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    Smile Army to Re-Bid M4 Contract

    Question is ... can Colt bid any lower?

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    Article date is October 1, 2012


    http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gears...icit-new-bids/


    M4 Contract Protest Update: The Army is going to solicit new bids



    I just received word from the U.S. Government Accountability Office they’ve received written notification from the U.S. Army indicating the service will implement the GAO’s suggested remedy after Colt’s protest was sustained over the Army’s $84m contract award to Remington Arms Company for the production of M4 and M4A1 carbines.



    This means the Army will soon seek new bids in an amended solicitation for the M4 contract. Look to the amended solicitation to clarify how parties must take into account the licensing payments due Colt that date back to the 1997 M4 Addendum.



    The Army’s letter to the GAO was received September 24. As per the Competition and Contracting Act of 1984, the U.S. Army had 65 days to respond to the GAO’s July 24 recommendation.



    “We’ve received notification from the Army that it will implement the GAO recommendation and we are reviewing next steps with our Defense team,” says Teddy Novin, Freedom Group’s Director of Public Affairs. “We look forward to working with the Army as we move forward with this process.”



    Behind the scenes, sources at Remington are not happy at the prospect of a recompetition since their pricing was exposed as part of the original award. Some have suggested Remington may simply protest the outcome of this second process should they lose and carry on a cycle of protest over the contract. I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me that the merits of another protest will ultimately come up against the fact that the Army was complying with a corrective action suggested by the government. Dead end.



    I’ll be interested to see if the Army splits the contract between Colt and Remington in a bid to appease both parties. If you’re new to the Remington M4 contract story, there’s more background in our previous articles.
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    Is Remington unionized?

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    Wink

    yes.

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    As of March 31, 2010, approximately 800 employees were members of the United Mine Workers of America ("UMWA") at our Ilion, New York manufacturing facility. The collective bargaining agreement with the UMWA was renegotiated effective October 2007 and expires on October 28, 2012. This labor agreement is terminable by either party upon notice to the other party. Employees at our other manufacturing facilities are not represented by unions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 30 cal slut View Post
    yes.

    http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1...95644zs-1a.htm



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    I hope Colt can hang in there!

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    Here we go again. Seems like every time one company or another losses a contract they complain and whine (I know I'm going to get mugged for that comment). Either way good luck to Colt in the re-bid.
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    Is this not part of the process that was started a few years back (or last year) about upgrading the m4 while concurrently seeking a replacement vs m4 if there were improvement to warrant it?

    Or is this something different?

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    Quote Originally Posted by caelumatra View Post
    Is this not part of the process that was started a few years back (or last year) about upgrading the m4 while concurrently seeking a replacement vs m4 if there were improvement to warrant it?

    Or is this something different?
    Colt up until the last procurement contract was the sole supplier of the M4 and M4A1 carbines. The contract that Colt is disputing is for new standard M4 carbines with the option of procuring M4A1 variants as well if I recall correctly. When this contract was originally bid the plan was to have both the Individual Carbine Competition and the improved M4 program running concurrently, with these M4s forming a stop gap. However, I believe that the improved M4 program has pretty much been killed at this point while the ICC is continuing onwards and is already in its second stage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by .300 View Post
    Here we go again. Seems like every time one company or another losses a contract they complain and whine (I know I'm going to get mugged for that comment). Either way good luck to Colt in the re-bid.
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    Well, at least Colt has the 1911 contract with the Marines... Hopefully it will all be good.

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