Closing date: September 5
Request for Proposal
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Harnessing corn crop waste for biofuel and energy: A feasibility study into value-added transformations (AS24005).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
- Identify suitable technologies or processes for the efficient bioconversion of corn/maize waste streams into biofuel and value-added products, considering;
- Commercially available corn and maize varieties that could be utilised in the bioconversion process
- Methods to improve the pretreatment of corn stover and waste streams to enhance bioconversion efficiency, including evaluating different conversion processes
- The scope should consider the economics and practical application of bioconversion technologies in Australia, including infrastructure location, market and use opportunities for biofuel and value-added products, and input costs.
- Proof of concept for technologies/processes and pretreatment options for corn waste streams.
- Investigate the cost: benefit of stockfeed pretreatment in short and long term to improve bioconversion efficiency.
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 September 5, 3:00PM (AEST).