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Request for Proposal: Developing a Database of Bio-Markers for Compost Quality Control to Maximise Mushroom Production Yield

Tender ID: 368440


Tender Details

Organisation:
Tender #:
MU17006  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
9 October 2018
Closing Date:
2 November 2018

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project:  Developing a database of bio-markers for compost quality control to maximise mushroom production yield (MU17006).

The objectives of the services being sought are to help Hort Innovation:

* Conduct a global scan for novel and innovative options for mushroom compost quality control for maximised yield, with a focus on microbial biomarkers
* Better understand the optimum concentration of microbes in Australian mushroom Industry composting
* Develop an Australian mushroom industry database of microbial profiles along the composting timeline to enable a correlation between yield/productivity verses microbial load
* Equip Australian mushroom growers to utilise the Industry microbial load database to improve yield.

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 closing date for responses is 5.00pm (AEDT), 2 November 2018.


Location

New South Wales   :   Sydney  

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