<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.5rem;line-height:1.1;font-family:Merriweather,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(2,2,2)"><a class="gmail-articleTitle" href="http://www.ifruittree.org/News/ArtMID/411/ArticleID/29/IFTA-Management-Request-for-Proposals" target="_self" style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:35px;line-height:1.1;font-family:BenchNine;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(37,40,42);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;background-color:transparent">IFTA Management Request for Proposals</a></h2><div class="gmail-EDN_article_content" style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(59,59,59)"><p style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.2px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing:content-box">The International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA) seeks proposals from individuals or management companies to provide executive management and staffing functions effective no later than January 1, 2018.</font></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:7px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.2px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">This <a href="http://www.ifruittree.org/Portals/0/IFTA%20%20RFP_1.doc" style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(234,21,21);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;background-color:transparent">Request for Proposals</a> (attached) has information on the scope of services requested as well as relevant deadlines and timelines.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:7px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.2px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Interested parties may submit questions (via email) from June  27 through July 9; answers for all questions will be provided to all interested parties on July 12.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:7px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.2px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Complete written proposals (in either Word or PDF format) should be emailed  to Steve Drake, SCD Group at <a href="mailto:steve@scdgroup.net" style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(234,21,21);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;background-color:transparent"><u style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">steve@scdgroup.net</u></a> and must be received no later than 5:00 pm (EDT), Monday, July 31, 2017.</span></p><div><span style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.2px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">JMCEXTMAN<br>Jon Clements<br><a href="mailto:clements@umext.umass.edu" target="_blank">clements@umext.umass.edu</a><br>aka 'Mr Liberty'<br>aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'<br>IM mrhoneycrisp<br>413.478.7219</div>
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