Solicitation for Second Source Supplier to Produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 Ammunition W519TC-25-R-0034

This Draft RFP is being issued to obtain industry comment and feedback on its contents prior to release of a Final RFP. The Government is not utilizing this document to solicit or negotiate proposals, and issuance of this Draft RFP does not serve to bind the Government in any way. Portions of this Draft RFP are subject to change so do not assume the contents of the Final RFP will be exactly the same as what is contained in the Draft RFP. Please use RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment/Question and Answer Template, to submit feedback by July 18, 2025 to the applicable points of contact. The Government will issue a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice 15 calendar days prior to the release of the Final RFP. The Final RFP is scheduled to be released in August 2025. The Government is seeking a Small Caliber Second Source supplier to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 ammunition. The supplier is required to be geographically separated from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). This acquisition is a restricted competition to the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada.

RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment-Question and Answer Template, has been reuploaded/replaced due to the previous version being inaccessible. ************************************************************************************** This Draft RFP is being issued to obtain industry comment and feedback on its contents prior to release of a Final RFP. The Government is not utilizing this document to solicit or negotiate proposals, and issuance of this Draft RFP does not serve to bind the Government in any way. Portions of this Draft RFP are subject to change so do not assume the contents of the Final RFP will be exactly the same as what is contained in the Draft RFP. Please use RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment/Question and Answer Template, to submit feedback by July 18, 2025 to the applicable points of contact. The Government will issue a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice 15 calendar days prior to the release of the Final RFP. The Final RFP is scheduled to be released in August 2025. The Government is seeking a Small Caliber Second Source supplier to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 ammunition. The supplier is required to be geographically separated from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). This acquisition is a restricted competition to the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada.

The Technical Data Package in the Attachments section for 13023833-R11A01Q74A (DODIC A131) has been updated. The previous posting did not include all applicable documents and this update provides those missing documents. (7/9/2025) ************************************************************************************* RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment-Question and Answer Template, has been reuploaded/replaced due to the previous version being inaccessible. (7/8/2025) ************************************************************************************** This Draft RFP is being issued to obtain industry comment and feedback on its contents prior to release of a Final RFP. The Government is not utilizing this document to solicit or negotiate proposals, and issuance of this Draft RFP does not serve to bind the Government in any way. Portions of this Draft RFP are subject to change so do not assume the contents of the Final RFP will be exactly the same as what is contained in the Draft RFP. Please use RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment/Question and Answer Template, to submit feedback by July 18, 2025 to the applicable points of contact. The Government will issue a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice 15 calendar days prior to the release of the Final RFP. The Final RFP is scheduled to be released in August 2025. The Government is seeking a Small Caliber Second Source supplier to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 ammunition. The supplier is required to be geographically separated from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). This acquisition is a restricted competition to the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada. (7/3/2025)

The Government is hereby revising the response date for the Draft RFP feedback to July 25, 2025. As a reminder, please use RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment/Question and Answer Template, to submit feedback to the applicable points of contact. (7/10/2025) ************************************************************************************* The Technical Data Package in the Attachments section for 13023833-R11A01Q74A (DODIC A131) has been updated. The previous posting did not include all applicable documents and this update provides those missing documents. (7/9/2025) ************************************************************************************* RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment-Question and Answer Template, has been reuploaded/replaced due to the previous version being inaccessible. (7/8/2025) ************************************************************************************** This Draft RFP is being issued to obtain industry comment and feedback on its contents prior to release of a Final RFP. The Government is not utilizing this document to solicit or negotiate proposals, and issuance of this Draft RFP does not serve to bind the Government in any way. Portions of this Draft RFP are subject to change so do not assume the contents of the Final RFP will be exactly the same as what is contained in the Draft RFP. Please use RFP Attachment 0019, Draft RFP Comment/Question and Answer Template, to submit feedback by July 18, 2025 to the applicable points of contact. The Government will issue a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice 15 calendar days prior to the release of the Final RFP. The Final RFP is scheduled to be released in August 2025. The Government is seeking a Small Caliber Second Source supplier to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 ammunition. The supplier is required to be geographically separated from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). This acquisition is a restricted competition to the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada. (7/3/2025)

