Tender Advertisement #1321970

Request for Proposal: Behavioural and biological management of endemic and exotic leaf miners in protected cropping systems (BY22001)
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned research and development corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $15.1 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $120 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: Behavioural and biological management of endemic and exotic leaf miners in protected cropping systems (BY22001).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Develop a new type of trap for Liriomyza species using visual cues to improve leaf miner management in protective cropping and investigate their utility in field settings.
• Improve management of Liriomyza species by improving mating disruption techniques.
• Identify ways to enhance mass trapping of Liriomyza using plant volatile compounds and biological controls.
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 25 November 2022, 3:00 pm (AEDT). Tender close date extended to 28 November 2022, 3:00 pm (AEDT).