Tender Advertisement #1367557

Horticulture Innovation Australia (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:
Building capability in pest and disease ID and management for the melon & cucurbit industry.
The objectives of the services being sought are to.

· Increase grower and other industry stakeholder engagement and awareness to correctly identify regional insect pests, diseases and viruses for the melon and cucurbit industries.
· Increase grower and other industry stakeholder knowledge, and skills in correct identification and management of regional insect pests, diseases and viruses for the melon and cucurbit industries, leading to increases in industry best practices in regional pest, disease and virus identification, management and control.

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), 13/06/2023 3:00 PM.