Award notice
Notice of Award for Sole Source Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) PMA-242 IDIQ Contract for GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Guns and Required Ancillary Support Equipment
N00019-24-R-0022
Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command. Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing.
Awarded
$21,470,483.80 on the award notice, January 16, 2025, contract N00019-25-D-0023
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Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-242), awarded a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to FN Herstal, under N00019-25-D-0023 on 16 January 2025. This contract is for the procurement of GAU-21 .50 caliber machine guns and the required ancillary support equipment. This contract was awarded on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C.
2304 (c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. FN Herstal is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the GAU-21, and as such, is the only known source available with the requisite technical knowledge, experience and tooling to produce the requirements described herein, in order to satisfy the government’s requirement.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001925F0265 under N0001925D0023, delivery order
- Obligated
- $1,355,406.96
- Actions
- 1 between January 22, 2025 and January 22, 2025
- Competition
- Not Competed
- Described as
- GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun System
- Match
- solicitation number N0001924R0022 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001925F1016 under N0001925D0023, delivery order
- Obligated
- $142,075.60
- Actions
- 1 between September 3, 2025 and September 3, 2025
- Competition
- Not Competed
- Described as
- GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun System
- Match
- solicitation number N0001924R0022 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001925F2223 under N0001925D0023, delivery order
- Obligated
- $2,557,360.80
- Actions
- 1 between February 27, 2025 and February 27, 2025
- Competition
- Not Competed
- Described as
- New IDIQ Do GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun
- Match
- solicitation number N0001924R0022 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001926F0124 under N0001925D0023, delivery order
- Obligated
- $3,822,040.95
- Actions
- 1 between January 20, 2026 and January 20, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed
- Described as
- GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun System
- Match
- solicitation number N0001924R0022 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001925D0001
- Obligated
- $0.00, potential $21,470,484
- Actions
- 1 between January 16, 2025 and January 16, 2025
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun System Follow-On IDIQ
- Match
- solicitation number N0001924R0022 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- FN Herstal S.A.
- UEI
- KJ2JPWZ5HY55
- CAGE
- B0897
- Vendor location
- Herstal
- Contract
- N0001925D0023
- Obligated
- $0.00, potential $21,470,484
- Actions
- 2 between January 21, 2025 and November 19, 2025
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Follow-On IDIQ Contract for GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun System and Medium Pintle Head
- Match
- award number N0001925D0023 equals the contract number; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
February 24, 2025
Award notice
Awarded to FN HERSTAL Herstal 4040 BEL for $21,470,484. SAM.gov, notice 83cc068c21af40adb719659dd368a1dd
Points of contact
- Ryan Thompsonjoshua.r.thompson56.civ@us.navy.mil
- Kathryn L. Volpekathryn.l.volpe2.civ@us.navy.mil