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Home land security ammo buying question
elect1mike
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I saw on CNBC a report on ammo being bought for government use and they talked about millions of rounds of .22 being bought. Is this for practice as I am thinking or what do you all think?????
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Man I don't know its the only answer I can come up with short of they are buying it up so there is less for us to buy up but that's just nuts o wait its the government duh.
You might be on to something Mike. Remember just because I'm paranoid, don't mean they're not out to get me.[8D]
I saw on CNBC a report on ammo being bought for government use and they talked about millions of rounds of .22 being bought. Is this for practice as I am thinking or what do you all think?????
I find only one bid request fitting this and the quantities are rather small.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2f1797093c18ff14a2cb4c2186c83677&tab=core&_cview=1
LI 001: THIS AWARD WILL RESULT IN AN ALL OR NONE PROCUREMENT. PARTIAL SHIPMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE. NO BULK AMMINITION WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
24 HOURS PRIOR TO AMMUNITION DELIVERIES. DELIVERIES ARE TO BE MADE BY 3:00 P.M. MST; HOWEVER, EXCEPTION TO THIS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION. PALLETS ARE TO BE DELIVERED ON THE TAIL OF THE DELIVERY TRAILER/TRUCK.
45 COLT/LONG COLT total rounds 4000, 200, bx;
LI 002: 45 ACP 230GR JHP 1000 rounds per box total rounds 20,000, 20, mx;
LI 003: 22 LONG RIFLE CCI GREEN TAG COMPETITION RIMFIRE AMMUNITION total rounds 40,000, 400, bx;
LI 004: .30 -30 150 GRAIN total rounds 4,680, 234, bx;
LI 005: 12 GAUGE #8 BIRDSHOT WINCHESTER AA LIGHT TARGET AA128 total rounds 20,00, 80, bx;
LI 006: 410 GAUGE #9 WINCHESTER AA TARGET AA4109 total rounds 10,000, 40, bx;
LI 007: .357 MAGNUM 180 GRAIN JHP total rounds 6,000, 300, bx;
LI 008: 7.69X39MM 123 GRAIN total rounds 5,000, 250, bx;
That's a bid request, not an order. Only sales orders matter. Bid requests and contracts are meaningless in the Federal procurement system. It is not the same world most people comprehend.
As DHS covers over 100,000 officers including some in the wildlife end of things, I'm not surprised by the calibers listed.
quote:Originally posted by elect1mike
I saw on CNBC a report on ammo being bought for government use and they talked about millions of rounds of .22 being bought. Is this for practice as I am thinking or what do you all think?????
I find only one bid request fitting this and the quantities are rather small.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2f1797093c18ff14a2cb4c2186c83677&tab=core&_cview=1
LI 001: THIS AWARD WILL RESULT IN AN ALL OR NONE PROCUREMENT. PARTIAL SHIPMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE. NO BULK AMMINITION WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
24 HOURS PRIOR TO AMMUNITION DELIVERIES. DELIVERIES ARE TO BE MADE BY 3:00 P.M. MST; HOWEVER, EXCEPTION TO THIS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION. PALLETS ARE TO BE DELIVERED ON THE TAIL OF THE DELIVERY TRAILER/TRUCK.
45 COLT/LONG COLT total rounds 4000, 200, bx;
LI 002: 45 ACP 230GR JHP 1000 rounds per box total rounds 20,000, 20, mx;
LI 003: 22 LONG RIFLE CCI GREEN TAG COMPETITION RIMFIRE AMMUNITION total rounds 40,000, 400, bx;
LI 004: .30 -30 150 GRAIN total rounds 4,680, 234, bx;
LI 005: 12 GAUGE #8 BIRDSHOT WINCHESTER AA LIGHT TARGET AA128 total rounds 20,00, 80, bx;
LI 006: 410 GAUGE #9 WINCHESTER AA TARGET AA4109 total rounds 10,000, 40, bx;
LI 007: .357 MAGNUM 180 GRAIN JHP total rounds 6,000, 300, bx;
LI 008: 7.69X39MM 123 GRAIN total rounds 5,000, 250, bx;
That's a bid request, not an order. Only sales orders matter. Bid requests and contracts are meaningless in the Federal procurement system. It is not the same world most people comprehend.
As DHS covers over 100,000 officers including some in the wildlife end of things, I'm not surprised by the calibers listed.
How small or if they even get it does not matter.
Why do they need these odd calibers for training or LEOs. Why even order it, or offer a contract.
Somethings not right no matter how many times you tell us there not going to get that much