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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Hello Colleagues,</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Paleobiology is seeking
<b>one, full time, independent contractor to assist with project management and provide logistical support for the Paleobiology Defragmentation Project</b>. The contract period is for 760 hours (approximately 5 months) starting in February 2025.</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The Paleobiology Collections Defragmentation Project is implementing a decades overdue, long-term comprehensive physical curation strategy.
The project is resolving pervasive physical organization deficiencies that limit the collections’ accessibility and care. The project is ensuring the collections are out of imminent risk due to below-grade storage and will allow a physical organization to
be realized among the near 11,000 collection cabinets distributed among three separate facilities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Qualified individuals are invited to review the attached Request for Quotes (RFQ) and Statement of Work (SOW) for 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Responses are due
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Monday, December 9 at 5pm (EST)</span>.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Applicants should be registered as a federal contractor in the
</span><a href="https://sam.gov/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">System for Award Management (SAM)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">
concurrently to responding to the RFQ. </span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Please forward this announcement to any qualified candidates who might be interested. Feel free to contact me if there are any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Thank you,</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Matthew T. Miller</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Department of Paleobiology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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