Tender Advertisement #1017555

Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $9 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $100 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: National avocado industry communications program (AV18003).
The objectives of the services being sought are to help Hort Innovation to:
• Increase industry understanding and adoption of production best practice as well as awareness and adoption of any emerging production information and relevant production related R&D project outcomes and outputs
• Provide knowledge transfer to the avocado industry value chain on research findings, best practice, emerging risks and opportunities
• Create a better informed industry to increase farm productivity across all business sizes of avocado growers
• Promote Hort Innovation membership and engagement with the national R&D program to all avocado levy payers.
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 5.00pm (AEST), Thursday 30 August, 2018.