Tender Advertisement #1315964

Request for Proposal: An integrated disease management program for the Australian almond industry – Phase 2 (AL22002)
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: An integrated disease management program for the Australian almond industry – Phase 2 (AL22002).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Improve water and nutrient management.
• Increase understanding of the impact of canopy management on disease incidence.
• Create and promote sustainable management practices.
• Improve knowledge of key pathogens.
• Continue work into the key diseases of almonds and understanding new diseases and disorders.
• Develop disease surveillance methods.
• Manage of postharvest diseases.
• Transfer of integrated disease management knowledge and skills to industry.
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 October 2022, 3.00pm (AEDT).