Office of Justice Programs, 810 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC

A -- STUDY OF THE HANDGUN REJECTION RATE SOL OJP-99-053-M POC Karen L. Stringfield, Purchasing Agent, (202) 514-5731 or Raymond C. German, Contracting Officer, (202) 307-0613 The Office of Justice Programs intends to award a purchase order to the REJIS Commission, 4255 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, 63108. The Regional Justice Information Service (REJIS) Commission, with the assistance of the Indiana State Police, shall conduct a special study to determine the handgun rejection rate for the State of Indiana which will be utilized by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in future publications related to this issue. REJIS has extensive experience working with firearms data used for national estimates. The Indiana State Police is a state criminal justice agency that regularly exchanges sensitive information with REJIS that will be beneficial to this project. REJIS provides data processing support and is the agency responsible for processing and storing automated records for criminal justice agencies in the St. Louis region, in both Missouri and Illinois. It is recommended that the REJIS Commission prepare this special report because of their experience and accessibility to sensitive information that will be needed to complete this project. This purchase order will be negotiated under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 252(c)(1) -- Only One Responsible Source with Unique Capabilities. This is not a request for quotations. Any interested firms may submit their technical capabilities. See Numbered Note (s): 22. Posted 12/04/98 (I-SN277440). (0338)

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