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island (ACC-RI) on behalf of the Office of the Program Manager, Maneuver Ammunition Systems (OPM-MAS) intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) W519TC-25-R-0034 for a Small Caliber Second Source supplier to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and Caliber .50 ammunition. The supplier is required to be geographically separated from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP). This acquisition is a restricted competition to the U.S., its outlying areas, or Canada (U.S./Canada). Proposals will be evaluated using Best Value/Subjective Trade-Off Source Selection procedures. The resulting award will be a five year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quanty or IDIQ contract and be will be a combination of Firm Fixed Pricing and Fixed Pricing with an Economic Price Adjustment. The following 17 ammunition/Department of Defense Identification Codes (DODICs) will be included in this acquisition: A059, 5.56mm, M855 Ball Clipped, National Stock Number (NSN): 1305-01-155-5459 A062, 5.56mm, M855 Ball Linked, NSN: 1305-01-258-8692 A080, 5.56mm, M200 Blank Clipped, NSN: 1305-00-182-3217 AB56, 5.56mm, M855A1 Ball Linked, NSN: 1305-01-559-3332 AB57, 5.56mm, M855A1 Ball Clipped, NSN: 1305-01-559-3333 AB77, 5.56mm, M855A1 Ball Clipped Bulk, NSN: 1305-01-598-0155 A131, 7.62mm, 4 M80 Ball/1 M62 Tracer Linked, NSN: 1305-01-569-2912 A151, 7.62mm, Ball M80 Overhead Fire and Tracer, M62 Overhead Fire, Linked, NSN: 1305-00-889-2169 A143, 7.62mm, M80 Ball Linked, NSN: 1305-01-569-2917 AB79, 7.62mm, M80A1 Ball Linked, NSN: 1305-01-598-5913 AB86, 7.62mm, 4 M80A1 Ball/1 M62A1 Tracer Linked, NSN: 1305-01-606-7003 AB82, 7.62mm, M80A1 Ball Carton, NSN: 1305-01-598-8201 A552, Caliber .50, M33 Ball, NSN:1305-01-662-6430 A555, Caliber .50, M33 Ball Linked, NSN: 1305-01-658-2714 A557, Caliber .50, 4 Ball M33/1 Trace M17 Linked, NSN: 1305-01-658-2580 A576, Caliber .50, M8 API/M20 APIT, NSN: 1305-01-659-2421 A598, Caliber .50, M1A1, NSN: 1305-01-078-4879 The initial Delivery Order award will consist of a minimum guaranteed quantity of 10,000,000 each 5.56mm cartridges in any combination of the 5.56mm DODICs and 10,000,000 each 7.62mm cartridges in any combination of the 7.62mm DODICs. Estimated Solicitation Issue Date is September 2025. Estimated Solicitation Closing Date is October 2025. *** This shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the behalf of the Government *** CAUTION: This Request for Proposal will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidder's mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access this website in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in rejection of the same.

Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

Amendment 0001 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby issued to extend the proposal submission date to February 17, 2026 and to update clauses/provisions. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0001: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ****************************************************************************** Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

The Government responses are hereby provided in the Attachments section in assoication with the Comments/Questions submitted by industry for RFP W519TC-25-R-0034. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will be released soon, incorporating the applicable changes/revisions the Government has agreed to per the Comments/Questions and Answers document being released with this announcement. ****************************************************************************** Amendment 0001 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby issued to extend the proposal submission date to February 17, 2026 and to update clauses/provisions. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0001: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ****************************************************************************** Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

