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Ocean Educator
30-Sep-14 02:24 PM
URL: http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/contract_opportunities.html
Company / Organization: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Type: Full-time
City: DC
Application Deadline: 20-Oct-14
Duration: 9 months
Description:
Requirements:
Point of Contact: Trish Mace
URL: http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/contract_opportunities.html
Company / Organization: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Type: Full-time
City: DC
Application Deadline: 20-Oct-14
Duration: 9 months
Description:
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) seeks a contractor to work
with the education team at NMNH to support educational programming on ocean topics in
the museum, with an emphasis on fisheries and marine protected areas. With input and
guidance from the NMNH Ocean Education team, the contractor shall develop education
outreach and training materials, assist with volunteer training, and coordinate public
programs to increase and inform conversations related to ocean research and
management. The intent is to increase volunteer knowledge of and comfort in discussing
fisheries and place-based conservation topics with our visitors, increase visitor awareness
of personal connections to ocean resources, increase visitor awareness of US Fisheries
management practices, and promote ocean stewardship. The contractor shall make
connections with NMNH exhibits and Smithsonian scientists’ research, as well as partner
research and resources. Partners relevant to this project include the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation (NMSF)
among others. An important aspect of the position is to assure high standards of scientific
accuracy and appropriate educational techniques in activity development and programs.
Requirements:
Technical Proposal (Maximum 2 pages, not including resume or references)
The Technical Proposal shall address the Statement of Work and Deliverables sections
outlined above; and shall contain sufficient quantitative and qualitative details to allow a
complete and accurate evaluation from a strictly technical viewpoint. When preparing their
technical proposals, Offerors should consider the evaluation criteria set forth below, against
which the proposals will be evaluated.
a) Qualifications
The offeror shall specifically address capability and capacity to perform the work
required for this project, considering its size, scope and schedule.
b) Experience
The offeror shall provide examples of specialized experience and demonstrated
technical competence in performing similar work as requested herein, preferably
completed within the last five years. Include 3 references.
c) Resume
The offeror shall provide a resume, stating education and experience as it relates to this
project.
Cost Proposal
Cost Proposal shall address pricing of the work as requested herein. The price proposal
shall be all-inclusive.
Proposal Evaluation
Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria being applied to the
information requested above:
Qualifications, Experience and Resume will be granted equal weight. All evaluation factors
other than cost, when combined, are granted more weight than cost.
Award of a contract will be made to the responsive, responsible offeror, whose combined
technical and cost proposal is, in the opinion of the Contracting Officer, determined to be
the most advantageous and in the best interest of the Smithsonian Institution.5
Inquiries
Inquiries regarding this Request for Proposal should be directed via email to Trish Mace
macet@si.edu.
Interviews
It is the intention of the Smithsonian to interview a select group of responsive offerors;
however, it is possible that interviews may not occur. Consequently, it is important that all
responses to this request be complete and include all necessary information.
Submission of Proposals
The Smithsonian reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received in response to
this request, and to negotiate separately with any offeror when such action is considered by
the Contracting Officer to be in the best interest of the Smithsonian. After limited
negotiations or based solely on initial offers received, notice will be provided indicating that
an award may be made. It is therefore emphasized that all proposals should be submitted
initially on the most favorable terms that the offeror can submit. Written proposals must be
received by or before 5:00 PM Eastern Time, on October 20, 2014.
Disposition of Proposals
All information submitted in response to this Request for Proposal will become the property
of the Smithsonian and will not be returned.
Point of Contact: Trish Mace