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The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) attends to award on a sole source basis a purchase order to the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC), P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892, in support of a GRC conference on "Chemical and Biological Terrorism Defense". The purpose of the "Chemical and Biological Terrorism Defense" session is to bring together scientists and researchers with common professional interest to discuss and examine the most advanced aspects of chemical and biological agent detection. The expert presentations, discussions and the input of the attendees shall provide valuable insight into the factors that constrain the decisions of research and development funding for the development and use of advanced technical means to detect illicit substances. NIJ will use the insight and information obtained at this conference to prepare and manage awards to develop, demonstrate, and evaluate illicit substance detection hardware and software. The Government considers the information presented at this conference to be valuable to NIJ's mission to provide accurate and updated information to its customers. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS.