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A -- DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMPUTERIZED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM OF DRUG EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO NON FEDERAL FORENSIC CRIME LABORATORIES. SOL DEA-97-R-0004 DUE 101596 POC Jeff Saylor, Contract Specialist, (202) 307-4366 Milchele T. Glavich, Contract Officer. The U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking interested sources to develop and maintain the results of analyses of drug evidence submitted to non-federal forensic crime laboratories on a computerized data collection system. Should the DEA pursue a contract for this system;, the potential contractor must demonstrate its capability to provide experience in the fields of forensic science, drug analysis, data collection and analysis, automated data processing, statistics and program planning. System requirements must be statistically relevant and include: a system to complement existing data sources to provide a more accurate and statistically valid picture of drug availability; to detect new and/or changing trends in drug abuse; and to enable the U.S. to better estimate the availability, abuse and trafficking of substances in support of domestic an international drug scheduling and other actions. It is anticipated that this requirement shall consist of three activities. The first activity is to recruit a statistically representative national sample of laboratories according to size, geographic location, type of laboratory and location served. Most of these laboratories must identify non-controlled substances and determine drug purity for some substances. The second activity is to collect data from these sources for the following data elements: laboratory and police cases, exhibit and sample number, date and location of seizure or purchase; analysis results including primary substance identification, form, gross and net weights, purity, secondary drugs, souce (clandestine or legitimate), manufacturer and brand name; other information including circumstances under which drug was obtained (seizure, purchase, lab, traffic stop, etc), consequences of incident, and demographic data. The third activity of this project would be to electronically process data from this system from an estimated 30k-40k exhibits monthly with the initial group of laboratories. The potential contractor must demonstrate its capability to collect data in a variety of forms or standardize the data collection process through a uniform hard copy or electronic report. DEA and other designated government agencies shall be provided access to query the system using remote terminals. DEA would require standard monthly reports as well. Interested sources shall identify whether this system has already been developed (commercial item), if it has experience developing similar systems, or its capabilities to develop such a system. At this time the government does not anticipate holding a presolicitation conference, or release of a draft RFP. Any interested sources should submit a capabilities statement and other information required herein writing to the Contract Specialist identified above within 30 days of this notice date in order to participate in this development process. Interested parties are not entitled to receive bid and preparation costs as a result of this notice. (0261)

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