10 -- SOF Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) NOTICE TO VENDORS

IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL POTENTIAL SCAR VENDORS (Solicitation H92222-04-R-0001): The SCAR program intends to incorporate the requirements of the Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module (EGLM) previously synopsized under H92222-04-R-0013 into the SCAR program and solicitation. This change will impact a number of sections of the current SCAR solicitation (schedule of supplies, specifications, proposal instructions and evaluation of offerors) and detail of the those changes will be incorporated into the solicitation via amendment that is anticipated to be released by no later than 31 March 2004. The government will not require the SCAR product samples to include the EGLM; however, the proposal instructions will require the vendor, in the Technical Area proposal, to address the EGLM in a similar fashion as is currently required of the vendor’s proposed SCAR H (see paragraph 4.1.2.3 on page 69 of the solicitation). The Government intends to amend the SCAR synopsis by no later than 19 March 2004 to include the complete requirements.