Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Evaluation of potential Prunus rootstocks for almond production - Stage 4 (AL26002).

The objectives of the services being sought are to:

• Evaluate the performance of prunus rootstocks under differing Australian growing environments
• Develop a comprehensive data package that support the validation of rootstock performance and grower confidence in rootstock selection
• Publish grower resources to communicate key rootstock performance data and support decision making for Australian almond growers
• Reduce the risk associated with adopting new rootstocks with availability of rootstock performance data in the major Australian almond growing regions.

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 30th of September, 2026 at 3:00 PM (AEST).