Breeding New Rootstocks for The Australian Citrus Industry

⁠⁠⁠Request for Proposal: Breeding new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry

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: Breeding new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry (CT18004).

The objectives of the services are to assist Hort Innovation:
* Develop new rootstocks for Australian citrus growers
* Develop and implement a rootstock evaluation system for selections across major citrus growing areas in Australia
* Commercialise advanced selections developed from current and previous investments.

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), 18 March 2019.