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

Ticket range

USD 5M – 500M+ per project (typically financed within broader sector programs)

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

Draft technical specifications (TDS) aligned with World Bank SBD/SPD templates
Source pre-qualified international manufacturers and EPC contractors
Coordinate multi-supplier bids that satisfy ICP eligibility rules
Prepare bid packages, BOQs and Incoterms consistent with the borrower's country office requirements

Preparing a World Bank Group-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.

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.

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