World news outlets are reporting that GLOCK has won a Brazilian contract to supply the São Paulo Military Police (SP MP) with thousands of new pistols. The article below mentions 40,000 guns, but there is conflicting information between various news sources making the actual number unclear.

The contract is reportedly worth R $53M or nearly $13M in USD. The larger question of which GLOCK pistols the São Paulo State Police will actually end up carrying remains largely unseen at the moment. TFB previously reported on the initial receipt and testing of a shipment of .40S&W pistols about year and a half ago. These GLOCK pistols were unique in that they included a manual safety and Gen 5 features previously only seen in 9mm GLOCKs. Also competing for the Brazilian contract were firearm manufacturers Beretta and Canik. But the final model and features for the awarded contract is a bit of a mystery. As soon as we find out more TFB will update you!

The last contract for pistols for the São Paulo MP was awarded to Taurus in 2011 for approximately R $1250 per gun. However, Taurus reportedly did not participate in this latest solicitation for a Brazilian contract to supply guns. Also of note is that reportedly a final round of testing is due before the GLOCK contract for SP MP is finalized.

GLOCK has not made any announcement about the Brazilian contract award at the time of this writing. A (loosely) translated article about the news can be found below.