Tender Advertisement #1416680

Hort Innovation is the not-for-profit, grower-owned research and development corporation for Australia’s $16 billion horticulture industry. We invest more than $120M per year in research and development, marketing and trade activities to build a prosperous and sustainable future for growers.
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Driving on-farm productivity with augmented technologies for fruit growers (AS23002).
The objectives of the services being sought are to.
• Explore and apply Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other related technologies for labour augmentation, including the mapping of essential infrastructure.
• Boost on-farm productivity in fruit industries, particularly in berry and table grape production. This could include enhancement of harvesting efficiency, the provision of training to workers, and waste reduction.
• Identify opportunities and implement solutions for agronomists to create an exceptional data visualisation experience and promote its adoption within the Australian fruit industries. 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 February 01, 2024 3:00 PM (AEDT).