USSOCOM Personal Defense Weapon (PDW)

Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) Announcement No.: PDW1AN The Government hereby submits this award notice for the Commercial PDW Contract or Government Program Name - Reduced Signature Assault Rifle (RSAR). The awardee for this 5 year IDIQ is Sig Sauer. This IDIQ will provide complete PDW weapons (Sig Rattlers - 5.56mm and .300 Blackout caliber) that includes suppressors (SL series), cleaning kits, magazines, quick barrel change kits, force on force training kits and other accessories. Furthermore, parts, sustainment, and New Equipment Training is also part of this IDIQ. The PDW system will allow Operators to have maximum firepower in a concealable weapon. This IDIQ is a five-year Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. After years of continuous market research, USSOCOM HQ concluded that Sig Sauer is the only vendor that can fulfill USSOCOM's need for the Commercial PDW requirement. USSOCOM HQ has been researching and reviewing different systems since 2017. We have meticulously reviewed each system for technical acceptance and whether it fits the commercial definition. Except for Sig Sauer, the vendors did not meet the technical requirements and/or the weapons do not meet the commercial definition. Due to the nature of this particular effort, USSOCOM cannot procure PDWs that are prototypes, under development, not in production, are in limited production or will be in general production in 1-2 years from now. In addition, due to the programmatic requirements of this effort, we can only award to the Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM); in this case its Sig Sauer. The OEM (Sig Sauer) must provide New Equipment Training (for both Operators and Engineers/Technicians), Parts Replacement Schedule, sustainment etc Sig Sauer is the only vendor who can fulfill the programmatic requirements because they are the sole owner the Intellectual Property (IP) and the technical data package of the Sig Sauer Rattler system. This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. This is an award notice. A redacted Justification and Approval document is posted along with this posting. If you have feedback, please send an email to contact@example.gov by 29 September 2022. Marvin Marcia Contracting Officer Weapons, Ammo, Precision Strike, Visual Augmentation and Foreign Weapons SOF AT&L-K USSOCOM HQ