Tender Advertisement #1124438

Request for Proposal: Independent program coordination for apple and pear productivity, irrigation, pests and soils program (PIPS3) (AP19007)
Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $13.2 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $110 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: - Independent program coordination for apple and pear productivity, irrigation, pests and soils program (PIPS3) (AP19007).
The objective of the services being sought is to drive the sharing of activities, results and communication between and within sub-programs operating in different geographic locations and across different organisations.
To do this, the secondary objectives are to:
• Improve and effect the integration of R&D across sub-projects within the PIPS3
• Improve the communication of R&D outcomes to growers by ensuring research collaboration across the four projects, service providers and regions
• Communicate findings in a clear and practical format to growers and wider industry.
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), 20 April 2020.