SPECIAL NOTICE
10 -- Beretta 92D Nine Milimeter Pistol
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Central Office;Acquisition Operations Service (049A3);810 Vermont Avenue, NW;Washington DC 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- VA-SNOTE-070309-001
- Archive Date
- 3/19/2007
- Description
- CLASSIFICATION CODE 10 SUBJECT Beretta 92D Pistols- The Law enforcement Training Center GENERAL INFORMATION Zip Code: 20420 Document Type: Special Notice Solicitation Number: VA-101-06-RQ-0231 Response Date: 03-23-2007 Set-Aside: _ NAICS Code: 332994 CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs VA Central Office Acquisition Operations Service (049A3) 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20420 DESCRIPTION SEE SOW POINT OF CONTACT POC Information Automatically Filled from User Profile Unless Entered Below. The Department of Veteran Affairs intends to procure hand guns on a Sole Source basis with Beretta USA. This acquisition will be accomplished using commercial item procedures in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 12 and with FAR 6.302-1, for Other Than Full & Open Competition. This notice is not a request for offers. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Firms who want to challenge the sole-source must submit an interest letter that demonstrates their firm's ability to provide an equivalent service as described below. Interested parties must provide rationale, including pricing, as to why they should be considered. All interested firms must respond by March 23, 2007 12:00 p.m EST. Written inquiries or comments regarding this announcement may be emailed to hilbert.caesar@va.gov Please reference Intent to Sole Source - Beretta 92D Nine Millimeter Statement of Work- Firearms 1. Introduction: In 1996, the VA initiated a Pilot Program to Arm VA Police Officers. Since that date, 12 VA medical facilities, employing approximately 315 police officers, have carried firearms as part of their daily duties. After a careful review of the results of the Pilot Program, it was decided to design a program to arm police officers at additional facilities. The Office of Security and Law Enforcement, in conjunction with the Veterans Health Administration, has developed a Firearms Implementation Plan. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has approved this plan. 2. Background: VA Police officers enforce Federal Law and VA Rules, provide police patrol and response services to over 172 VA medical facilities nationwide. There are currently approximately 2,100 police officers employed by the VA. These officers respond to reported crimes, patrol facilities that are located in a wide range of settings (urban, suburban, and rural), investigate crimes and arrest violators. VA Police officers work with a wide range of hospitalized veterans, their families, medical staff and the public. This includes providing assistance to patients and staff in locked psychiatric units. Until the advent of the Pilot Program, VA Police officers were armed with the side-handle baton and a chemical irritant aerosol projector. For many years these non-lethal weapons were deemed more appropriate for the medical care environment than firearms. Changes in the type of incidents confronting VA police officers led to the development of the Pilot Program. The VA has determined that the 9mm double action only semi-automatic pistol is the most suitable for use by its police officers. Because of the environments in which they work and the nature of their duties it is essential that the firearm carried by VA Police officers be equipped with certain safety features. The double action only design, with no external safety devices or levers, best meets those needs. In addition, we have determined during the Pilot Program that a trigger pull of 9 to 11 lbs. for the first and each successive shot, allows consistency in safety, training and use, especially for new or inexperienced shooters. Training and duty protocol requires that the service pistol have a magazine disconnector type safety device. This critical safety feature will allow the VA officer to disable the pistol even though a round is in the chamber. The magazine disconnect feature is necessary because VA Police Officers may be required to respond to an emergency in a locked psychiatric or other unit where a loaded firearm is not appropriate (or may be dangerous). A magazine disconnector device that completely disables the weapon, provides a large margin for safety with minimal effort needed on the part of the responding officer. VA Police Officers work in a wide range of environmental and weather conditions. The selected pistol must be constructed of a durable material with a finish that is highly resistant to corrosion. The pistol design must be easy for beginning shooters to the master level, and fit a wide range of hand sizes. Ease of maintenance and field stripping for cleaning is also required. A VA Police Officer will be required to fire 1100 or more rounds during the course of initial Firearms Training. The officer will fire 500 or more rounds each year, in order to maintain firearms qualification. Therefore, we anticipate that a service pistol could be required to fire 11,000 or more rounds during an officer's career. 3. Delivery Sites and Locations Supplies shall be delivered to various Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Centers, hereafter referred to as VAMC, throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Each delivery order will be written with the correct VAMC address, including a VA Police Office point of contact and all other delivery information. Firearms not purchased by VA Facilities by June 2007 will be purchased by the VA Law Enforcement Training Center on a separate delivery order. Technical Specifications. 1. Caliber: 9mm Luger, 9mm Parabellum, 9mm NATO or 9X19 caliber. a. The pistol shall be chambered for the 9mm Luger cartridge. (Note: the terms "9mm Luger, 9mm Parabellum, or 9mm NATO" are industry standard descriptions and are not meant to restrict competition.) b. Unless otherwise noted, any accuracy or endurance testing of the pistol will be with the VA approved service ammunition (Remington 9mm Golden Saber 124-gr. brass jacketed with controlled expansion.) 2. Trigger mechanism a. The pistol shall have double action only operating characteristics. The trigger mechanism must move a hammer or striker to a fully cocked position and release it causing the weapon to fire. There shall be no method of manually cocking the pistol other than by pulling the trigger. b. Trigger pull shall not be less than 9 pounds and shall not exceed 11 pounds. c. Each firing of the pistol shall require pulling the trigger through its entire length of travel. Each pull of the trigger shall be consistent in both length and weight for the first and subsequent shots. 