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RFQ Readiness Score for aquaculture consultants

Before a client project goes out to manufacturers, check whether the scope is quotable. Score seven factors — site control, water source, energy plan, permits, CAPEX band, offtake and team — get the gaps that cause price variance, and send the summary with a private RFQ. Free, supplier-neutral, no account needed.

Project readiness score

Score your project in 60 seconds

Set your current status on seven factors. We calculate a 0–100 readiness score, flag gaps EPCs and lenders will raise, and pre-fill an RFQ your concierge can act on immediately.

40
/ 100
planning

Planning — foundational work still open, but structured RFQs feasible

Strengths
  • Energy plan: Grid connection secured
  • CAPEX clarity: USD 2M–10M — mid commercial
Do next
  • Sign a site option or lease for at least 20 years
  • Commission water lab tests (salinity, TAN, iron, TDS) and file abstraction permit
  • Engage local permitting consultant and file EIA scoping
  • Secure at least one signed LOI from a processor or importer
Send score with RFQ Financing pre-qualifier

Indicative execution readiness. Not a credit decision or engineering warranty.

How consultants use the score

  1. Run the score with the client on the call — it takes about a minute and exposes missing design inputs.
  2. Close the flagged gaps (water test, energy plan, permit status) so suppliers quote firm scope, not ranges.
  3. Send the summary with the RFQ so every manufacturer prices the same technical basis.
  4. Once the file is documented, run the financing eligibility estimator for the funding route.

Frequently asked questions

A 0–100 signal of how complete a project's technical and commercial basis is before it goes to suppliers. It weights site control, water source, energy plan, permits, CAPEX band, offtake and team depth.

From roughly 60 upwards, most manufacturers can quote firm equipment scope and lead time. Below 45 you will usually receive budget indications only, because too many design inputs are still open.

Unknown water quality and an undefined energy plan. Both drive treatment train sizing, pump and blower selection and OPEX assumptions, so suppliers price defensively when they are missing.

The score measures project readiness, not biology. Use the RAS sizing, biomass, FCR and CAPEX/ROI calculators for species and system assumptions, then return here to check readiness.

Yes. Run the tool once per project and keep the summaries. If you manage multiple client projects, the consultant intake form has a multi-client option so your projects are handled together.

No. The score reflects only what you enter. Supplier screening is documentary — registration, export history, references, in-region service and lead time — and is not an on-site audit or performance guarantee.

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Send the scored project to your concierge

You keep the client relationship. We run the private supplier screening and RFQ normalisation behind you.

FishMatch Group and the other Global B2B Group platforms are committed to conducting their own activities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. FishMatch facilitates sourcing and RFQs; it does not manufacture, process, export or sell the listed products and does not grant regulatory approval. Requirements differ by product and by origin, destination and transit country. This notice does not change anyone's legal duties and is not legal advice. Regulation & responsibilities
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Short answer

How do you size and cost RFQ Readiness?

Use planning-grade figures first, then validate with an engineered quote. The RFQ Readiness model on this page converts your project inputs into indicative sizing and cost figures based on international aquaculture benchmarks. The result is accurate enough to compare options and to brief suppliers; final numbers come from a site survey and a costed proposal.

Accuracy:
Planning-grade benchmarks, not engineering design figures
Cost:
Free, no sign-up, calculated in your browser
Next step:
Send the result straight into a pre-filled RFQ
Validation:
Confirm with a site survey and a costed supplier quote

Before you request quotes

Supplier selection criteria

How should a buyer compare aquaculture suppliers?

Compare on evidence, not on presentation: delivered projects at a similar scale and climate, engineering support during design, lead time commitments, spare-part and service availability in your region, certification and testing documentation, payment and warranty terms, and willingness to quote against your specification rather than substituting a catalogue package.

What are the warning signs in a supplier quotation?

Treat these as review triggers: no itemised scope, guaranteed biological or financial performance, no named delivery terms or lead time, no spare-parts or service statement, unclear responsibility for installation and commissioning, and equipment sizing that does not reference your water temperature, oxygen demand or biomass targets.

How does FishMatch handle supplier selection?

FishMatch is an independent sourcing service, not a manufacturer or reseller. The buyer submits one structured project request; our team reviews it first and only then contacts suitable suppliers on the buyer's behalf, presenting their responses through FishMatch in a comparable format. Buyers do not contact suppliers directly and nothing is sent automatically. The final choice stays with the buyer.

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