Comment - Personal Opinion:  The Army has a lot of explaining to do after reading this article and its link to the GAO investigation regarding the denial of the Glock protest on the Army awarding the contract to SIG.  Yes, the Government rules about acceptable low bidder meeting specifications apply, but only after fully verifying the specification has been met by the lowest bidder.  Exceeding the performance requirements of the specification should be a considerable deciding factor in the award decision, cost not withstanding BUT it was not here:  Cost overrode.  This is a statement made all the time:  "Good Enough for Government Work."  

https://www.wearethemighty.com/tactical/why-the-army-didnt-finish-testing-the-sig-sauer-p320/

"Why the Army didn’t finish testing the Sig Sauer P320 during the XM17 competition"

'It came down to cost."

By Miguel Ortiz

Published Jul 31, 2025 5:00 AM PDT

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Glock protested the Army’s premature selection of the Sig Sauer submission and asked that testing resume. An investigation by the Government Accountability Office found that “Sig Sauer’s full-sized handgun had a higher stoppage rate than Glock’s handgun, and there may have been other problems with the weapon’s accuracy.”

The investigation also noted that the Army redacted the results of Sig’s compact handgun. Sig submitted two handgun frames in three different grip sizes with a swappable trigger unit, while Glock submitted one handgun with interchangeable backstraps to meet the Army’s modularity requirements.

In the end, Glock’s protest was denied.

“[T]here is no correlating superior performance factor for Glock, as compared to Sig Sauer’s, to support paying that premium. Consequently, I cannot justify paying a price premium of 37% for the Glock submission, even as a second award,” wrote Susan Poling in the GAO report. She did note the investigation uncovered “evaluation errors” by the Army, but could not justify paying more for the Glock.

The short of it is that Sig Sauer’s price to the government was so low that the Army felt that it had a good enough pistol at a great price. So, testing was stopped and did not resume.

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