Tender Advertisement #956748

Request for Proposal: National Persimmon Varietal Improvement Program 2017-20 (PR16002)
Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $9 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $100 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: National Persimmon Varietal Improvement Program 2017-20 (PR16002).
The objectives of the services being sought are to deliver a National Persimmon Varietal Improvement Program that will:
• Quantify the performance of recently available new Persimmon varieties (non-astringent and astringent) and suitability within the Australian industry.
• Negotiate access to new varieties from overseas breeding programs, both non-astringent and astringent with potential for the Australian industry.
• Develop the potential of Rojo Brillante including performance in regional environments and application of CO2 de-astringency.
• Improve tree uniformity and performance such as controlled vigour, size with new standard clonal propagation technique for persimmon rootstocks to replace current practices of seed propagation.
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 5.00pm (AEDT), 22nd of September, 2017