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<div style="font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); margin:0px; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Hello Colleagues,</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is seeking <b>an independent contractor to provide</b></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><b style=""> </b></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><b style="">administrative
and project management support to the </b></span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"><a href="https://www.ggbn.org/ggbn_portal/" title="https://www.ggbn.org/ggbn_portal/"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">Global
Genome Biodiversity Network</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><b style="">General Secretariat Office for all GGBN activities.
</b></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"> The contract period is<span> </span><span class="markq70mjz541" style="margin:0px">for</span><span> </span>12 months with options to extend. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">The Global Genome Biodiversity
Network is an international network of 99 institutions from 35 countries that share an interest in long-term preservation of genomic samples representing the diversity of non-human life on Earth. GGBN provides a platform for biodiversity biobanks from across
the world to:</span></p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:0.1em;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">Collaborate to ensure consistent
quality standards for DNA and tissue collections,</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">Improve best practices for the
preservation and use of such collections and</span></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">Harmonize exchange and use of
material in accordance with national and international legislation and conventions.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">The Global Genome Biodiversity
Network provides its members with the primary benefit of making their DNA and tissue collections discoverable for research through a networked community of biodiversity biobanks. In doing so, GGBN provides trusted and transparent access to genomic samples
for all, through an access and benefit sharing framework.</span></p>
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are invited to review the attached</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span class="mark4jg4gp4uj" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Request</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span class="markq70mjz541" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span class="markj77dkgju7" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Quotes</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(RFQ)
and Statement of Work (SOW)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span class="markq70mjz541" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">specifics.
Details on what to include in the quote package and how to submit it are available in the RFQ.</span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><b>Responses are due Monday, February 28th, 8am EST.</b></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"> Applicants should register as a federal contractor in the </span><a href="https://sam.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://sam.gov/" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><b>System<span> </span><span class="markq70mjz541" style="margin:0px">for</span><span> </span>Award
Management (SAM)</b></span></a><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><span> </span>concurrently to responding to the RFQ. </span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Please<span> </span><span class="markq70mjz541" style="margin:0px">for</span>ward this announcement to any qualified candidates who might be interested. Feel
free to contact me if there are any questions.</span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Thank you,</span><br>
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