Donor & DFI · Cold-chain procurement
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Co-financing of WHO Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS) pre-qualified vaccine refrigerators, ice-lined refrigerators (ILRs), solar-direct-drive (SDD) fridges and cold boxes for national immunisation programs.
Gavi-eligible Low & Lower-Middle Income countries — 57 countries as of 2024
Ticket range
USD 100K – 30M per country round; multi-year rolling commitments.
Instruments
- ·Cold Chain Equipment Optimisation Platform (CCEOP) co-financing
- ·Health System Strengthening (HSS) grants
Procurement route
Executed through UNICEF Supply Division framework agreements. Countries submit CCEOP applications; awarded equipment is procured against WHO PQS pre-qualified catalogue at UNICEF Copenhagen negotiated prices.
Eligible buyers
- ·Ministries of Health of Gavi-eligible countries
- ·Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) national teams
- ·Sub-national health directorates (via national channels)
Typical cold-chain lots
- ·Solar-direct-drive (SDD) vaccine refrigerators for off-grid health posts
- ·Ice-lined refrigerators (ILRs) for district-level cold rooms
- ·Vaccine transport & long-range passive cold boxes
- ·Remote temperature monitoring (RTM) devices
How ColdMatch helps
- Advise on WHO PQS-listed equivalents when a shortlisted model faces stock-out
- Prepare supplementary bulk cold-storage bids that sit alongside the CCEOP catalogue
- Source last-mile logistics and installation partners in-country
- Provide life-cycle O&M and spare-parts sourcing over the 10-year equipment horizon
Preparing a Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance-funded cold-chain package?
Send us the BOQ, capacity and country. We'll return 3–5 competing supplier offers structured to the institution's bid templates — free for buyers.
Official procurement portal: www.gavi.org/types-support/health-system-and-immunisation-strengthening/cold-chain-equipment . ColdMatch Group is an independent sourcing service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Other donor pathways
- World Bank GroupIBRD / IDA sovereign lending for cold-chain, food security and health supply chains.
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)Private-sector cold-chain, agribusiness and pharma cold storage financing across emerging markets.
- African Development Bank (AfDB)Sovereign and private-sector financing for African agri-cold-chain, food security and health logistics.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)UN-agency procurement of cold-chain equipment for food security, health and climate resilience.
- UNICEF Supply DivisionThe world's largest buyer of vaccine cold-chain equipment, procuring on behalf of governments and partners.