Macadamia Regional Variety Trials - 2027-2032

Overview Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project Macadamia Regional Variety Trials - 2027-2032 (MC26001). About 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. Scope The scope includes: Providing trials and assessments across regions of macadamia selections from the breeding program, using industry standard planting material in trials Producing quality comparative performance data and analyses against existing varieties Providing information suitable for identifying selections for potential commercial release of new varieties and for Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR) purposes Producing information to assist growers in decision making when selecting new varieties Providing trials and phenotyping methods appropriate to a structured rolling front selection assessment model based on multi-tree plots, delivering high quality data at core-activity trial sites and providing growers with opportunities to trial selections through non-core trials at other sites Facilitating trials that provide both early adoption of promising selections and adequate budwood to support the potential commercial release of new varieties, through grower based non-core trials using strip or other large plot single-selection planting methods Engaging with growers participating in these trials who will provide some data Instructions to Tenderers 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.