An additional 481
grenade launchers, 420 M1 carbines, and 50
MP5K submachine guns are about to make their way into the arsenal of the Colombian National Police (CNP), which currently possesses such weaponry but soon will have more, courtesy of the U.S. State Dept.
NAS intends to award sole-source contract to
Colt Defense LLC for the grenade launchers, carbines and related ammunition, and a separate sole-source contract to
Heckler & Koch Defense to provide the submachine guns.
State says the no-bid contracts are justified, since the CNP currently use and "are trained in using and maintaining these weapons" and therefore, these contractors are "the only responsible source that can immediately satisfy the Government's requirement and has the qualifications to justify the exception to full and open competition" under federal law.
The contracting documents were discovered during a routine search of the FedBizOpps procurement database.
Correspondingly, State's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) also is seeking to deploy a Deputy Aerial Eradication Program Advisor to El Dorado Airport in Bogota. The selected candidate will help NAS and the American Embassy more effectively monitor contractors who provide goods and services to State specific to aerial eradication of poppy and coca crops.
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