Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Acquisition Management, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202

A -- NATIONAL FORENSIC LABORATORY INFORMATINON SYSTEM POC Jeffrey Saylor, Contract Specialist, (202) 307-4366 The U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration intends to enter into a sole source contract with Research Triangle Institute to develop and maintain a drug evidence data collection and analysis system. Along with developing a database and data collection system the contractor will be responsible for recruiting a minimum of fifty state and/or local crime laboratories across the United States to participate in submitting information on forensic and drug analysis developed in those laboratories which will statistically develop patterns of controlled substances found across the Country. The decision to enter into a sole source contract is as a result of a sources sought announcement synopsized on September 19, 1996 in the Commerce Business Daily and an evaluation of the responses received. The intended source is: Research Triangle Institute, Health and Social Policy Division, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Reasearch Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2194. The Drug Enforcement Administration will approach Research Triangle Institute fifteen (15) days after the date of publication of this notice. SIC code 8733. (0083)

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