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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Toner, Meghann S. <TonerM@si.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 1, 2024 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Toner, Meghann S. <TonerM@si.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NMNH Department of Botany Contracting Opportunity: APG Conversion Phase IV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Department of Botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is looking for an independent contractor to provide collections services. The services
will include rehousing, relabeling, and reorganizing the Vascular Plant Collection to Angiosperm Phylogeny (APG) Group IV from its current historic organization scheme. Please see the attached PDF for the Request for Quote (RFQ), Statement of Work (SOW), and
relevant attachments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All bids must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern on October 28, 2024. Please ensure that all bids are signed and dated. Interested parties must be registered federal
contractors in the System for Award Management (SAM) to respond to this RFQ. Please share this announcement with any interested candidates. If you have any questions, please contact
<a href="mailto:TonerM@Si.edu">TonerM@Si.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Meghann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meghann Toner</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Museum Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department of Botany, US National Herbarium</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="color:black"> <a href="mailto:TonerM@si.edu">TonerM@si.edu</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00C1D5">SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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