Tender Advertisement #1378582

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: Finding opportunities to strengthen innovation in the Australian vegetable industry (VG23000).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
Benchmark the structure and function of innovation in the Australian vegetable sector; and identify opportunities to strengthen innovation in the Australia vegetable sector.
Deliver a report that details the structure and function that is supporting innovation in Australian vegetables, identifies opportunities for strengthening innovation and that provides a set of recommendations and action plans that have been co-developed in partnerships with relevant industry stakeholders.
Publish a scientific paper that contributes to the growing body of work in the structural-functional analysis of agricultural innovation systems.
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), 28/07/2023 3:00 PM