Tender Advertisement #1392742

Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $16 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: Breeding new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry (CT23002).
The objectives of the services are to help Hort Innovation in breeding new citrus rootstocks by:
• Establishing/maintaining international linkages with citrus rootstock breeding programs
• Generating field performance data for citrus rootstock performance in different production regions to enhance grower knowledge and foster adoption
• Investigating the ability to conduct HLB tolerance trials on developed citrus rootstocks.
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 September 26, 2023, 3:00PM (AEST).