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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Natural History Collections Listserv,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",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 1912 hours for 12 months, plus one (1) option year of 1912 starting in August
2025.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Request for Quote (RFQ) and Statement of work (SOW) , which contain the details regarding this contract opportunities are available upon request.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
All correspondence regarding this request should include the subject line “Paleobiology Defragmentation Project Manager”. Please submit your request for the RFQ, SOW, and any questions to: Matthew T. Miller at
<a href="mailto:millermt2@si.edu">millermt2@si.edu</a> and Amanda Millhouse at <a href="mailto:millhousea@si.edu">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Matthew T. Miller</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Department of Paleobiology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">National Museum of Natural History</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(202) 633 – 1344</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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