# Police M5 Rifles and Training Services Period of Performance: 08/19/2026-09/18/2026

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24126q0651

- Solicitation number: 36C24126Q0651
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as special notice)
- Status: Awarded to Arms Unlimited Inc. for $86,899.60
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 241-Network Contract Office 01 (36C241)
- NAICS: 332994 Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 1005 Guns, through 30 mm
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- First posted: July 16, 2026
- Last posted: August 13, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cc5e20b85edd4c12b24b53ec024189be/view

## Description

This is a Special Notice of intent to award on a sole source basis. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a requirement for M5 rifles. The purpose of this amendment is to:

Change the intended awardee from Colt s Manufacturing Company, LLC. to Authorized distributors of Colt M5 Rifles Specify that this is a brand name only requirement, with no substitutes being acceptable. This is a Special notice of intent to award on a sole source basis is to satisfy the requirements of RFO

FAR 5.101. All interested parties should register via SAM.gov interested vendors list. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from SAM.gov Contract Opportunities, which may be issued to this notice. In accordance with RFO

FAR 52.204-7, RFO

FAR 2.101, and VAAR 802.101, prospective firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov), and in VetCert (Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov)) databases prior to award. ((Note: In accordance with Public Law 109-461, 38 USC 8127, and NDAA 2021, all vendors claiming Small Business status in accordance with the Veteran's First Contracting Program must be VERIFIED by the Small Business Administration (SBA)).

Also, to qualify for a VA contract, vendor must be vendorized by completing Form 10091 at URL Â https://www.cep.fsc.va.gov/. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Specialist via email at sebastian.freeze@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Arms Unlimited Inc. (UEI NLR6ASVK22B1)
- Contract: 36C24126P0618, purchase order
- Obligated: $86,899.60, current value $89,650
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C24126Q0651 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C241 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24126P0618_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 16, 2026: Special notice, due July 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM EDT. Notice df324ea672cd461da202fd8427023da3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/df324ea672cd461da202fd8427023da3/view
- July 17, 2026: Special notice, due July 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM EDT. Notice bcd575cc65ee4849b254c5b49efe9b20. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bcd575cc65ee4849b254c5b49efe9b20/view
- August 13, 2026: Award notice. Notice 9c381f9d1a9f479da5bbbd174341f9cf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c381f9d1a9f479da5bbbd174341f9cf/view
- August 13, 2026: Award notice. Notice cc5e20b85edd4c12b24b53ec024189be. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cc5e20b85edd4c12b24b53ec024189be/view

## Points of contact

- Sebastian Freeze, Contract Specialist, sebastian.freeze@va.gov, Email Only

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Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24126q0651.