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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91">National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91">Division of Fishes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91">Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91">Request for Quote<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91">Curation and Digitization Services for Division of Fishes Larval Fish Collection</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.65pt;text-autospace:none"><a name="_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The National Museum of Natural History Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes is seeking a contractor to curate,
digitize and install 10,000 non-inventoried larval fish lots into the National Fish Collection.
<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.65pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.65pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The National Fish Collection currently has a comprehensive larval fish collection in vial storage in the
Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. To make this collection accessible and known to the research community, the Division of Fishes is seeking a contractor to perform the following tasks (see statement of work (SOW) for details):<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.65pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1) Verify physical condition and data quality of non-inventoried lots<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2) Digitize all relevant data for each lot into the Division of Fishes database, EMu
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3) Physically curate each fluid lot to archival storage standards<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4) Install each lot into the National Fish Larval Collection storage area<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Desirable skills:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience with natural history museum collections<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Familiarity with biological nomenclature or taxonomy<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience with relational databases and/or museum databases<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ability to use Excel<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Strong organizational and communication skills</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Work is to be completed at the Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD (MSC) during standard Division
of Fishes business hours (Monday – Friday, excluding federal holidays or emergency closures, between the hours of 8:30 AM and 6:00 PM).
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Send proposals to Diane Pitassy via e-mail at </span></span><a href="mailto:pitassyd@si.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">pitassyd@si.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.
Follow the format set forth in the attached Request for Quote (RFQ) section "Information to be submitted with quotes."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM EDT, Monday,
July 25, 2022 </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">and will be reviewed on the basis of best value for the money.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk49419864"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Diane Pitassy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Museum Specialist</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Division of Fishes</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Museum Support Center</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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