Office of Justice Programs, Contracts Branch Rm 3617, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington DC 20001

A -- ANALYTIC SUPPORT PROGRAM POC Richard A. Sites, Contracting Officer, (202) 514-1886 MARKET RESEARCH: The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is conducting market research with respect to obtaining services to support the NIJ's initiatives, domestic and international, in the following functional areas: (1) Sponsor research and development to improve and strengthen the nation's system of justice with a balanced program of basic and applied research; (2) Evaluate the effectiveness of criminal justice and law enforcement programs and identify those that merit application elsewhere; (3) Support technological advances applicable to criminal justice; (4) Test and demonstrate new and improved approaches to strengthen the justice system; (5) Disseminate information from research, development, demonstrations, and evaluations. The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources with the capability and experience to provide services relative to the above functional areas. The anticipated SIC code is 8732 with a small business size standard of $5.0 million. A draft statement of work is available to interested firms by contacting Mr. Richard A. Sites at sitesr@ojp.usdoj.gov and requesting a copy. The request must include the firm's name, street address, point of contact and his/her phone and fax number, and the e-mail address, fax number, or mailing address to which the statement of work should be sent (Please indicate WordPerfect 6.1 for windows, Rich Text Format, or MS Word for Windows 6.0 as the file format). Please review the statement of work and refer any comments or questions to Mr. Sites via email. If a firm is still interested after reviewing the statement of work, then it must submit a qualification statement that is no more than three pages in length. Firms responding must identify whether they are a large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, educational institution or other nonprofit organization, or foreign-owned firm; also indicate whether the firm is 8(a) certified, woman-owned, or both. The qualification statement must containinformation that indicates the firm's capability and experience to perform the tasks described in the statement of work. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific to the functional areas under consideration on each of the following qualifications: (1) Experience: An outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed and any in-house research and development effort; (2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientist, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as a project director and/or principal investigator; Also specify labor categories, such as research assistant, administrative assistant, etc., which represent the labor mix of support personnel. A statement regarding industry security clearance. Any other specific and relevant information as it pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. This synopsis is an advance notice for information and planning purposes only and is not a formal solicitation for bids or proposals. The OJP will not reimburse interested firms for any costs incurred in responding to this notice or subsequent exchanges of information. All qualification statements must be received at the contracting office address referenced above NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 1, 1998. ATTENTION: Small women-owned and small disadvantage businesses are encouraged to response to this synopsis. The Research Applications Contract requirement, which was originally published in the Commerce Business Daily on October 8, 1997, is canceled by this synopsis because that requirement has been included in the statement of work indicated above. Posted 09/30/98 (I-SN256985). (0273)

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