3. Safety Devices a. The pistol shall be equipped with a magazine disconnect-type safety device. The pistol shall be incapable of being fired with the magazine removed, even if a live round is chambered. b. The pistol shall be designed to function only with the magazines specific to the magazine disconnect device. c. The pistol shall have no external safety devices, such as external safety levers or grip safeties. There shall be no de-cocking or cocking lever. d. The pistol shall have an internal firing pin blocking device or internal safety with a similar function. e. The pistol shall have a mechanism, which prevents it from being fired without activation of the trigger. f. A child safety lock shall be provided 4. Physical Dimensions. a. Weight: The unloaded pistol should not exceed 40 ounces, including an empty magazine. b. Barrel length: Should not be less than 3.4 nor exceed 4.9 inches. 5. Magazines a. Magazines: Shall be the maximum capacity available for the pistol model provided. Restricted law enforcement magazines, with capacity of or greater than 11 rounds of the VA service ammunition, are required. . b. Magazine release: Shall be either ambidextrous or reversible for the use of left-handed shooters. Reversible models will be able to be modified by factory trained Armorer's at the field level. c. Magazine well: The edges of the magazine well shall be beveled or flared. d. Magazine shall lock positively in the magazine well e. Magazines shall release and fall free from the magazine well when the magazine release is fully pressed, whether magazine is full, partially loaded, or empty. f. The magazine follower shall move freely within the magazine body without binding and position each round for positive feeding. g. The magazine shall be constructed of a rust and corrosion resistant material. It shall have "witness holes" which permit viewing of the number of rounds in a full or partially loaded magazine. h. The vendor shall supply a minimum of 3 magazines with each service pistol provided to VA. 6. Sights. a. The front and rear sights shall be fitted with a self-luminous system, which allows shooters to quickly and effectively engage targets in low-level light. The sights shall be properly aligned, allowing accurate shooting of the weapon. The low-light sights shall contain tritium or an equivalent self-luminous material, and have a serviceable visibility warranted by the vendor for a minimum of ten years. The low-light sights shall be impervious to damage by commonly used firearms cleaning solvents and lubricants. The luminous portion of the sights shall not be visible from the muzzle end of the pistol. b. Sight dimensions must allow the shooter to acquire sight alignment rapidly. Sights must not interfere with the holstering and drawing of the pistol using standard commercially available concealment that is equipped with three independent restraining devices on the duty holster. c. Sights shall be adjustable for windage and/or elevation. If the pistol is so equipped, adjustment devices shall lock into place and be protected from inadvertent damage, such as may occur if the pistol is dropped. The manufacturer at the rate of one tool will provide any sight adjustment tools required for each armed VA medical center. 7. Slide/slide lock and release. a. It must be possible to manually lock the slide to the rear for visual and physical inspection of the pistol, with a magazine inserted. b. The slide shall automatically lock to the rear during normal operation after the last round in a magazine has been fired, or if the slide is pulled to the rearmost position with an empty magazine in place. c. The slide lock/release shall be capable of proper manipulation by either the right or left hand when using a two-handed grip. The lock/release control shall be designed so that it cannot be inadvertently activated or over-ridden during normal firing. d. The gripping surfaces of the slide shall permit a firm grasp and reliable operation of the slide by the shooter under all conditions. e. Gripping surfaces of the slide shall be located on the right and left sides, near the rearmost portion, readily accessible to the shooter. The location of these surfaces shall be such that, during the manual operation of the slide, the shooter's hand does not cover or obstruct the ejection port. 8. Pistol construction a. The exterior finish of the pistol (frame, slide and magazines, while locked in the pistol) shall be non-reflective. b. The barrel shall be made of blue steel, stainless carbon steel or of a comparable material. c. All exterior parts shall be devoid of gouges, sharp edges, or rough areas, which could snag on holsters, clothing or cause injury or discomfort to the shooter. d. The finish shall be durable, rust resistant and salt water corrosion resistant. e. Internally, all surfaces shall be void of rough surfaces at critical points of movement, and polished as necessary to provide minimal friction and wear. The finish of all internal parts shall be rust resistant and salt water corrosion resistant. f. Overall, there shall be no metal burrs that could cause ongoing and/or functional failure of critical components of the pistols. Nor shall there be any sharp edges that could cause snagging of the pistol on clothing or in the holster, or cause injury or discomfort to the shooter. 9. Manufacturing or design defects. a. There shall be no anomalies or defects in the manufacturing of parts, nor design defects which could cause a compromise in functional reliability (failure to fire) or to create a safety hazard for the shooter. 10. Service Life. a. The manufacturer shall provide written certification to VA that the model pistol being proposed, has successfully test-fired a minimum of 10,000 cumulative rounds of 9mm ammunition that is similar to the VA service ammunition (9mm, 124 gr., jacketed hollow point), without structural failure of major component parts, including the frame, slide and barrel. 11. Assembly/disassembly of pistol and magazine a. The pistol and magazines shall be designed to allow disassembly and reassembly for routine cleaning and maintenance without the use of specially designed tools. b. The pistol and magazines shall be composed of parts, which cannot be readily assembled incorrectly, in such a manner as to render the pistol or magazine inoperable or otherwise compromise reliability. 12. Other 1) The manufacturer or vendor shall make model specific training available at no additional cost. 1 Beretta 92D Pistol 100 EA 2 Magazines for Beretta 92D Pistol 300 EA 3 Cleaning/Repair Kit for Beretta 92 D Pistol 100 EA
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