Research Seed Multiplication Program – Secondary Site
Tender ID: 594415
Tender Details
Tender Description
Summary
The Research Seed Multiplication Program has been developed to enable the success and return on investment for many high-value GRDC research investments. These investments rely on the sourcing of high-quality seed to achieve project outcomes.
The Research Seed Multiplication Program will ensure consistent delivery of seed of commercial varieties of wheat, barley, durum, oat, chickpea, lentil, lupin, faba bean and field pea to various research projects across Australia in a timely manner.
The aim of the project is to provide multiple secondary sources of seed for GRDC research investments, including NVT, to build redundancy into the program and assist in mitigating the risks associated with a single site and Service Provider.
The project will require reliable production sites, situated in appropriate geographic regions, to minimise risk of crop failure. Sites will contain all open-pollinated commercial varieties required nationally for the NVT project that year and will be used to provide seed to NVT Service Providers and GRDC researchers, along with surplus seed being retained into cold storage as a backup seed source in case of subsequent season failure.
This procurement will source, through an open market approach, a Service Provider who has the appropriate technical skills and experience to deliver the project outcomes.
Offer period
Offers will remain open for acceptance by the GRDC for a period of 6 months after the Closing Time.
Document contact and enquiries
Attention: Dianne Wright, Contract Administrator - National Variety Trials
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Email: tenders@grdc.com.au
Make all requests for further information or clarification in relation to this procurement in writing (email) prior to 7 October 2025.
GRDC will publish all requests and responses to requests on the GRDC website under Questions and Answers.
Consortia response
GRDC will not accept Tenders from Consortia.
Lodgement of Tender
Submit your Tender response electronically through the Grains Investment Portal.
AusTender
TBC.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania