Greenhouse Bid Comparison Tool.
Enter up to three greenhouse quotations, tick what each one actually includes, and see normalised price per m² alongside the scope each bidder left out. Supplier-neutral: no company is ranked or recommended.
Greenhouse Bid Comparison Tool
Enter up to three greenhouse quotations, tick what each one actually includes, and see normalised price per m² alongside the scope each bidder left out. Supplier-neutral: no company is ranked or recommended.
Estimate only — not a quotation. Outputs are indicative planning ranges based on the values you enter and typical commercial benchmarks. Real pricing, specifications and lead times vary by country, site conditions and supplier, and are confirmed only in written offers collected through a private RFQ.
| Bid | Price / m² | Scope coverage | Missing vs. widest scope offered | Evidence status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid A | — | — | Enter positive price/area, a three-letter currency, named delivery basis and positive quote validity | Not provided: Certifications (quality, safety, product), Structural design calculations (wind, snow, crop load), Equipment performance data (cooling, airflow, energy, flow), References from completed comparable projects |
| Bid B | — | — | Enter positive price/area, a three-letter currency, named delivery basis and positive quote validity | Not provided: Certifications (quality, safety, product), Structural design calculations (wind, snow, crop load), Equipment performance data (cooling, airflow, energy, flow), References from completed comparable projects |
| Bid C | — | — | Enter positive price/area, a three-letter currency, named delivery basis and positive quote validity | Not provided: Certifications (quality, safety, product), Structural design calculations (wind, snow, crop load), Equipment performance data (cooling, airflow, energy, flow), References from completed comparable projects |
Enter at least two valid bids. No automatic currency conversion or missing-scope cost estimate is applied.
Planning tool only. It compares what you enter; it does not verify supplier claims, pricing validity, delivery terms or technical compliance, and it does not rank or recommend any company.
Turn this estimate into a project brief
Send these figures to the greenhouse RFQ form. Your inputs and results are attached to the brief, a sourcing specialist reviews it, and only then are suitable suppliers or project partners approached.
Complete the inputs above to carry an estimate into the RFQ form.
Buying more than once? Save these project details to your buyer profile so your site, crop, budget and timeline are pre-filled on every future request.
Indicative only. Not financial advice, not agronomic advice, not engineering design. Final numbers require supplier, agronomist, engineer and local regulatory review.
How the normalisation works
The tool builds a union of every scope line that at least one bidder included, then measures each bid against it. A bid that omits a line another supplier priced is quoting a different scope. Missing lines require clarification; the tool does not price them.
Delivery terms matter as much as inclusions. Ex-works, FOB, CIF and DDP prices are not interchangeable: freight, insurance, unloading, duties and local taxes can move a structure package materially depending on destination. Ask every bidder for the same Incoterm before comparing.
Claims versus evidence: a supplier statement, a brochure or a logo is not a certificate. Mark a certification, design calculation or performance figure as checked only after you have seen the original document (issuer, scope, validity date) or a named third-party test. Yield, savings and payback figures are always treated as supplier projections: neither the supplier's figure nor this tool guarantees a result.
Limitations: this tool does not model lifecycle energy, labour, replacement or maintenance cost — it only checks whether each bid states its lifecycle schedule and consumption basis. Run the greenhouse TCO calculator alongside it, to compare energy, water, labour, maintenance and replacement on the same evaluation period.
Design, commissioning and finance evidence
For structure, request site-specific wind/snow design criteria and foundation interfaces. For irrigation and fertigation, fix water analysis, peak flow, pressure, filtration, nutrient dosing and drainage scope. For HVAC, require identical crop setpoints, outside design conditions, ventilation basis and pad performance data.
The pad-and-fan tool and climate calculator use editable indicative airflow assumptions, not a certified design. Require the bidder to document any departure.
Agree commissioning responsibilities before award: installation inspection; zone-by-zone flow and pressure tests; filter differential-pressure checks; injector proportionality and EC/pH sensor calibration logs; drain/recirculation tests; controls, alarm and interlock checks; operator training; as-built documents; and a signed defects list. Define project-specific tolerances and test conditions with the appointed engineer and suppliers; this checklist is not a certification.
For finance review, assemble comparable installed CAPEX, payment milestones, water-energy-labour costs, replacement assumptions, working capital and downside revenue scenarios. Use the TCO tool, operating-cost stress test and readiness checklist. Buyer service is free for commercial projects from USD 250,000. SeedMatchGroup is not a manufacturer or lender; financing approval and final pricing are never guaranteed.
Frequently asked questions
Because scope boundaries differ. One bid may include civil works, climate screens, fertigation, installation supervision and commissioning; another may quote structure and covering only, ex-works. Until each bid is restated against the same scope list, price per m² is not a comparison.
It depends on structure type, climate specification, automation level and country. The useful figure is not a market average but the spread between your own bids after scope, delivery terms and exclusions have been normalised.
Site levelling and civil works, foundations, electrical connection and transformer, water source and treatment, spare parts, installation labour, local permits, and commissioning with agronomic start-up support.
No. Technical compliance and commercial terms should be scored separately. A non-compliant bid should be clarified or excluded before price is weighed, otherwise the cheapest incomplete offer distorts the evaluation.
