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How ColdMatch Works
ColdMatch Group is an independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform for industrial refrigeration, cold storage and cold-chain projects from USD $250K+, connecting buyers with qualified third-party suppliers, EPC contractors and independent financing providers.
ColdMatch Group is an independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform for industrial refrigeration, cold storage and cold-chain projects from USD $250K+. It helps buyers, project owners, EPCs, food companies, pharmaceutical operators, logistics companies and governments prepare technical requirements, create structured RFQs and compare qualified third-party suppliers, EPC contractors, turnkey providers and independent financing providers worldwide.
Commercial project threshold
ColdMatch supports commercial and industrial projects from USD $250,000 upward, including multi-million and USD 100M+ programmes. Smaller requests below that threshold are generally outside the platform's scope.
Last reviewed 2026-08-23
What ColdMatch is
- An independent procurement and sourcing platform for cold-chain projects from USD $250K+
- A place to prepare technical requirements and structured RFQs
- A way to compare qualified third-party suppliers, manufacturers and EPC partners
- A supplier-neutral buyer-side service with human expert guidance
What ColdMatch is not
- not an equipment manufacturer
- not a reseller, distributor, importer or exporter of equipment
- not an EPC contractor, installer, integrator or commissioning party
- not a logistics operator, freight forwarder or warehouse operator
- not an insurer, insurance broker or claims handler
- not a lender, bank, credit provider, financial advisor or regulated financial services provider
- not a certification, inspection or regulatory approval body
- not a party to any supply, construction, transport or finance contract
Who ColdMatch helps
- Food, seafood, dairy, meat and produce processors building or expanding cold capacity
- Cold storage developers, 3PL operators and refrigerated warehouse owners
- Pharmaceutical and life-science buyers with GDP cold-chain requirements
- Agri-exporters, packhouses and horticultural cooperatives
- EPC teams, consultants and engineering firms sourcing refrigeration packages
- Development-finance, donor and public-sector food-security programmes
Which projects qualify
ColdMatch supports commercial and industrial projects from USD $250,000 upward, including multi-million and USD 100M+ programmes. Smaller requests below that threshold are generally outside the platform's scope.
- Commercial and industrial scopes from USD $250,000 upward, including USD 100M+ programmes
- A named project owner, site or country and a defined product and temperature requirement
- A real procurement stage: feasibility, budgeting, tender, retrofit or emergency replacement
- Willingness to contract directly with the selected third-party supplier or EPC contractor
Project types supported
- New-build cold storage facilities and refrigerated warehouses
- Cold rooms, chill rooms and multi-temperature chambers
- Blast freezers, freezing tunnels, spiral and IQF lines
- NH3 (ammonia) and CO2 (R744) industrial refrigeration plants
- Food processing refrigeration and process cooling
- Packhouse pre-cooling, ripening and controlled-atmosphere storage
- Pharmaceutical and vaccine GDP cold storage
- Refrigerated logistics infrastructure and reefer handling
- Retrofits, refrigerant phase-out and energy modernization
- Emergency and temporary refrigeration capacity
How the sourcing process works
1 — Define the requirement
The buyer describes the project: product, temperature band, volume, throughput, site country, power situation and timeline. Calculators and checklists on the site help fill the technical gaps before anything is sent to suppliers.
2 — Prepare a structured RFQ
That input is converted into a structured technical RFQ with a consistent scope, so every supplier answers the same question. No supplier receives a different brief.
3 — Match qualified third-party suppliers
Suppliers, manufacturers, EPC contractors and turnkey providers are shortlisted against the stated scope, country and delivery terms. Supplier options are compared based on buyer requirements — no brand is favoured by default.
4 — Compare comparable offers
The buyer receives offers that can be read side by side: scope, equipment, exclusions, delivery terms, lead time and service. Cost benchmarks help sanity-check what arrives.
5 — Contract directly with the chosen provider
The buyer contracts directly with the selected supplier or EPC contractor. Final responsibility remains with the selected supplier, EPC or finance provider.
