Our Tenders
On occasion, CRDC seeks requests for tender for various service provisions - when requests exist, they appear here.
(For researchers looking for CRDC's annual procurement round Expressions of Interest, please visit For Researchers: Applying for Funding).
Request for Proposal: Cotton Industry Data Platform Project
The Cotton Industry Data Platform Project aims to secure a suitably capable and qualified supplier to deliver a new cotton industry-wide data platform including services for data ingestion, consolidation and aggregation and provide secure storage and management of supply chain data – a ‘Cotton Central Database’ under the management of CRDC and their preferred delivery partner.
CRDC invites respondents to submit a proposal in response to the Request for Proposal for this project, and the associated Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), which describe the end-to-end requirements to deliver an industry centralised data solution with mechanisms to access and report on data.
There are five BRDs:
CRDC will only consider proposals that address the functional and non-functional requirements of all five BRDs.
Responses to this Request for Proposal must be lodged via email to grants@crdc.com.au by 5pm (AEST), Friday 1 November 2024 (NB: extended from Friday 25 October).
A compilation of Frequently Asked Questions is available here.
