Colombia · Business procurement
Global B2B Group: food sourcing for Colombia
Fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, seafood and eggs. One purchase request, reviewed by our team, for your sourcing programme.
What a buyer-side sourcing partner does
Global B2B Group is a buyer-side sourcing partner for commercial buyers of fresh produce, premium fruit and vegetables such as cherries and avocados, seafood and shrimp, eggs and poultry. You send one structured RFQ; our team clarifies it, approaches suitable independent suppliers on your behalf, collects comparable information and quotations where suppliers provide them, and reviews the options with you before you decide. It is free for buyers and applies to programmes from USD 250,000 in total annual or seasonal value.
For procurement teams in Colombia
Importers
Specify the product, origin country, destination port or city and documents you need to review for importation.
Distributors
State volume per shipment, frequency, packaging and cold-chain conditions.
Retailers and retail chains
Specify size, pack format, labelling, required shelf life and replenishment schedule.
Food processors
Describe industrial use, required yield, raw-material format and acceptance criteria.
Institutional buyers
State delivery locations, schedule and procurement conditions. Sending an RFQ is not a bid for a public tender.
Information for a useful request for quotation (RFQ)
Gather these details and send them through the purchase form. Leave undefined requirements pending: certificates and permits are never assumed.
- Product and specification
- Fruit or vegetable, variety and size; fish or seafood, species and presentation; table eggs, size and pack. State quality, fresh/chilled/frozen condition and end use.
- Volume and frequency
- Quantity and unit per shipment, frequency and total annual or seasonal programme volume.
- Origin and destination
- Acceptable origins, Colombia as destination country, port or airport, city and delivery point. Add an Incoterm and named place if known.
- Delivery window
- Required first and last arrival, delivery schedule, temperature and minimum shelf life on receipt.
- Certifications and documents
- Your company's required certifications, traceability, labelling and applicable sanitary or phytosanitary documents, subject to review for the product and origin.
- Value and contact
- Buyer-declared programme value in USD, company, responsible person, email and phone. Personal details and consent are entered only in the purchase form.
B2B programmes from USD 250,000 in buyer-declared annual or seasonal value. Smaller requests are retained for review, not sent to suppliers.
Prepare my sourcing requestFrom RFQ to decision in five steps
- Step 1
You submit a structured RFQ
Product and specification (variety or species, grade, size or count, fresh, chilled or frozen), quantity per shipment and per season, timing or season, preferred origins and destination, the certifications and documents your market requires, packaging and labelling, and your preferred Incoterms® rule.
- Step 2
We clarify the need and identify potential suppliers
A person on our team reviews the request, asks about missing details, checks the declared programme value and runs trade-compliance screening, then looks for producers and exporters that may fit.
- Step 3
We coordinate supplier questions and collect comparable information
Our team asks suppliers the same questions on your behalf, without your company's name, and collects specifications, availability, documents and quotations where suppliers provide them.
- Step 4
We review the options with you
Price, specification, volume, availability window, documentation, delivery and logistics assumptions and open risks are set side by side, each figure labelled by how far it has been checked. We then agree next steps with you, such as samples or further questions.
- Step 5
You decide whether to proceed
To go ahead with an option, you approve an introduction to that supplier; our team keeps coordinating open points, and the contract, payment terms and any inspection are agreed between you and the supplier. If nothing fits, you can adjust or close the request at no cost.
How your information is kept confidential
- Your RFQ, documents and company details are treated as confidential; they are not published or used for marketing.
- Suppliers are approached without your company's name or contact details. These are shared only when you approve an introduction to a specific supplier.
- Supplier questions and answers run through our team, so you do not have to manage a separate thread with each supplier.
Before importing food into Colombia
Review depends on product, presentation, end use and origin country. These official sources guide your checks; they do not confirm permission for a particular import.
Fruit and vegetables: ICA
ICA describes requesting the Phytosanitary Import Requirements Document (DRFI) through SISPAP. Consult product-specific requirements before shipment; do not assume identical treatment for every product or origin.
ICA · DRFI / SISPAP (opens new tab)Animal-origin products: ICA
ICA says importers must check whether a Zoosanitary Import Document (DZI) is required, whether sanitary requirements exist and whether the origin establishment needs registration. Where requirements are undefined, a risk assessment or technical study may be needed.
ICA · Importación pecuaria / DZI (opens new tab)Food and raw materials: INVIMA
INVIMA publishes instructions for obtaining the Health Inspection Certificate for imports of food and raw materials for the food industry. Confirm the applicable procedure with the authority for your product and end use.
INVIMA · Certificado de inspección sanitaria (opens new tab)Regulatory review required before a transaction: requirements and approvals have not yet been verified for your product, origin and destination. General information, not legal advice or import approval.
Sources consulted on 14 November 2026. ICA: official-page content retrieved through search; direct connections timed out. INVIMA: page opened directly. Requirements may change; confirm they remain current before proceeding.
Need infrastructure or a production project?
Food purchase requests are managed here. Continue to the relevant group platform for infrastructure and specialist needs.
- ColdMatch Group
Commercial cold storage, industrial refrigeration and cold-chain infrastructure.
- FishMatch Group
Fish farming, shrimp farming and aquaculture infrastructure (RAS, ponds, cages, aquatic hatcheries).
- HatchMatch Group
Poultry farms, poultry hatcheries and poultry-production infrastructure.
- SeedMatch Group
Commercial greenhouses, irrigation, protected agriculture and seed procurement.
- FeedMatch Group
Animal feed, ingredients, premixes, additives and feed-processing equipment.
Resources for your purchase
Questions from buyers in Colombia
Can I request food for delivery in Colombia?
Yes. State Colombia, your delivery point and acceptable origins in a produce, fish, seafood or egg RFQ. The request is reviewed; it does not confirm stock, sanitary admissibility, price or delivery.
Does the RFQ connect me directly with suppliers?
Supplier questions and answers run through our team, so you do not have to manage a separate thread with each supplier.
What does the team need to review my request?
Product and specification, volume and frequency, origin and destination, delivery window, required certifications and documents, declared programme value and contact details. Identify pending conditions rather than assuming them.
Does Global B2B Group approve import permits?
Each party, for its own role, as applicable law sets out. Suppliers are responsible for the products and shipments they offer and supply meeting the requirements of the origin and destination countries — for example safety, quality, labelling, traceability, sanitary or phytosanitary certificates and export documents, where relevant. As the buyer, you remain responsible for your import permissions, local requirements and due diligence. Global B2B Group facilitates the sourcing and RFQ process, does not itself produce or export the goods and does not guarantee any supplier's compliance. Requirements differ by product and country; the Regulation & restricted items page lists official sources.
What if I need a farm, feed mill or cold store?
Use the specialist platform: FishMatch for aquaculture, HatchMatch for poultry, SeedMatch for greenhouses and protected agriculture, FeedMatch for animal feed and ColdMatch for cold-chain infrastructure. Food purchases remain with Global B2B Group.