Understanding Challenges Facing Access to Onion Seed
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About this tender
Overview Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Understanding challenges facing access to onion seed (VN26001). 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. Objectives The objectives of the services being sought are: To better understand and capture the barriers affecting access to seed volumes in Australia for specific planting regions and timing To engage with onion seed suppliers and distributors to document available seed lines, including specific traits and distribution channels and barriers to provision of seed to Australian growers To document the barriers to onion seed access in Australia and provide practical recommendations to mitigate the risk of access to preferred seed varieties in Australia 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 the etender portal.
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