Tender Advertisement #964418

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: Experimental summerfruit orchard - phase II (SF17006).

The objectives of the services being sought are:
• To reduce the variability and improve consistency in fruit quality of summerfruit (peach, nectarine, apricot and plum) by developing and explaining the effect of agronomic management practices (crop load, rootstock, irrigation management and canopy architecture)
• Examine the role of fruit position and light interception on fruit quality
• Validate non-destructive fruit maturity and fruit quality technologies
• Develop production protocols to provide fruit that meet consumer expectations on domestic and export markets
• Provide a summerfruit resource for grower training and education
• Deliver a structured national roadshow to key growing regions to extend project learnings to growers.

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), October 27, 2017