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Request for Proposal: Alternative Quarantine Treatment for Bananas Infested with Coffee Bean Weevil

Tender ID: 315623


Tender Details

Organisation:
Tender #:
BA16010  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
2 June 2017
Closing Date:
16 June 2017

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable service provider for the project: Alternative quarantine treatment for bananas infested with Coffee Bean Weevil (BA16010).

The objectives of the services are to help Hort Innovation to develop commercially viable alternative quarantine treatments for bananas infested by Coffee Bean Weevil (CBW) by:
* Testing efficacy of alternative registered pesticide treatments that are safer and potentially less detrimental to fruit quality
* Developing efficacy data that will underpin future industry-run commercial trials
* Reporting on the work in a format and to a standard that will enable Biosecurity WA to approve an identified treatment as a quarantine protocol.

The intended outcomes include:
* Alternative quarantine treatment(s) for CBW that are commercially viable have been identified and approved by Biosecurity WA based on scientifically rigorous data
* The banana industry has undertaken commercial trials and adopted the alternative treatments
* CBW infestation in bananas is no longer a quarantine concern to Biosecurity WA through the use of the new protocol.

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 5pm (AEDT), 16 June 2017.


Location

New South Wales   :   Central West   :   Far North Coast   :   Far West   :   Hunter   :   Illawarra   :   Mid North Coast   :   Murray   :   New England   :   Orana   :   Riverina   :   Southern Highlands   :   Sydney