National Macadamia Breeding and Evaluation Program

⁠⁠⁠Request for Proposal: National macadamia breeding and evaluation program

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: National macadamia breeding and evaluation program (MC19000).

The objectives of the services are to assist Hort Innovation:
* Develop new varieties with the potential to address industry requirements
* Generate new progenies targeting traits of interest to industry
* Carry out primary and secondary evaluation activities, and generate early performance data
* Contribute to the macadamia regional variety trials
* Communicate performance of new selections to growers.

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 (AEST), 10 July 2019.