FBI Request for Proposal for 9mm Ammo

[R. G. Amos]

They are apparently concerned about someone shooting an agent with the agents own gun.

 

[germansheperd]

I think you all miss the point. The U.N. and the NWO doesn't use .40 S&W they use................drum roll please-9mm. I believe there is a way bigger picture here.

 

[getoff]

having just supplied the local FBI field office with 28 flashlights, and 28 knives, won't ever try that again. un-realistic requests for discontinued items, and no understanding that it is the manufacturer not the seller that does the discontinuing, lumen requirement that makes no sense, serration request that doesn't exist, in blade length that made little sense. oh and the bid, re-bid, bid your re-bid, and oh by the way, we need those 3 days ago... we made about $4 each on the lights, and about $5 on the knives. when we figured out our cost in time and product, we made about $280. NOT worth my time, and wont do that again...

 

[Beemer-mark]

Have been around a few govt. contracts. They tend to know what they want and who they wish to purchase from. Then they style the specs to scare off most and award to the ones they wanted in the first place. .

Having worked for the government a long time ago there is a lot of truth in the above statement. However the reason is not as sinister as you think. The government goes with low bid. And unfortunately it doesn't matter if the product received is not up to the specification. And you cannot return it (or at least it almost impossible and probably costs more to return than what it cost in the first place). So you try to write the bid so that only a qualified bidder can win. As an Engineer (who does write nuclear design and purchase specifications) I can state that it takes a lot of imagination to write a government PO and get what you require.