The Government is hereby providing revisions to the Government responses posted to this announcement on January 6, 2026. The revised Comments/Questions and Answers document (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As Revised) is in the Attachments section. The initial version (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As) will remain in the Attachments section for traceability purposes. The Government revisions are in bold and are primarily related to finished components. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will soon follow. *************************************************************************** The Government responses are hereby provided in the Attachments section in assoication with the Comments/Questions submitted by industry for RFP W519TC-25-R-0034. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will be released soon, incorporating the applicable changes/revisions the Government has agreed to per the Comments/Questions and Answers document being released with this announcement. ****************************************************************************** Amendment 0001 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby issued to extend the proposal submission date to February 17, 2026 and to update clauses/provisions. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0001: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ****************************************************************************** Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby provided to incorporate the changes/revisions associated with the Comments/Questions and Answers documents posted to SAM.gov on January 6, 2026 and January 16, 2026. In addition, RFP Attachment 0001, Small Caliber Second Source Price Matrix and RFP Attachment 0002, Economic Price Adjustment (EPA)/Nitrocellulose (NC) Content Factors and EPA/NC Calculation Worksheets (both dated January 8, 2026) are incorporated and replace previous versions. The RFP/Solicitation closing date remains February 17, 2026. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0002 and revised RFP Attachments 0001 and 0002. https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ************************************************************************ The Government is hereby providing revisions to the Government responses posted to this announcement on January 6, 2026. The revised Comments/Questions and Answers document (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As Revised) is in the Attachments section. The initial version (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As) will remain in the Attachments section for traceability purposes. The Government revisions are in bold and are primarily related to finished components. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will soon follow. *************************************************************************** The Government responses are hereby provided in the Attachments section in association with the Comments/Questions submitted by industry for RFP W519TC-25-R-0034. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will be released soon, incorporating the applicable changes/revisions the Government has agreed to per the Comments/Questions and Answers document being released with this announcement. ****************************************************************************** Amendment 0001 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby issued to extend the proposal submission date to February 17, 2026 and to update clauses/provisions. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0001: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ****************************************************************************** Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.

RFP Attachment 0001, Small Caliber Second Source Price Matrix dated January 8, 2026, is hereby reuploaded. The previous version released with Amendment 0002 was inaccessible. Amendment 0002 is also reuploaded but no changes are made to the document. Please use the following link to access the documents. https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ********************************************************************* Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby provided to incorporate the changes/revisions associated with the Comments/Questions and Answers documents posted to SAM.gov on January 6, 2026 and January 16, 2026. In addition, RFP Attachment 0001, Small Caliber Second Source Price Matrix and RFP Attachment 0002, Economic Price Adjustment (EPA)/Nitrocellulose (NC) Content Factors and EPA/NC Calculation Worksheets (both dated January 8, 2026) are incorporated and replace previous versions. The RFP/Solicitation closing date remains February 17, 2026. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0002 and revised RFP Attachments 0001 and 0002. https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ************************************************************************ The Government is hereby providing revisions to the Government responses posted to this announcement on January 6, 2026. The revised Comments/Questions and Answers document (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As Revised) is in the Attachments section. The initial version (RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 Q&As) will remain in the Attachments section for traceability purposes. The Government revisions are in bold and are primarily related to finished components. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will soon follow. *************************************************************************** The Government responses are hereby provided in the Attachments section in association with the Comments/Questions submitted by industry for RFP W519TC-25-R-0034. Amendment 0002 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 will be released soon, incorporating the applicable changes/revisions the Government has agreed to per the Comments/Questions and Answers document being released with this announcement. ****************************************************************************** Amendment 0001 to RFP W519TC-25-R-0034 is hereby issued to extend the proposal submission date to February 17, 2026 and to update clauses/provisions. Please use the following link to access Amendment 0001: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice ****************************************************************************** Updated version of the Comment/Question and Answer Template has been uploaded. Previous version was not accessible for input. ****************************************************************************** A Comment/Question and Answer Template has been added to the Attachments section. Please use this template to submit comments/questions for the subject acquisition via email to Mark Stevens (mark.d.stevens.civ@army.mil) and Alex Sheppard (alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil) or via the PIEE website (access through the PIEE website link below). Submissions are due by 1500 Central Standard Time on Friday, December 12, 2025. ******************************************************************************** The Technical Data Packages for this procurement are now uploaded to the Attachments section. ******************************************************************************** Please use the following link to access the RFP/Solicitation document and Attachments for the subject procurement: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?noticeId=W519TC25R0034&noticeType=SolicitationNotice NOTE: The Government is utilizing the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to release the RFP/Solicitation and to receive proposals for the subject procurement. The PIEE website communicates with SAM.gov, however, there is a technical issue that is preventing the PIEE announcement of the subject RFP/Solicitation release from reaching SAM.gov. There is a chance there will be a duplication of this announcement in SAM.gov in the future; however, the PIEE link above will remain valid. The Technical Data Packages associated with this procurment will be uploaded to this SAM.gov announcement shortly.