On Monday, December 2, 2024, the GROM Military Unit (JW 2305) published information regarding the resolution of a tender for the procurement of combat equipment for various purposes, divided into sixteen parts.
7.62-mm Dillon Aero M134D Multi-Barrel Machine Gun / Photo: Grzegorz Sobczak, MILMAG
The tender was announced under a restricted procedure on April 24, 2024. The deadline for submitting bids was May 27 at 9:00 AM. The selection criteria were price (60%) and warranty (40%). The contracts are set to remain valid for one year from the date of signing, which is December 2.
Positive resolutions were reached for the delivery of 9 parts for a total of 18,156,332.58 PLN, including:
- Plastic explosives Primasheet for 1,162,283.58 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence from Warsaw.
- Vanguard 1 (No BTV-EL) stun and flash grenades for 947,100 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
- Training grenade fuzes (85-4,0S 78203500) for 713,400 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
- 5.56 mm x 45 NATO cartridges with TSX 70 gr bullets for 1,088,304 PLN, to be supplied by Works 11 from Katowice.
- WS offensive grenades for 1,394,820 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
- WS defensive grenades for 1,502,445 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
- Skin Pack Detonator 30 m Dual detonators for 1,375,140 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
- 7.62 mm x 51 NATO belt-fed cartridges with DA 165 tracer bullets for Dillon Aero M134D multi-barrel machine guns (aka Minigun) for 7,995,000 PLN, to be supplied by Works 11.
- 12 KRWS special cartridges for 1,977,840 PLN, to be supplied by Griffin Group Defence.
No suppliers have been selected for the remaining seven parts:
- 8.6 mm x 70 cartridges with .338 Solid bullets;
- 6.5 mm Creedmoor cartridges;
- 9 mm x 19 cartridges (Counter Terror Round);
- 7.62 mm x 51 NATO cartridges with .308 bullets weighing 165 gr;
- 7.62 mm x 35 cartridges with .300 AAC Blackout Subsonic bullets;
- Semtex Razor 25 mm shaped linear charges;
- 7.62 mm x 35 cartridges with .300 AAC Blackout Subsonic bullets.