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Avocado Biosecurity Capacity building
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $17 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $170 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: Avocado biosecurity capacity building (AV25012).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
- Extend diagnostic capacity to more high priority pests and pathogens for the avocado industry,
- Maintain expertise and response-readiness for exotic pests and pathogens that already have diagnostic protocols,
- Improve plant health for new orchards through provision of fit-for-purpose diagnostic and scientific support for ANVAS, particularly for avocado sunblotch viroid; and to
- Provide scientifically based pathology support and act as source of expert advice on all matters relating to avocado plant biosecurity and market access.
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 December 1, 2025, 3:00PM (AEDT).