Tender Advertisement #980769

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: Integrated Pest Management of phytophagous mites on turfgrass (TU17003).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Determine the life cycles of known key phytophagous mites in the Eriophyid, Tarsonemid and Tetranychid families that damage warm season turf grasses
• Develop an Integrated Pest Management strategy for the control of the mites that is both effective and sustainable
• Extend the strategy to growers in order to support better managemnt of mites across the industry.
The project will lead to a more detailed understanding of the main mite pest species on warm season turfgrasses and provide effective and adoptable recommendations for the management of these pests.
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), February 15, 2018