Closing date: 30 April
Request for Proposal
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Validation of physical weed technologies in Australia (onion and vegetable) (MT25014).
The overall objectives of the services are to:
- Establish a structured validation gateway that independently benchmarks emerging physical weed control technologies and generates decision-ready evidence to inform future adoption-stage investments
- Identify and evaluate a defined portfolio of global and domestic emerging physical weed control technologies – including mechanical, thermal, electrical/laser, pressure-based and hybrid systems – through structured comparative validation trials under Australian production conditions
- Independently assess the technical performance, operational suitability and economic viability of candidate technologies, enabling objective comparison against existing practices and supporting informed industry decision-making
- 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 30/04/2026 3:00 PM (AEST).