Define your cold-chain project. Prepare a comparable RFQ.
Start with the product, temperature zones, capacity, storage volume, distribution points, energy supply, site and operating goal. Our team reviews the brief, approaches suitable manufacturers on your behalf and organizes comparable proposals. Procurement is free for buyers; projects from USD 250,000.
Supplier and manufacturer information is provided for research only; it is not a directory for direct contact. There is no direct buyer-to-supplier connection: every RFQ comes to the ColdMatch team, which validates it, contacts suitable suppliers on the buyer's behalf and presents organized responses through ColdMatch.
- Step 1Project scope
- Step 2Investment & financing stage
- Step 3Facility capacity needs
- Step 4Commercial scope
- Step 5Your contact details
- Step 6Review & send
Include distribution points, available power, energy needs and your operating goal. Estimates need engineering review.
- • Industry
- • Project category / type
- • Country / site location
Buyer-first sourcing service
We source and compare cold-chain solutions around your facility
ColdMatch is a sourcing service for commercial cold-chain and industrial refrigeration projects. We start from your facility's requirements, look for solutions and suppliers across relevant markets, compare what they offer on the same scope, and coordinate your procurement through our team.
- Free for buyers — no fee and no obligation to submit a request.
- Sourcing review is for projects of USD 250,000 or more. Smaller projects can use the free calculators and guides.
Understand the requirement
Application, temperatures, capacity, site, energy, standards and scope are recorded before any supplier is approached.
Source and compare
We identify potential suppliers in relevant markets and compare their responses against one structured brief.
Coordinate procurement
Supplier contact, clarifications and negotiation run through ColdMatch. There is no direct buyer-to-supplier connection.
From RFQ to decision: how the process works
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Submit a structured RFQ
Describe the equipment or project: specification, capacity or quantity, temperatures, timing or season, origin and destination, required certifications and documents, technical or packaging needs, and preferred delivery terms where relevant.
- 2
Clarify and identify
Our team checks the brief, asks clarifying questions and identifies potential suppliers or solutions in relevant markets. Projects of USD 250,000 or more go to sourcing review.
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Coordinate and collect
We send suppliers the project requirements, coordinate their questions and collect comparable information and quotations where suppliers provide them.
- 4
Review together
We help you review price, specification, capacity, availability, documentation, delivery and logistics assumptions, and open risks, then coordinate agreed next steps.
- 5
You decide; we follow up
You decide whether to proceed, ask for clarifications or close the request. If you proceed, our team coordinates the introduction and next steps with the selected supplier; any purchase contract is between you and that supplier.
What to expect: Timing depends on scope, how complete the brief is, location and supplier availability. We do not guarantee a timeline, supplier participation, prices or a particular outcome.
A supplier is only described as vetted, compliant, available or technically suitable when supporting evidence is on file. Supplier information on this site is for research only.
Confidential: suppliers receive your project requirements; your name and contact details are shared only when our team makes an introduction.
Rate summary before you send your RFQ
Typical installed cost per cubic metre for a 500 m³ room (insulated envelope plus refrigeration), from ColdMatch's central 2026 cost baseline. Use it to sanity-check your budget field.
| Chilled storage | 0 … +5 °C | USD 350/m³ |
| Pharma GDP | +2 … +8 °C | USD 490/m³ |
| Frozen storage | −18 … −25 °C | USD 475/m³ |
| Blast freezing | −35 … −40 °C | USD 600/m³ |
Envelope and refrigeration only. Excludes land, building shell, duties, freight and local labour adjustments. A real quote depends on your scope.
Temperature & cooling rates explained →What to include and how quotes are matched
Start with the product, temperature zones, capacity, storage volume, distribution points, energy supply, site and operating goal. Our team reviews the brief, approaches suitable manufacturers on your behalf and organizes comparable proposals. Procurement is free for buyers; projects from USD 250,000.
Category, industry, country and site. Tells suppliers what you're actually building and where — climate, permits and logistics all depend on it.
