Cold-Chain Tenders in India
India's public cold-chain procurement runs through the Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP), Government e-Marketplace (GeM), and vertical agencies: NCCD (National Centre for Cold-chain Development), NDDB (dairy), APEDA (agri exports) and state agriculture / health departments.
- ·Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP)
- ·GeM (Government e-Marketplace)
- ·NCCD
- ·NDDB
- ·APEDA
- ·State agriculture & health departments
- ·e-Tendering via CPPP / GeM
- ·Two-stage bidding
- ·Framework Rate Contracts
- ·PPP (for greenfield cold hubs)
- ·Agri pack-houses & pre-cooling units
- ·Dairy cold chain (NDDB)
- ·Reefer trucking / rail (Kisan Rail)
- ·Vaccine cold chain (state EPI programs)
- ·Ports (JNPA, Mundra, Chennai) reefer terminals
- ·CIF Nhava Sheva / Mundra / Chennai
- ·DAP project site
- ·Local FOR (Free on Rail) for state tenders
- ·General Financial Rules (GFR) 2017
- ·Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017
- ·FSSAI cold-chain regulation
- ·CDSCO GDP for pharma
- ·World Bank
- ·ADB
- ·AIIB
- Register on CPPP and GeM as a supplier; MSME registration unlocks reservations
- Confirm Make in India Class I / II supplier status (25/50% local content thresholds)
- Read the EMD (Earnest Money Deposit) and performance security set in each tender document
- For pharma cold chain: CDSCO import license and GDP certificate
- For food cold chain: confirm the FSSAI licence or registration and any energy-efficiency requirement stated in the tender
India cold-chain projects: documented gap and dated funding status →
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