Tender Advertisement #1338341

Request for Proposal: PI22001 - Australian Pineapple Breeding and Evaluation 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: PI22001 - Australian Pineapple Breeding and Evaluation Program.
The objectives of the services being sought are to .
The objective of this proposed investment is to;
• Develop and evaluate new varieties with the potential to address consumer and agronomic requirements
• Explore the potential to examine field-derived clones of popular varieties such as 73-50
• Generate performance data for pineapple selections from current and previous investments
• Establish and coordinate trial sites for existing and new pineapple selections
• Communicate performance of new selections to growers and the broader pineapple industry, including through engagement with and industry-focused project reference group

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 (AEDT), 8/02/2023 3:00 PM.