Sabre Defence Industries, LLC, Nashville, Tenn., was awarded on Jun. 11, 2008, a $5,062,099.00 firm fixed price IDIQ contract for 4,952 each M16A3 rifles to support the U.S. Navy. 702 each for the U.S. Marine Corps, M16A4 Rifles to support the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, and Foreign Military Sales Customers. Work is to be performed in Nashville, Tenn., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited via the Web with nine bids received. TACOM LCMC, AMSTA-LC-WSC-C, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-08-D-0293).
Is this the first time that Sabre has supplied complete rifles rather than components?
Wow, looks like someone needs to negotiate for the NAVY. I figured that they could have gotten them less than $1,022 each. Oh yeah I forgot, they aren’t really paying for it… we are.
No guessing about. Colt, FN, and Bushmaster all won contracts from this solicitation back in December. If you’ll remember, Bushmaster got theirs yanked since they didn’t qualify for the “small business” set-aside, and Colt backed out since they had “mistakenly” underbid.
Sabre is making good stuff. They have produced M2’s in the past and are currently producing M2 barrels and other components, Minigun barrels, and M60 barrels (Stellite lined), all for the gov. They’re one of the few AR makers who make their own barrels, and they make most of the other components (including bolts and carriers) as well, in-house.
