Earlier today FedBizOpps.gov announced a contract award for the FBI solicitation for new 9mm service and training weapons. In the solicitation the FBI required (1) compact framed pistol, (1) full size pistol, (1) Man-Marker (Simunition) pistol, and (1) Inert training pistol. Many thought Sig Sauer would be awarded this with the highly modular P320, the award went to Glock.
Recoil reports that while the FBI is the agency that submitted the original solicitation, it probably won’t be the only agency that adopts the new pistol. Other government entities that may purchase pistols and parts under this contract include:
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security
- United States Marshals Service
- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- United States Postal Service
- United States Treasury Department
- Drug Enforcement Agency
- United States Capitol Police
- United States Park Police
- United States Department of Energy
- Office of Inspector General (all Federal agencies)
- United States Department of Defense
Sources indicate that this weapon is not something currently commercially available. One of the bigger clues about this was the requirement “Finger grooves on the frame are not permitted“, which counts out a standard Generation 4 Glock.