Tender Advertisement #985039

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: DIY laneway greening – simplifying vertical greening at a community level (GC17002).

The research project will investigate DIY methods and mechanisms to increase vertical greening at a community level. While there are a range of commercial and domestic products on the market to create green spaces (in particular green wall), there is little information available on how local residents or community groups can go about creating green walls in local laneways and urban areas. Residents may also be uncertain of how to engage with their local council or other authority who may “own” the green wall. This project will overcome this barrier and will engage with a range of stakeholders to provide recommendations on simple and cost effective methods that can be adopted to increase vertical greening at a community level.

The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Objective 1: To increase vertical greening in urban areas across Australia
• Objective 2: To drive sales of plant species suited to vertical greening applications for the nursery sector
• Objective 3: To engage with community and further build on the momentum and interest in urban greening.

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), April 20, 2018