Biosecurity Plan for the Lychee, Papaya and Passionfruit Industries

⁠⁠⁠Request for Proposal: Biosecurity plan for the lychee, papaya and passionfruit industries

Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia's $9 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $100 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: Biosecurity plan for the lychee, papaya and passionfruit industries (MT18006).

The objectives of the services being sought are to develop and disseminate a biosecurity plan for the lychee, papaya and passionfruit industries, and maintain a current implementation table by:
* Supporting the Australian lychee, papaya and passionfruit industries in satisfying biosecurity obligations
* Ensuring that the lychee, papaya and passionfruit industries and stakeholders have identified exotic pest risks and mitigation actions necessary to managing risks effectively
* Establishing a valid base for decisions on future investment in biosecurity-related RD&E.

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 5.00pm (AEDT), 15 February, 2019.