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Donor & DFI · Cold-chain procurement

World Bank Group

Sovereign and sub-sovereign loans co-financing national cold-chain, food-security, agri-logistics and public-health cold-storage programs.

Sub-Saharan AfricaSouth AsiaMENALatin AmericaEast Asia & Pacific
Sourced figures

We did not find a standard amount range published by World Bank Group (checked 26 October 2026), so none is shown. Approved amounts for individual projects are listed on the official portal linked below.

Instruments
  • ·Investment Project Financing (IPF)
  • ·Development Policy Financing
  • ·Program-for-Results
  • ·IDA credits & grants
Procurement route

Follows World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. Awards are made through International Competitive Procurement (ICP), National Procurement, or Request for Bids/Proposals published on the World Bank's STEP e-procurement portal and UNDB Online.

Eligible buyers
  • ·Ministries (Agriculture, Health, Trade)
  • ·State-owned food & pharma agencies
  • ·Municipal & port authorities
  • ·Public–private cold-chain SPVs
Typical cold-chain lots
  • ·National strategic reserve cold storage
  • ·Vaccine & pharma cold chain (with WHO PQS-qualified equipment)
  • ·Post-harvest loss reduction & agri-logistics corridors
  • ·Fisheries port cold-storage rehabilitation
How ColdMatch helps
  • Organize the buyer's cold-chain requirement (capacity, temperature zones, equipment lots, BOQ) into one reviewed project brief
  • For contractors and EPCs that have already been awarded work, contact suitable refrigeration suppliers on the buyer's behalf and present organized responses
  • The borrower's procurement team stays responsible for World Bank procurement rules, bidding documents and supplier eligibility
  • ColdMatch does not bid, act as a tender adviser or confirm that any supplier meets World Bank eligibility rules
Preparing a World Bank Group-funded cold-chain package?

Send us the scope, capacity and country. Our team reviews the requirement first; where the project qualifies (from USD 250,000), we contact suitable suppliers on your behalf and present organized responses. We do not bid in, or advise on, the institution's own tenders. No cost to the buyer.

Request a sourcing package
Official procurement portal: projects.worldbank.org . ColdMatch Group is an independent sourcing service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of World Bank Group.

How financing fits into a World Bank Group-linked cold-chain project

ColdMatch Group is an industrial cold-chain procurement platform. We are not a lender, we do not provide financial advice, and we are not affiliated with or acting for World Bank Group. What we do is help buyers organize the technical requirement — capacity, temperature regime, equipment lots, standards and BOQ — so our team can contact suitable suppliers and EPC contractors on the buyer's behalf. Projects are reviewed by our team before any supplier is contacted; with the buyer's consent, a qualified project may also be introduced to independent financing partners.

Repayment calculator

World Bank Group-linked project: loan terms, interest and repayments

Enter your own assumptions to see what a capital structure costs over the life of the facility. Development finance and concessional facilities usually carry longer tenors, a construction grace period and lower margins than commercial bank debt; equipment leasing sits at the shorter, more expensive end. Use it to test whether the project's expected earnings can carry the debt service before you approach any institution.

Amount borrowed
$1,893,750
Equity $625,000 + fee $18,750
Monthly repayment
$29,516
84 payments after grace
Annual debt service
$354,197
Test against expected annual margin
Interest paid during grace
$151,500
12 months, principal unchanged
Total interest / profit
$737,127
Over the whole facility
Total repaid
$2,630,877
Principal plus all interest and fees
Cost of finance
39%
Interest as a share of the amount borrowed
Own cash at financial close
$625,000
Excludes land, working capital and duties
How to read this. The result is arithmetic on the numbers you entered, using a constant-instalment (annuity) repayment and interest-only during grace. Real facilities differ: margins are priced against a reference rate, some instalments are equal-principal rather than equal-payment, fees and insurance vary, and Shariah-compliant structures such as Murabaha or Ijara reach a comparable outcome through a different legal mechanism. ColdMatch Group is not a lender, a bank or a financial adviser. Nothing here is an offer, a quotation, a credit assessment or financial advice, no rate or approval is implied, and eligibility and pricing are decided solely by the institution you approach.