Storage volume (m³ / pallets / tons), daily in-out throughput and annual production. Drives refrigeration load, racking and MHE sizing.
Storage temperature bands, product mix and humidity targets. Determines refrigerant strategy (NH₃, CO₂, HFO) and envelope class.
Define the cold-chain outcome, prepare an RFQ and compare suitable solutions first. Then, if you wish, explore independent external financing with your consent. ColdMatch does not lend or provide credit or financial advice; no approval or terms are guaranteed. Your request stays with our team and is not automatically sent to a bank.
Target commissioning date and current project stage (concept, FEED, tender, ready-to-build). Filters suppliers who can actually deliver in your window.
What you need: equipment only, EPC turnkey, engineering, installation, maintenance. Prevents mismatched quotes.
- Start with the product, required temperatures, capacity, site, energy and operating outcome. ColdMatch reviews your RFQ, contacts suitable suppliers on your behalf and organizes comparable responses. External financing is a later, optional discussion, not a prerequisite for submitting an RFQ.
- Describe storage volume, throughput, temperature zones, distribution points, power and backup, monitoring, installation and commissioning. Compare included and excluded equipment, site works, logistics, energy, maintenance and lifecycle assumptions on the same scope. Calculator results are planning estimates, not designs, supplier quotes or guaranteed savings.
- Buyer procurement is free for commercial and industrial projects from USD 250,000. The ColdMatch team reviews the request; it is not a direct supplier handoff. Exploring external financing is optional and requires your consent before any introduction or sharing. No bank partnership, credit approval, terms or return is implied.
RFQ Builder — FAQ
Should I choose a bank or one manufacturer first?+
Start with the product, required temperatures, capacity, site, energy and operating outcome. ColdMatch reviews your RFQ, contacts suitable suppliers on your behalf and organizes comparable responses. External financing is a later, optional discussion, not a prerequisite for submitting an RFQ.
What should my project brief and cost comparison include?+
Describe storage volume, throughput, temperature zones, distribution points, power and backup, monitoring, installation and commissioning. Compare included and excluded equipment, site works, logistics, energy, maintenance and lifecycle assumptions on the same scope. Calculator results are planning estimates, not designs, supplier quotes or guaranteed savings.
Is procurement free, and will my details go to a bank?+
Buyer procurement is free for commercial and industrial projects from USD 250,000. The ColdMatch team reviews the request; it is not a direct supplier handoff. Exploring external financing is optional and requires your consent before any introduction or sharing. No bank partnership, credit approval, terms or return is implied.
What is an RFQ and why use ColdMatch's RFQ builder?+
An RFQ records the requirements needed for comparable supplier responses. Enter project scope, location, capacity, temperature, budget and timeline; the ColdMatch team reviews the brief, contacts suitable refrigeration suppliers on your behalf and presents organized responses. We do not guarantee completion time or supplier response time.
Is the RFQ builder really free?+
Buyer procurement is free, with no obligation, for commercial and industrial projects from USD 250,000. ColdMatch reviews your brief, approaches suitable suppliers on your behalf and organizes their responses.
Which languages does the RFQ builder support?+
The RFQ builder offers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean interface options. Tell our team your preferred correspondence language; automatic translation of inputs or supplier responses is not promised.
How fast will I receive quotes after submitting the RFQ?+
A ColdMatch specialist reviews every request and follows up with questions. Once the requirement is structured and a technical fit is confirmed, we coordinate introductions and comparable offers; timing depends on scope, country and supplier availability. No supplier receives your details before that review.
What projects can I RFQ through ColdMatch?+
Cold rooms, freezer rooms, blast freezers, IQF and spiral tunnels, ammonia (NH₃) and CO₂ industrial refrigeration plants, chillers, GDP pharma cold storage, modular cold storage, reefer containers, cold-chain logistics and full turnkey EPC projects, focused on commercial projects from USD $250,000 upward, including USD 100M+ programmes.