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Slater
12-12-17, 16:28
Congrats to Magpul. You guys make good stuff:

Magpul Industries Corp.,* Austin, Texas, has been awarded a $12,792,000 firm-fixed-price, definite-quantity contract for magazine cartridges. This was a competitive acquisition with three responses received. This is a one-time buy with no option periods. Locations of performance are Texas and Wyoming, with a Sept. 10, 2018, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2018 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio (SPE7L4-18-C-0028).
Dionysusigma
12-12-17, 17:05
magazine cartridges

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Slater
12-12-17, 17:06
Probably should read "magazine, cartridge".
Failure2Stop
12-13-17, 07:39
This is a DLA contract, basically just a big purchase.
DLA acquisitions are for items already with an NSN, the "competitive" part is just comparative pricing. Even if Magpul had lost the bid, they still would have made the sale.
dwhitehorne
12-13-17, 17:23
12.7 million I wonder how many mags that works out to be. David
Diamondback
12-13-17, 17:59
12.7 million I wonder how many mags that works out to be. David

Hmmm... if we assume wholesale to be half retail like general nondurable consumer goods (price doubles every level, manufacturer->distributor->retail, if I'm recalling correctly from my Business-major days), based on around $15 retail, that would suggest around 1.7 million mags as a lowball.

Or, as some preppers would call that number, "a really good start." lol
Dienekes
12-13-17, 18:36
Wyoming's contribution to GWOT.
Alex V
12-13-17, 21:19
12.7 million I wonder how many mags that works out to be. David

Didn't the DoD spend $50k on a hammer? $12M should work out to be about 50,000 magazines lol
Wake27
12-14-17, 00:57
We’ve been buying them through the system for $13 each, I believe.


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pinzgauer
12-14-17, 06:45
We’ve been buying them through the system for $13 each, I believe.

A store down the street has pallet sized bins of black m3s for $9.99 at least once a month. And $8.99 on special sales. Has had the old fde for the same.
GH41
12-14-17, 07:13
Didn't the DoD spend $50k on a hammer? $12M should work out to be about 50,000 magazines lol

If you ever bid a government job for a commercial price you would use your ass. Government construction projects run 3 to 5 times the cost of civilian ones. I wouldn't be surprised if he cost per mag was double retail.