Airsoft M4 and M18 replica weapons and supporting equipment

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The 377 Mission Support Group Contracting Office, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico intends to award a sole source contract to KWA Performance Industries (cage code 6QQK3), 17359 Rowland Street, City of Industry, CA 91748. KWA Performance Industries will be able to provide Airsoft M4 and M18 replica weapons and supporting equipment. These airsoft guns must have the same cycle of operations as an M4 and M18. The magazine must be removable. The M4 must have a forward assist charging handle and mounting post for the M68 or ACOG. The rails for the flash lights forearm grip, PEC 4, and firing selector must have safe, Semi and Semi-Auto, with a 4 position butt stock. The M18 must operate with a moving slide and safety selection lever that rotates like the actual weapons system. Appropriate shooting PPE is also required. KWA Performance Industries, Inc. has the equipment up to these specifications and is the only DOD-approved vendor that has provided a quote. This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b). The anticipated award date 15 May 2023. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing complete information describing their ability to provide the product/services listed above. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A Sole Source Justification Letter will be posted with the Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source IAW Far 6.305(a). The closing date for this notice is 10 May at 14:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time. For information regarding this purchase, please contact 1st Lt Anna Weilbacher at [email protected], or Emily Morrison at [email protected]