FBI plans to spend $100 million on ammo
Quarter-billion
new rounds also slated for DHS
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WND recently reported that the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security has purchased well over a billion rounds of ammunition over
the past year.
The magnitude of the federal
government’s ammunition buildup has made headlines as members of the military,
police departments and consumers find shelves bare.
But the full impact may yet to be
seen, as WND has uncovered a plan by the FBI to spend up to $100 million over
five years on millions of rounds for its machine guns and pistols.
According to a solicitation revised and released March 25
that WND discovered during routine database research, the FBI is
gathering the ammunition “to be carried and fired [by FBI Special Agents] in
defense of life” as well as for training purposes.
The ammunition includes a
combination of field-ready Glock 9mm rounds as well as reduced-lead training
ammo. Weapons listed in the Statement of Work, or SOW, are Glock Model 17,
Glock Model 19, Glock Model 26, SIG Sauer P226, SIG Sauer P228, Heckler and
Koch MP5 9mm submachine gun (K, A2, A3, SF and SD versions).
“The FBI is the federal government’s
principal agency responsible for investigating violations of more than 260
federal statutes,” the SOW points out. “As the investigative arm of the U.S.
Department of Justice, FBI Special Agents (SA), in the pursuit of duty, may be
involved in high threat assignments where deadly force may be used in the face
of violent confrontations.”
Contractors are peppering the bureau
with questions as they jockey for position to secure the lucrative contract,
the amended solicitation indicates. Once the FBI decides on a provider, that
contractor will deliver the ammunition within 60 days to FBI facilities and
“other approved federal government locations” in the continental U.S. as well
as Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.
Hundreds of millions of rounds
likewise are being ordered by the Department of Homeland Security, with more
than a quarter-billion of them slated specifically for Customs and Border
Protection training over five years.
Although DHS has not yet awarded contracts in that proposed
CBP acquisition, late last year it revealed its intention to buy 250
million rounds of Smith & Wesson .40 ammunition over the life of a
five-year contract.
DHS yesterday separately issued a revised
solicitation to buy a combination of 100,000 handgun and rifle rounds destined
for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or FLTC, in Artesia, N.M. It
did not disclose the estimated cost.
The department today additionally released
another amended procurement notice for 360,000 rounds of jacketed hollow-point
.40 caliber training ammo also destined for the Artseia FLTC.
InfoWars.com reported on the initial release of
that particular procurement earlier this week.
Although the estimated cost of the solicitation,
likewise, has not been disclosed, DHS last month awarded a $49,000 contract to
Grace Ammo LLC for a similar batch of ammo for the Artesia facility.
DHS in January purchased an additional 200,000
rounds of jacketed hollow-point .40 caliber rounds. It awarded a $46,000
contract to Evian Group Inc. in that instance.
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