Request for Quote: Chemical composition of Australian ginger

AgriFutures Australia is committed to supporting a sustainable, growing and prosperous ginger industry supplying product of the highest quality, that is strongly sought after by discerning consumers in Australia and around the world. To achieve this, AgriFutures Australia actively invests in research and development projects that support the achievement of the AgriFutures Ginger Program goal and align with the ginger industry’s research and development priorities.

Priority 2 of the RD&E Plan outlines supporting the development of new and emerging markets for Australian ginger, to uplift the consumption of ginger and grow the overall value of industry.

To support this, the AgriFutures Ginger Program did a scan of domestic and international research to identify the current trends in other ginger producing countries, to understand if there were any gaps in the Australian research or if there were valuable insights to validate in the Australia environment.

The Program identified there is no consistency in the defined chemical composition of ginger (that is the composition of macronutrients, vitamins, mineral, bioactive, phytochemical compounds etc in ginger). This is compounded by the fact that the volatile compounds in ginger change over time, throughout the supply chain dependant on handling, processing or environmental conditions.

As the health benefit potency of ginger is directly related to the proportion of volatile compounds, the industry is keen to understand the chemical composition of Australian ginger at various points of the supply chain (i.e. under different environmental conditions and post-harvest processes) as well as bench-marking Australian ginger against international produced ginger.

To enhance the value proposition of Australian ginger, the AgriFutures Ginger Program is seeking tenders from providers to:

• Define the chemical composition of Australian ginger at various points of the supply chain.
• Define the conditions and handling processes that influence the volatile compounds composition.
• Benchmark the chemical composition of Australian ginger against internationally grown ginger.

Terms of Reference

AgriFutures Australia uses standard form contracts and agreements for projects and research procured by AgriFutures Australia (please refer to https://www.agrifutures.com.au/contracts-and-agreements/). These contracts and agreements set out the terms on which AgriFutures Australia will engage successful applicants to carry out the project.

Applicants must be familiar with the contracts and agreements before submitting a response, and are advised to seek legal advice beforehand.

These contracts and agreements have been developed to reflect AgriFutures Australia’s statutory and other procurement responsibilities.

If you require any amendments to the standard agreement please complete the statement of non-compliance for each of the relevant clause. AgriFutures will then assess those requests.

Applicants will be taken to have agreed to all clauses in the Service Provider Agreement that are not referred to in a statement of non-compliance. The extent of any non-compliance will be a factor in AgriFutures Australia’s evaluation of the application.

If you require further information regarding these contracts and agreements please contact:

Stephanie-Kate Bratton

General Counsel

Email: stephanie-kate.bratton@agrifutures.com.au

Contact

If you have any questions about the Request for Quote process, please contact:

Amy La

Manager, Levied Industries

Email: amy.la@agrifutures.com.au