Tender Advertisement #1569130

Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $17 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $170 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community.
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Post harvest management of vegetables to extend shelf-life (VG24013).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Conduct trials to assess the benefit of different postharvest conditions and treatments in extending vegetable shelf-life
• Use trial data to create guidance materials which outline the potential impact of different treatments (in isolation or in combination) on produce shelf-life
• Create tools and materials that assist a producer to judge suitability and do an economic assessment for implementation of a treatment in their business
Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties.
The RFP may be downloaded from www.tenders.net (you will need to be a member of tenders.net to access this information).
The closing date for responses is January 9, 2025, 3:00 PM (AEDT).