Tender Advertisement #1191979

Request for Proposal: MU20001 Mushrooms as a cholesterol lowering food
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $15.1 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $120 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: Mushrooms as a cholesterol lowering food (MU20001).
The objectives of the services are to:
• Conduct nutrition analysis to test the beta-glucan levels of fresh Australian mushrooms.
• Develop an application to FSANZ to include mushrooms in the high-level health claim: beta-glucan reduces blood cholesterol.
• If necessary and requested by FSANZ as evidence, conduct a small scale single-blind crossover randomised control trial to assess mushrooms and their impact on lowering cholesterol in a sample population group.
• Present findings to FSANZ for review and update of the Food Standards Code to allow mushrooms to make the claim “beta-glucan reduces blood cholesterol”.
• Develop a strategy to disseminate the mushroom and heart health claim with health professional influencers and key opinion leaders.
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 (AEST), 5:00 PM 6/04/2021.