Predator Free 2050 - Tools to Market - More effective traps

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Tender Closed
RFx ID :	18248609
Tender Name :	Predator Free 2050 - Tools to Market - More effective traps
Reference # :	DM2935021
Open Date :	Monday, 19 December 2016 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  :	Monday, 13 February 2017 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Tender Type :	Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	10000000 - Live Plant and Animal Material and Accessories and Supplies 12000000 - Chemicals including Bio Chemicals and Gas Materials 21000000 - Farming and Fishing and Forestry and Wildlife Machinery and Accessories 32000000 - Electronic Components and Supplies 39000000 - Electrical Systems and Lighting and Components and Accessories and Supplies 70000000 - Farming and Fishing and Forestry and Wildlife Contracting Services 73000000 - Industrial Production and Manufacturing Services 77000000 - Environmental Services 81000000 - Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services
Regions:	International
Exemption Reason :	None
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	DOC Procurement Team procurement@doc.govt.nz Please direct all communication through GETS
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :	N/A
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :
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Predator Free 2050 is an ambitious goal of ridding New Zealand of possums, rats and stoats by 2050. To support this goal, the government, via the Department of Conservation, is investing to improve current predator control tools and technology via the Tools to Market project.

Tools to Market will seek, evaluate, and contract proposals for control tools that are currently in development, where this would accelerate completion and implementation.
Proposals will be contracted for a timeframe appropriate to the proposal for a maximum of four years, to develop new or improved tools in the short to medium term. Proposals must be for development activities (such as trials, engineering, construction, registration, hazard assessments) and not for commercialisation activities (such as production, marketing, distribution).

Tools to Market has three key objectives:
1. Refinement of current predator control tools to make them safer and more cost-effective
2. Development of new or improvement of current tools to suppress predators at a landscape scale
3. Expansion of the predator control arsenal so that a range of tools are available for different environments and situations.

There are 4 Potential Tools to Market projects and each of these projects are expressed in separate RFP documents

Tools must be in development, with evidence supplied such as proof of concept, prototype or trials completed.

The second of the potential tools to market is More effective traps.

New traps or improvements to existing traps may target one or more of possums, rats and/or stoats. Tools must be in development, with evidence supplied such as proof of concept, prototype or trials completed. Traps or trap improvements must be designed with the intent to meet the welfare performance criteria in the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) guideline (http://www.mpi.govt.nz/document-vault/8521). Proposals must include a milestone whereby the trap is tested and meets the NAWAC guideline.

No Winner The Department wishes to advise that we have decided not to awarded any contracts for this opportunity.