Denmark – Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment – Contract award for the tender "Service pistol (9mm) for the Danish Police"

The Danish National Police needs a new striker fired 9mm semi-automatic service pistol replacing its legacy 9mm service pistol. With this tender, the Danish National Police will acquire a turnkey COTS/MOTS solution comprising a 9mm service pistol in different variants along with all associated replacement parts, services and accessories, e.g. weapon holsters and weapon lights. The candidate must be able to deliver 4 types of service pistols, commonly referred to as: Full-size, Crossover/Mid-size, Compact, and Subcompact. It is required that the candidate can deliver the whole pistol range mentioned from the same manufacturer. The requirements for the specific variants will be further specified in the requirement specification. The Danish National Police expects to enter into a framework agreement with a total of up to 10 + 5 + 5 years’ duration. The Danish National Police expects to acquire a total of app. 13000 ea. pistols, replacing all legacy 9mm service pistols within a 4-5 year timeframe. An initial order of 7000 ea. pistols upon contract signature, and an implementation of app. 2000 ea. pistols per year thereafter is expected. Throughout the contract period further acquisitions of a number of pistols for service and maintenance is expected.