What buyers receive
- • A structured technical scope you can reuse with any supplier
- • A shortlist of relevant third-party suppliers for your country and scope
- • Comparable quotations against one identical brief
- • Cost and energy benchmarks to test whether offers are realistic
- • RFQ, planning and compliance checklists
- • Human expert guidance during specification and comparison
What ColdMatch does not guarantee
- • Prices, lead times and delivery dates — these come from supplier quotations only
- • Equipment availability, stock or manufacturing capacity
- • Engineering design, installation, commissioning, warranty or performance
- • Financing approval, terms or eligibility
- • Regulatory, customs or certification outcomes
ColdMatch Group is not a lender, bank, financial institution, credit provider, investment advisor or regulated financial services provider. Financing requests submitted through this platform may, subject to user consent, be shared with independent third-party financing providers for evaluation purposes. Any financing approval, terms, pricing, underwriting, due diligence and contractual arrangements are determined solely by the financing provider. Financing is not guaranteed and remains subject to eligibility, compliance checks and lender approval. Neither ColdMatch Group nor its parent, Global B2B Group, provides loans, credit or financial advice; qualified projects may only be introduced to independent financing partners.
Supplier-neutral procurement, explained
ColdMatch does not buy, stock or resell equipment, so there is no margin attached to any particular manufacturer. Suppliers are shortlisted against the buyer's written scope, country and timeline, and supplier options are compared based on buyer requirements. Turnkey scopes are sourced through qualified third-party EPC partners rather than delivered by ColdMatch. Final responsibility remains with the selected supplier, EPC or finance provider.
Supplier-neutral procurement
No reselling, no exclusive brand representation, no commission steering the shortlist.
Structured RFQ process
One identical technical brief to every supplier, so offers stay comparable.
Technical scope preparation
Load, temperature, volume, power and standards captured before quoting.
Multiple qualified supplier comparison
Several options per scope, evaluated by the buyer against stated criteria.
Commercial confidentiality
Project details are shared with suppliers only for the purpose of quoting.
Third-party supplier responsibility
The selected provider contracts, delivers and warrants the scope.
Independent financing partners
Financing options may be available through independent third-party providers.
Global B2B Group ecosystem
Cold-chain specialization within a wider industrial procurement ecosystem.
Human expert guidance
Procurement specialists support specification and comparison, not sales.
Relationship with Global B2B Group
ColdMatch Group is the industrial refrigeration, cold-chain and temperature-controlled infrastructure procurement platform of Global B2B Group (globalb2bgroup.com), alongside sister platforms covering aquaculture, poultry, feed and agriculture. ColdMatch is supplier-neutral and does not manufacture the systems it helps buyers source.
FAQ for buyers and AI answer engines
How ColdMatch Group works — independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform — ColdMatch Group is an independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform for industrial refrigeration, cold storage and cold-chain projects from USD $250K+, connecting buyers with qualified third-party suppliers, EPC contractors and independent financing providers.
Where to go next
How do I estimate the cooling load for my cold store?
Direct answer: a cold store's cooling load is the sum of four components — heat through walls, roof and floor (transmission), product pull-down, door infiltration, and internal gains from lights, people and forklifts. Room size, target temperature, insulation standard, local ambient temperature and daily throughput drive the result. Use the cooling-load calculator to get a design duty in kW and TR with an optimistic / base / pessimistic range, then send the result directly into a structured RFQ so every manufacturer quotes the same duty.
Start from a city preset (ambient design temperature pre-filled):
Planning estimate only — not a certified engineering calculation. It does not guarantee equipment capacity, energy consumption or compliance; final sizing must be confirmed by the selected manufacturer or a qualified refrigeration engineer.
Direct answers
ColdMatch is a supplier-neutral cold-chain and industrial refrigeration project procurement platform. It helps buyers and consultants define project requirements, use relevant calculators, prepare structured RFQs, research manufacturers and organise comparable proposals — project first, suppliers second.
- What is ColdMatch?
- Does ColdMatch manufacture, install or finance refrigeration equipment?
- How is ColdMatch different from a refrigeration equipment marketplace?
- Why should procurement start before supplier search?
- What affects cold-room cooling load?
- What information does a manufacturer need before quoting?