Who should submit an RFQ?
Commercial aquaculture projects from roughly USD 250K and above: RAS facilities, shrimp farms, fish farms, hatcheries, cages, feed and processing or cold-chain scopes. Hobby ponds and aquarium projects are out of scope.
FishMatch Group
Aquaculture RFQ intake — frequently asked questions
Everything project owners, investors and farm operators ask before submitting a commercial aquaculture RFQ through FishMatch Group.
What happens after I submit the form?
David and the FishMatch team review your request and help prepare the project brief. Only once the need, scale, budget, country and technical direction are clear do we start searching for suitable suppliers.
Is FishMatch an automatic marketplace?
No. Supplier directory pages exist for discovery and SEO, not automatic matching. Buyer follow-up and supplier selection are handled personally by David / FishMatch.
Does the buyer pay anything?
No. Buyers are not charged for submitting an RFQ, receiving a prepared brief or comparing supplier-ready scopes.
What information should I prepare?
Species, annual production target, system type (RAS, ponds, cages), project stage, country and site status, water source, power availability, equipment scope, budget band, funding route and timeline.
Are supplier identities shared with me?
Supplier identities stay confidential until the brief is ready and you decide to proceed. Your details are never published, and never passed to a supplier under your name without approval.
How long until I get proposals?
A clarified brief usually takes a few working days. Comparable supplier scopes typically follow within one to three weeks, depending on scope complexity and country.
Does FishMatch manufacture equipment or provide financing?
No. FishMatch is an independent intermediary: we help buyers prepare RFQs, compare suppliers and explore financing pathway guidance. We do not manufacture equipment and are not a lender.
Run the numbers before you submit
These free planning calculators produce the sizing, feed and cost figures the RFQ form asks for.
RAS Sizing CalculatorShrimp Survival Rate Profit CalculatorBiomass CalculatorBiofilter Sizing CalculatorFeed Budget CalculatorCommercial Aquaculture CAPEX Estimator
All aquaculture calculators →Ready to submit your project?
Fill in the structured intake form and we will come back with a clarified brief.
Open the RFQ intake formFishMatch Group helps buyers compare suppliers and request quotes. FishMatch is an intermediary and does not manufacture equipment or provide financing directly.
Short answer
What is the fastest way to get quotes for FAQ?
Submit one structured request for FAQ. FishMatch Group translates it into a technical RFQ, runs a confidential sourcing round with project-matched international suppliers, and returns comparable quotations. No fee is charged to the buyer, and your identity and project details stay private until you choose to proceed.
- How it works:
- One structured request, human-reviewed before any supplier outreach
- Typical turnaround:
- Depends on scope and site data; no turnaround is guaranteed
- Confidentiality:
- Supplier names are never exposed during evaluation
- Cost to buyers:
- No fee charged to the buyer
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 layer, not a manufacturer or reseller. Requirements are structured into a single technical RFQ and routed to relevant producers; buyers receive comparable offers without supplier identities being exposed before they choose to proceed. Selection stays with the buyer — FishMatch standardises the comparison basis.