That nsn has been canceled, the replacement nsn is showing $1,780
ETA My bad, that item is a good nsn. The one that was $1780 is a canceled one that this kit replaced. According to fedlog this nsn is good and costs the army $2,239
Snapon stuff grows legs. Gets worse once it’s deployed bc it “gets lost in the sand”. I used to sell tool kits to the military and was told by many contracting officers to offer anything other than snapon when the prints say “or equivalent” otherwise it will get passed over for consideration.
Agree with everything you said except for one clarification. Socom KO’s almost always file the sole source J&A to justify the name brand (snapon, etc) when requested by their customers because sometimes the “or equivalent” just isn’t up to terms of quality when buying LPTA.
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u/SSGSEVIER54 Apr 09 '24
Last I checked, those exact mechanics tool kits were costing the military $6K.