tests. Approximately three million rounds of ammunition were fired through 690 handguns of 46 different models during the testing, which took almost four months to complete. Aside from the actual live firing, additional testing was conducted through laboratory analysis and armory inspections. In all, each model was evaluated against more than 50 characteristics before arriving at a technical rating. This data was used in conjunction with past performance and pricing information to select the winning contractors.
The Homeland Security Weapons and Ammunition Commodity Council continues to analyze the department’s requirements for weapons, ammunition, and other officer safety products to identify additional strategic sourcing opportunities.
OK NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD HANDGUNS, BUT THIS IS HOMELAND SECURITY, DON'T YA THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD BE USEING HANDGUNS MADE IN THE HOMELAND INSTEAD OF ONES MADE IN A COUNTRY THAT DIDN'T SUPPORT US AT ALL AT THE START OF THE WAR IN IRAQ.
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"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity"
-Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
"If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective."
- Ted Nugent
"Self-defense is Nature's eldest law."
-John Dryden
"OK NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD HANDGUNS, BUT THIS IS HOMELAND SECURITY, DON'T YA THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD BE USEING HANDGUNS MADE IN THE HOMELAND INSTEAD OF ONES MADE IN A COUNTRY THAT DIDN'T SUPPORT US AT ALL AT THE START OF THE WAR IN IRAQ."
Agreed. Also would feel better w/ my tax dollars going to someone like Ruger
Colt,
I left the 1911 makers out, only because dedicated professionals use the typically any more. If you use one and your a civilian, consider your self part of the elite as well.
what about Glock?
Any way
H&K's and Sigs
I could have told you that
Why not Smith & Wesson or Sturm Ruger or god forbid Colt
Why even concider a non american made pistol?
the decision to arm our boys with the Beretta a few years ago was one of the worst things the us government ever did.
We gave up the leadership position in firearm manufacturing then. we had the opportunity to reclaim it here
but we didnt do it.
now
Homeland security doesnt even concider Not buying guns from a forieghn supplyer
What a crock
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well i didn't mention smith due to my feels tword them (both as a dealer and as a customer) nothing to do with jumping in bed with the clinton group. but anyway. glock is forien made as well. and they tested 50 types of handguns to find what they needed. i have every confidence that they picked what was best for thier ppls needs just kinda bugs me that they couldn't have worked with a US manufacturer to make something for them if it didn't allready exsist. this is homeland security after all.
and yes Jerry there are a few of us civys still totein the 1911's
__________________
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity"
-Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
"If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective."
- Ted Nugent
"Self-defense is Nature's eldest law."
-John Dryden
