Cold storage & refrigeration RFQ — Tanzania
Tanzanian projects split between port cold storage, Lake Victoria fisheries and highland horticulture. Send product and throughput, and ColdMatch writes one comparable technical brief before approaching suppliers.
Reference project figures — Tanzania
Modelled with the same audited engineering assumptions as the ColdMatch cold storage calculator: design climate for Tanzania and an indicative industrial tariff of USD 0.11/kWh. Refrigeration duty is thermal kW, energy is annual kWh at a 0.55 load factor, and CAPEX is the installed volume-based cost (envelope, plant, evaporators, installation, controls and electrical work) — it is not scaled from the duty figure.
| Reference project | Refrigeration duty | Annual energy | Energy cost / yr | Installed CAPEX | USD / m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilled room 400 m³ (+2 to +8 °C) | 9 kW | 13 MWh | USD 1,452 | USD 175,000 | USD 438 |
| Frozen store 1,500 m³ (−18 to −25 °C) | 71.3 kW | 183 MWh | USD 20,130 | USD 656,250 | USD 438 |
| Blast freezer 600 m³ (−35 to −40 °C) | 71.3 kW | 151 MWh | USD 16,591 | USD 495,000 | USD 825 |
Indicative planning bands only — not an engineering design, tariff quotation or supplier offer. Your own capacity, product, site and power situation move these numbers; send the RFQ below and a specialist works them through by hand.
Send your Tanzania project requirements
Short form — the details you already have are enough. A specialist reviews every brief by hand and replies by email. Nothing is shared with manufacturers before that review.
What changes the price in Tanzania
- Dar es Salaam clearing and inland haulage to Arusha, Mwanza or Dodoma set the landed cost — state the delivery point.
- Lake Victoria and coastal fisheries normally need flake or block ice at the landing site before freezing capacity pays back.
- Kilimanjaro and Arusha horticulture needs forced-air pre-cooling sized on cooling rate, not storage volume.
- TANESCO interruptions and remote sites justify pricing generator or PV-hybrid backup as part of the base scope.
You submit one RFQ. Our team handles the supplier outreach.
There is no direct buyer-to-supplier connection. Your request comes to the ColdMatch team, which contacts suitable suppliers and manufacturers on your behalf. Supplier and manufacturer information on this site is for research only; it is not a contact directory and does not mean a supplier has been vetted.
- You build your project and submit an RFQ.
- The ColdMatch team validates and organizes the requirements.
- We contact suitable suppliers and manufacturers for you.
- We present their organized responses to you through ColdMatch.
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.
Tanzania cold chain RFQ — questions buyers ask
What does a cold store cost in Tanzania?
As a planning range, a 300–1,000 m³ chilled room is typically USD 180–320 per m³ installed and a frozen room USD 260–440 per m³, before civil works and standby power, with 10–20% added for freight and clearing on imported equipment.
Are fisheries and ice plants covered?
Yes — flake and block ice, insulated first-mile handling, chill and freezer rooms, plate freezers and reefer handling for Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Mtwara and Zanzibar, plus export-facing storage near the port.
What happens after I send the RFQ for a Tanzania project?
A ColdMatch specialist reads the brief by hand, checks the design basis — capacity, temperature bands, site location, power situation, timeline and budget — and comes back by email with the open questions. Only after that review do we research suppliers. Nothing is sent to a manufacturer automatically and ColdMatch is not an open marketplace.
Can ColdMatch finance a cold storage project in Tanzania?
No. ColdMatch Group does not lend and does not give financial advice. Qualified projects can be introduced to independent financing partners — equipment leasing, ECA-backed supplier credit on imported refrigeration and DFI or blended structures. Every approval decision rests with the lender.
What project size does ColdMatch work on?
Commercial and industrial projects from roughly USD 250,000 upwards: cold storage warehouses, blast freezers and IQF tunnels, ammonia and CO₂ plants, ice plants, GDP pharma stores and turnkey EPC builds. Smaller enquiries are still answered, but supplier research is prioritised above that threshold.
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 providers.