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Closed ATM View - PROC-9176388

Impact of stubble height on cropping systems in the Western Regin

GRDC

Phone: 08 9230 4600

Email Address: western@grdc.com.au

Document(s) Contact Name:
GRDC

Document(s) Contact Phone:
08 9230 4600

Document(s) Contact Email:
western@grdc.com.au

ATM ID:

PROC-9176388

Agency:

Grains Research and Development Corporation

Category:

70140000 - Crop production and management and protection

Close Date & Time:

20-Aug-2021 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time)
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Publish Date:

9-Jul-2021

Location:

ATM Type:

Request for Tender

Multi Agency Access:

Panel Arrangement:

Multi-stage:

Description:

Currently in the Western Region, there is a lot of interest in the 'Strip and Disc' system (high residue system) and Western growers are looking to understand the benefits in water use efficiencies, reduced wind erosion and increased yields, and the fit within the WA landscape.
Grower Network members have expressed the need to understand the following issues and opportunities of moving to a taller stubble retention system before they would be comfortable with changing their current farming system:
- Soil moisture - increased water infiltration and decreased evaporation
- Lower weed germination due to less disturbance
- Improving soil structure
- Disease carryover
- Hair pinning of stubble at seeding
- Herbicide tie up in stubble
- HWSC options
- Lack of cultivation below seed, if moving to disc seeding
- Increased fire risk over summer
- Pre-emergent herbicide efficacy
- Nitrogen inefficiency when top spreading into straw
- Frost risk

Other Instructions:

Applying for GRDC investments is done using the GRDC Grains Investment Portal. Once registered, users can visit the Portal anytime.

To register as a user, please visit https://access.grdc.com.au/

Click on the register button at the top right-hand side.

Complete the Registration Form. Fill in all the fields: your email address, a password and the captcha. Your password must be alphanumeric with at least one special character (i.e. not a letter or number). Click register to continue the process.

Registration is confirmed by the system sending an email to you, with details to complete the registration process.

Once the registration process is complete, you can sign in and review all investments open for tender

Once you have located this investment, you can commence the application process by completing the details for each field available, until you reach “Submit Application” on the last page

Tenderers must familiarise themselves with further information found at https://grdc.com.au/Apply/Current-Tenders/ including terms and conditions of participation, required form of response and draft contract (Services Agreement).

Conditions for Participation:

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.
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.
The Tenderer must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partners
The Tenderer and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

Timeframe for Delivery:

From August 2021 to April 2025

Estimated Value (AUD):

From $300,000.00 to $350,000.00

Address for Lodgement:

Tenderers must submit their responses electronically through the Grains Investment Portal at: https://access.grdc.com.au/

For information on 'Applying' and how to register, refer to the ATM details on the GRDC's website.

https://grdc.com.au/research/applying-and-reporting/current-procurement/open-tenders

By portal submission only at https://access.grdc.com.au/