Tender Advertisement #1166325

Request for Proposal: Persimmon industry communications and extension program
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $14.4 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $110 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: Persimmon industry communications and extension program (PR20000).
The objectives of the services being sought are to assist Hort Innovation:
• Increase industry understanding and adoption of best practice and emerging production and supply chain information in relation to R&D project outcomes and outputs
• Provide knowledge transfer to the persimmon industry value chain through targeted communication channels on research findings, best practice, emerging risks and opportunities
• Create a better-informed industry to increase farm productivity and persimmon quality across all business sizes of persimmon growers
• Promote Hort Innovation membership and engagement with the national R&D programs to all persimmon levy payers.
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 5.00 pm (AEDT), 25 November 2020.