Tender Advertisement #1177292

Request for Proposal: Avocado rootstock regional variety trials – phase 1 (AV20006)

(Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $14.4 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: Avocado rootstock regional variety trials – phase 1 (AV20006).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
Create new knowledge on the performance of elite rootstock material for Australian avocado growers
Develop regional variety evaluation sites across major growing regions, including North Queensland, Central Queensland, South Queensland, Western Australia and Central New South Wales
Develop a data-package for growers containing rootstock performance information to aid decision-making.
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 8:00am (AEDT), 26 February 2021.