Current ATM View - PROC-9177054
Understanding the role of biofertilisers, biostimulants and biopesticides in Australian broadacre cropping
Contract Administrator - SCS
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Contract Administrator - SCS
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Australian agriculture faces numerous challenges, including climate variability, soil degradation, and increasing pressure to enhance productivity while maintaining overall system sustainably. Maintaining yields requires emission-intensive fertilisers and chemicals which further impact soil/plant health and has a long-term impact on financial viability and natural capital. In this context, some growers see the utilisation of biostimulants, biofertilisers and biopesticides as promising opportunity to improve agricultural outcomes. Biostimulants (also termed as plant conditioners or bioeffectors) are substances and/or microorganisms applied to plants or the rhizosphere with the function to stimulate natural processes to benefit nutrient uptake, nutrient use efficiency tolerance to abiotic stress, and/or crop quality, independently of its nutrient content. The most popular are humic acids, seaweed extracts, liquid manure composting and beneficial bacteria and fungi.
Biofertilisers are biological products containing living micro-organisms which, when applied to the soil or the surfaces of plants, can increase plant growth by increasing the supply of nutrients available to the plant. Biopesticides (including bio-herbicides, bio-fungicides and bio-insecticides) are naturally occurring substances or microorganisms that are used to control pest in agriculture. Awareness of these product types or product categories is increasing amongst growers with questions being raised about their efficacy and fit in current farming systems. It is proposed that a consultancy be undertaken to review both international and Australian trends in these fields and evaluate the agronomic impact and potential adoption of the products. Furthermore, identifying the applicability in Australian broadacre cropping and providing GRDC with specific recommendations to address gaps in research should ensure that potential crop productivity and profitability are positively impacted.
Refer to GRDC Website for further details
The following are mandatory conditions with which a Tenderer must comply to participate in this procurement process:
1 The Tenderer must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partners
2 The Tenderer and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and any other applicable labour laws and standards in the jurisdiction in which they operate.
3 The Tenderer and any subcontractor must not have a judicial decision against it (not including decisions under appeal) relating to employee entitlements and who have not paid the claim.
4 The Tenderer and any subcontractor must not be named on the Consolidated List, being the list of persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions or travel bans under Australian sanction laws, as maintained by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
It is anticipated that any resultant contract in relation to this procurement will commence with a proposed term of three months.
Submit your Tender response electronically through the Grains Investment Portal at: https://access.grdc.com.au
Contract Administrator - SCS
: 0745714810
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Contract Administrator - SCS
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0745714810