Current ATM View - PROC-9177052
Herbicide resistance status of grain and cotton cropping regions - strategic insights for RDE
Contract Administrator - SCS
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Contract Administrator - SCS
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It is estimated that Australian grain growers spend an extra $8.24/ha to control herbicide resistant weeds, over $187M per annum. Understanding the extent of herbicide resistance across the Australian grain and cotton growing regions is a critical basis for subsequent resistance investment and awareness. Random national herbicide resistance benchmarking surveys allows a broad and complete picture of herbicide resistance. It also provides the opportunity for emerging resistance issues to be identified early.
The proposed investment will utilise exciting collaborations with the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) and the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) to deliver a national survey to collect and collate data on weed species distribution and frequency as well as herbicide resistance status across grain and cotton farming systems efficiently and effectively. This investment will involve collaboration with AAGI in the creation of the national resistance baseline visualization tool, providing an exciting opportunity to map and disseminate the survey data in a new and accessible way.
The proposed investment will utilise exciting collaborations with the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) and the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) to deliver a national survey to collect and collate data on weed species distribution and frequency as well as herbicide resistance status across grain and cotton farming systems efficiently and effectively. This investment will involve collaboration with AAGI in the creation of the national resistance baseline visualization tool, providing an exciting opportunity to map and disseminate the survey data in a new and accessible way.
GRDC’s strategic partnership, Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI), is available as an in-kind GRDC contribution to this investment. To access support toward this collaboration, please discuss with AAGI directly and describe the scope and support requested from AAGI in your submission. Please make enquiries to Curtin University, attention Prof. Mark Gibberd, at cbada@curtin.edu.au. This will significantly increase the awareness of herbicide resistance by growers and agronomists in their locality and be utilised to promote adoption of timely and effective herbicide resistance management strategies.
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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.
5 In accordance with the Black Economy Procurement Connected Policy, a Tenderer must include a satisfactory and valid Statement of Tax Records (STR). If the total value of all work under any proposed subcontract is expected to be equal to or above $4 million (inclusive of GST), also include a separate satisfactory and valid STR of that proposed subcontractor.
It is anticipated that any resultant contract in relation to this procurement will commence with a proposed term of 4 years commencing July 2024.
Tenderers must submit their responses electronically through the Grains Investment Portal at: https://access.grdc.com.au
Contract Administrator - SCS
: 0261664747
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Contract Administrator - SCS
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0261664747