Donor & DFI · Cold-chain procurement
UNICEF Supply Division
Consolidated global procurement of WHO PQS pre-qualified vaccine refrigeration, cold boxes, passive containers, remote temperature monitors and installation services.
Global — 130+ countriesPriority: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, MENA humanitarian responses
Ticket range
USD 20K – 100M+ per Long-Term Arrangement (LTA); annual global spend > USD 1B on cold chain and immunisation supplies.
Instruments
- ·Request for Proposal (RFP)
- ·Invitation to Bid (ITB)
- ·Long-Term Arrangements (LTAs)
- ·Innovation Fund calls
Procurement route
Governed by UNICEF Supply Division policies. Tenders publish on UNGM and UNICEF Supply's own procurement portal. Suppliers must complete a Supplier Profile and, for cold-chain, hold current WHO PQS pre-qualification for the exact model tendered.
Eligible buyers
- ·UNICEF Supply Division (buying on behalf of governments)
- ·Governments accessing UNICEF Procurement Services
- ·NGO and humanitarian partners buying through UNICEF's LTAs
Typical cold-chain lots
- ·Long-Term Arrangements for SDD and ILR vaccine refrigerators
- ·Passive cold-box and vaccine-carrier LTAs
- ·Global remote temperature monitoring frameworks
- ·Emergency-response cold-chain kits
How ColdMatch helps
- Screen and shortlist WHO PQS-eligible manufacturers for a new UNICEF supplier profile
- Prepare BAFO (Best and Final Offer) commercial packages aligned with LTA templates
- Coordinate in-country installation, training and warranty logistics
- Bridge complementary bulk cold-storage / walk-in cold-room needs outside the UNICEF catalogue
Preparing a UNICEF Supply Division-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.unicef.org/supply/cold-chain-equipment . ColdMatch Group is an independent sourcing service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of UNICEF Supply Division.
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.
- Gavi, the Vaccine AllianceCold-chain equipment optimisation platform (CCEOP) financing WHO-PQS refrigerators and freezers.