Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: VegMech Next – National Mechanisation and Adoption Program for Vegetables and Onions (TRL 6+) (MT26010).

The objectives of the services being sought are to:

• Accelerate the adoption of commercially ready mechanisation technologies that improve the productivity and competitiveness of Australian vegetable and onion production
• Improve the productivity, profitability and resilience of vegetable and onion production by addressing constraints associated with labour, inputs, yield and quality
• Accelerate access to OEM technology pathways for Australian vegetable and onion production, serving the diversity of crops and enterprise scales and drawing from major domestic and global supply chain.

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 the 15th of December, 2026 at 3:00 PM (AEDT).