5.56/.223 Ammunition Requirement

Please see attached Offer Letter with solicitation timeline and attached Request for Proposal (RFP)0002480. Any questions pertaining to this notice, may be directed to Amy Lacy at (email) aelacy@fbi.gov. Solicitation is unrestricted-full and open competition. ****Clarification 0001**** Questions Due Date is August 28, 2020 *****Clarification 0002***** Please see attached Questions and Answers-Phase 1 attached on July 15, 2020. ******Amendment 0001******* See attached SF 30 Amendment 0001 with information pertaining to amended changes and due date extension to September 18, 2020. ****Clarification 0003***** See Q and A (Round 2) attached. ***Clarification 0004*** See Q and A (Round 3) attached with Word Version Section J Attachment. ***Clarification 0005*** See Q and A (Round 4) attached. ***Amendment #2*** Please see Amendment #2 SF 30 attached ***Clarification 0006*** See Q and A (Round 5) attached. ***Clarification 0007*** See Q and A (Round 6) attached. See Amended Cover Letter ***Amendment 0003*** Please see extended due date to September 25, 2020. ***Clarification 0008*** Zip Code Verification is 35898 ***Clarification 0009*** Please review response below for Q and A: Question #2: Reference Section C.4.2 Projectile Design Frangibility. There does not appear to be a difference between the 9mm Solicitation and the 5.56 Solicitation requirement except for the hardness of the steel. Can you please confirm if there is or is not a different performance requirement outside of the hardness specification? ANSWER: TESTING UNDER PHASE II, EVALUATION #13 (FRANGIBILITY) OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL UTILIZE AR500 STEEL. THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION C.4.2 STAND AS WRITTEN. ****Clarification 10**** (Additional Clarifications) The Governments intent is to establish multiple single award IDIQs under this single solicitation with maximum thresholds for each IDIQ. With respect to the FBI, will you make a request for a buy between multiple awardees for each order? A: There will be a min/max threshold for each IDIQ with a minimum allotment met for each award. How many awards is the FBI anticipating to make for this requirement? A: Anticipated as per RFP, Primary/Secondary for each ammo type: Total 6 contracts anticipated. With a lack of components in this current environment, is the FBI willing to be adaptive with companies, based on their ability to acquire components? A: The proposal due date has been extended to September 25, 2020. The delivery requirements are stated in Statement of Work in Section C. If question is in regard to flexibility with components, the FBI cannot accept flexibility in regard to components required. ***Clarification 11*** Please see attached cover letter for submission example