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<span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><b>The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is seeking </b></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><span style="color:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit"><b>an
independent contractor to provide professional, technical, non-personal services to the Smithsonian Institution, NMNH ADCS office associated with the creation of a new NMNH Genomics SharePoint website including content research, organization, and coordination.
The work shall be completed within nine months of the contract start date. </b></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The NMNH Genomics community wants to create an internal information clearinghouse and searchable portal that centralizes the fragmented knowledge base of the NMNH Genomics
community. It will contain genomics community profiles, calendars of internal seminars, journal clubs and internal educational opportunities, and finally links to external workshops and resources. The aim of this site is to facilitate scientific discovery
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The hosted content will reside on the NMNH intranet known as Darwin at Darwin.si.edu, which is built and managed on the MS SharePoint Online platform.
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This site will be managed by the office of the NMNH Associate Director for Science and Chief Scientist (ADCS) with technical and development support provided by the NMNH
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Qualified individuals are invited to review the attached</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="x_mark4jg4gp4uj" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Request</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="x_markq70mjz541" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="x_markj77dkgju7" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quotes</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(RFQ)
and Statement of Work (SOW)</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="x_markq70mjz541" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">specifics.
Details on what to include in the quote package and how to submit it are available in the RFQ.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skill sets of qualified individuals include: </span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">· Familiarity with genomics</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:13.5pt"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">· Ability to manage data and come up with standardized responses</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:13.5pt"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">· Good interpersonal skills</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:13.5pt"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">· Ability to motivate the community to participate</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:13.5pt"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">· Skilled with web content management systems and content migration strategies</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:13.5pt"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>Responses are due Friday, June 3, at 5pm EST</b>.</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> Applica</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">nts
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