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Stickman
1 October 2012, 14:39
For people who haven't been watching, Remington was awarded a contract to build M4s for the military (max contract 120,000 M4s). As you can imagine, Colt was not fond of this, and protested the decision. After all, Colt prides itself on supplying those weapons, and it is more than just part of the Colt legacy, it is $84,000,000 we are talking about in this contract.

The Army has just announced they are going to solicit new bids, and while I'm uncertain if this suddenly opens the bidding for everyone. This is going to be rough for Remington as their bottom line figure was already announced, which means their bid is no longer competitive as everyone else can see what they need to beat....

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2012/10/01/m4-contract-protest-update-the-army-is-going-to-solicit-new-bids/#more

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2012/04/24/remington-confirms-us-army-m4m4a1-contract-award/