Challenge
A national food security mandate identified post-harvest losses as the single largest leakage between subsidized production and food-insecure populations. Smallholders had no access to first-mile cold storage. Trucking was uncoordinated and the lanes were not contracted. Off-takers in metros could not commit because supply was unreliable.
Structure
Blue Chip led a PPP consortium structured around the food security mandate. Construction delivered the cold storage nodes, eleven first-mile, three regional consolidation. Land Transportation operated the corridor under a contracted SLA. Wholesale & Retail Trading executed off-take agreements with metro distributors. Agriculture & Fishery onboarded and credentialed smallholder cooperatives. Management Consultancy structured the partnership with the national authority and two multilateral co-funders.
Execution
Built and commissioned in two construction waves to match planting and harvest cycles. The trucking layer was operationalized before regional consolidation came online to validate route economics. Off-take contracts were signed at financial close, not after, so demand pull was contractually present from day one.