https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a27021124/us-army-submachine-gun/
This looks like a quality piece, but $7100??
Solicitation
Number:
W15QKN-18-R-032M
Notice
Type:
Award Notice
Contract Award
Date:
March 29,
2019
Contract Award
Number:
W15QKN-19-9-P018
Contract Award
Dollar Amount:
$2,575,811.76
Contractor
Awarded Name:
B&T
USA LLC
Contractor
Awarded DUNS:
070236213
Contractor
Awarded Address:
4532 W Kennedy Blvd Suite 111
Tampa, Florida 33609-2042
United
States
Synopsis:
Added: Apr 01, 2019 10:25 am
Under Section 815
Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) authority, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2371b(f),
the U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, on behalf of Project Manager
Soldier Weapons, awarded a fixed amount Production-Other Transaction Agreement
(P-OTA) to:
B&T USA LLC - Tampa, FL; P-OTA award number: W15QKN-19-9-P018 (award
03/29/2019)
The P-OTA is awarded based upon successful completion of the prototype
project proposed by B&T USA LLC in response to Sub Compact Weapon (SCW)
Prototype Opportunity Notice: W15QKN-18-R-032M, evaluation of testing results,
and subsequent updated proposal request letter for Follow-on Production Award.
The purpose of this P-OTA is to purchase 350 SCWs, with an option for additional
quantities of up to 1,000 SCWs, with slings, manuals, accessories, and spare
parts.
About the cost:
The article says it is a $2.5 million contract. Without more detail it's hard to say, but typically for general discussion, press releases, determining the Decision Authority required, etc, a contract's value is the total price of everything in the contract with all options executed. The government is allowed by Congress to actually obligate (a hard decision to purchase) production funds no more than one year in advance. Any planned purchases beyond the next year contained in the contract are only options - the government may or may not execute the options and buy the product in later years (this is one of the things that make government contracts expensive). There is a limit to how many year-options can be on contract, and when I was in, it was five years. So again the total value of the contract would be whatever is paid in the first year for the product itself (in this case, 350 subguns), plus training, spare parts, spare magazines, slings, cases, logistical support, whatever, plus the not-guaranteed options to purchase for the next four years after that.
The article notes that this contract calls for purchasing 350 upfront with an option to buy (or possibly options totaling to buy) 1000 more. That's 1350 subguns total, for a (probable) total contract price of $2.5M, with brings the cost per gun down to $1852. And again, that total price surely includes training, spares, mags, and other support costs, so the actual unit price for the gun is likely even lower, maybe $1000 each.
Closed bolt euro snob guns, reminds me of HK.
Hopefully we will be able to buy civilian-legal versions ( like the various 90-series HKs in the 80s). For a helluva lot less than $7100!
There's a ton of them on gunbroker that are just sitting there, they are pretty pricey.
Did I say for a lot less than $7100? I meant a lot less than $2099. Lol