Edgar Brothers
{{Short description|British firearms wholesaler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limited
| logo = File:Edgar Brothers.PNG
| type = Private
| predecessor =
| foundation = 1947{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.edgarbrothers.com/pages/About.aspx?pageid=673|publisher=Edgar Brothers|accessdate=31 December 2013}}
| founder =
| hq_location = Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
| key_people =
| industry = Arms
| products = Firearms, ammunition, and outdoor apparel.
| num_employees = 37
| subsid =
| revenue =
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| website = {{Official URL}}
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Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limited, trading as Edgar Brothers, is a British company registered at Companies House as Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limited.{{cite web|title=Contact|url=http://www.edgarbrothers.com/pages/Contact.aspx?pageid=675|publisher=Edgar Brothers|accessdate=31 December 2013|quote=Company ref no: 576493}} Their main business is as a firearms wholesaler.
Edgar Brothers has been awarded in excess of £5.5 million worth of Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) contracts within the United Kingdom.
History
Edgar Brothers was founded in 1947. Its business divisions include shooting sports, outdoors and a police and military division.{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.edgarbrothers.com/|publisher=Edgar Brothers|accessdate=31 December 2013}}
Government procurement contracts
=Light Weapons, Photography and Batteries (LWPB) Project Team=
Edgar Brothers is the sole exclusive distributor for the Light Weapons, Photography & Batteries (LWPB) Project Team, which is part of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) division. In August 2011. the company won a £3 million procurement contract to supply in-service weapons, optics and ancillaries to the project. The contract was negotiated without a call for tenders from rival firms under UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006 as Edgar Brothers has exclusive distributor status.{{cite web|title=Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. Enabling Contract for in Service Weapons, Optics and Ancillaries.|url=http://england.unitedkingdom-tenders.co.uk/5123_Weapons_ammunition_and_associated_parts_Enabling_Contract_for_In_Service_Weapons_Optics_and_2011_Bristol|work=Enabling Contract for In-Service Weapons, Optics and Ancillaries.|publisher=UnitedKingdom-Tenders.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2013|date=19 August 2011|quote=Total value of contract £3,000,000 GBP}}
=Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team=
In October 2012, Edgar Brothers won a three-year contract with a two-year option to extend worth £1,030,220, for the supply of specialist munitions to the Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team, which is also part of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) division. The contract was negotiated without prior publication for rival firms to be able to bid under Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This was due to Black Hills owning the intellectual property rights of the necessary ammunition, and Edgar Brothers being the exclusive agent for Black Hills within the UK.{{cite web|title=Ammunition. The DGM Project Team, part of UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 3-year Contract with a 2-year option to extend for the supply of specialist munitions from Edgar Brothers the exclusive UK agent for Black Hills.|url= http://england.unitedkingdom-tenders.co.uk/31063_Ammunition_The_DGM_Project_Team_part_of_UK_Ministry_of_Defence_intends_to_award_a_3_year_2012_Bristol|work=Black Hills contract|publisher=UnitedKingdom-Tenders.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2013|date=17 October 2012|quote=Total value of contract £1,030,220 GBP}} The option to extend for two years for was taken up in April 2014 costing the DGM Project Team a further £1,474,832.{{cite web|title=DGM/1702|url= http://england.unitedkingdom-tenders.co.uk/60007_DGM1702_2014_Bristol |work=Black Hills contract|publisher=UnitedKingdom-Tenders.co.uk|accessdate=30 September 2017|date=3 April 2014|quote=Total value of contract £1,474,832 GBP}}
Sponsorship
In 2012, Edgar Brothers announced that it would be sponsoring two sporting events, the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association's (CPSA's) British Open Sporting Championship, and, as shotgun brand Zoli,{{cite web|title=Edgar Brothers to distribute Zoli in UK|url=http://www.edgarbrothers.com/pages/Edgar-Brothers-to-distribute-Zoli-in-UK.aspx?pageid=2375|publisher=Edgar Brothers|accessdate=31 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108170711/http://www.edgarbrothers.com/pages/Edgar-Brothers-to-distribute-Zoli-in-UK.aspx?pageid=2375|archive-date=8 January 2014|url-status=dead}} the CPSA/NSCA's (National Sporting Clays Association's) World Sporting Championship.{{cite web|title=Edgar Brothers announces headline sponsorship of two prestigious clay shooting championships|url=https://www.cpsa.co.uk/news/general/2012/06/13/edgar-brothers-announces-headline-sponsorship-of-two-prestigious-clay-shooting-championships|publisher=Clay Pigeon Shooting Association|accessdate=31 December 2013|date=13 June 2012}}
Edgar Brothers also produce a promotional calendar each year.{{cn|date=February 2019}}
References
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