No. SeedMatchGroup is an independent procurement platform. It is not a manufacturer, EPC contractor or builder, and it does not rank companies. It helps buyers define crop, climate and business model, issue a structured RFQ and compare proposals on identical scope.
Turning this estimate into a request? The greenhouse systems request builder lists what changes a quote — structure, cover, climate and installation scope — and opens a pre-filled request that our team reviews before any supplier is contacted.
Understanding the values
What each choice in this calculator means, and how the options differ in practice.
- Ranges, not points
- Planning figures are ranges because scope, site and market move the real number. Read both ends of the range before deciding.
- What is excluded
- Land, site works, utilities and working capital are usually outside per-unit bands. Check the exclusions before comparing two estimates.
Illustrative project summary
1 ha multi-span tomato house
A new commercial entrant builds a first multi-span block with fertigation, insect screens and a basic climate computer.
1 ha · Multi-span polyhouse · Tomatoes
Indicative full greenhouse project CAPEX
USD 575K – USD 1.56M
Illustration only, not a real project or quotation. This is the structure, equipment and site-works budget for the example greenhouse, not the price of this calculator’s individual system, seeds or inputs, and not a result calculated from your entries. Excludes land, permits, packhouse, financing costs and working capital.
Based on the published commercial greenhouse cost benchmark. Written offers require a private project review; commercial projects start from USD 250K.
What can change the result?
This is a preliminary planning estimate based on the values you entered. The variables below usually move the outcome most, and should be confirmed with an agronomist, engineer and supplier offers before final design.
- Crop and cultivar — water, climate and support requirements differ per crop
- Growing area and layout — hectares alone are not a greenhouse specification
- Local climate: temperature, humidity, radiation and wind exposure
- Growing system (soil, substrate, hydroponic) and plant density
Questions this calculator answers
Typical buyer and investor searches this tool is built for, including the markets where we run the most commercial projects.
- commercial greenhouse construction cost per hectare for a commercial project
- commercial greenhouse construction cost for a 2-hectare project — India
- commercial greenhouse construction cost: indicative planning ranges — Kenya
- commercial greenhouse construction cost benchmarks for investors — Saudi Arabia
- commercial greenhouse construction cost under local market conditions — Mexico
- commercial greenhouse construction cost — what to specify in a supplier RFQ
Method and decision path
How to use this result in a commercial project
Use the result to test scope and compare scenarios. It is not a design, agronomic prescription, financing offer or supplier quotation.
1. Enter site evidence
Replace defaults with measured area, climate, water, energy, crop and commercial assumptions.
2. Test scenarios
Change one assumption at a time and record the effect on capacity, cost, demand or return.
3. Validate the duty
Ask the relevant agronomist, engineer or financial adviser to check the inputs and constraints.
4. Prepare a private RFQ
Carry the confirmed scope into a human-reviewed brief so written offers can be compared on the same basis.
Final specifications, performance, prices, supplier participation and timing depend on the site and written supplier responses; none is guaranteed by this calculator.
Plan the project around the numbers
A calculator output is a starting point. Pair it with the planning guides below to align timeline, irrigation, budget and risk before you launch an RFQ.
One private brief, specialist review, private supplier research and a like-for-like comparison.
Spec gaps, MOQ, delivery, Incoterms and evidence labels for seeds, greenhouses, irrigation, fertilizers and produce.
Month-by-month schedule from concept to first harvest across 9 stages.
Design principles for drip, pivot, fertigation and filtration on commercial projects.
How CAPEX, working capital and operating cost drive the project business case.
The ten most expensive planning and procurement pitfalls — and how to avoid them.
Procurement answers behind these numbers
A model output only holds if the scope, contract route and delivery terms match the assumptions. These reference answers cover the commercial decisions that move the figure.
- Turnkey EPC vs separate equipment packages
- What belongs in a greenhouse equipment specification
- Normal payment milestones in equipment contracts
- Which Incoterms to use for greenhouse and irrigation equipment
- How long a commercial greenhouse takes from order to handover
- What is normally the owner's scope on a greenhouse project
Move greenhouse bid comparison tool into a structured RFQ
Editorial · not a sales pitchCalculator outputs are indicative. When your numbers stabilise, a supplier-neutral RFQ turns those estimates into a consistent brief for comparing the written offers that participating suppliers provide.
The facts a complete, supplier-neutral request on this topic includes. Use it as a checklist before submitting.
- Covered area (m² or ha), bay/gutter layout preference and target gutter height
- Site location, altitude and design loads (wind, snow, seismic) if known
- Crop and production system (soil, substrate, hydroponic, nursery)
- Covering choice: polyethylene film, polycarbonate or glass — and expected lifetime
- Climate scope: ventilation, screens, heating, cooling/pad-fan, CO₂, controls
- Irrigation/fertigation scope and water source quality
- Target commissioning date, phasing and budget band (USD $250K+)
- Incoterms, destination port/site and who handles civil works and erection
- Site plan or coordinates with plot dimensions
- Soil/water analysis where available
- Any existing concept drawing, BOQ or previous supplier offer
Opens the RFQ Builder pre-scoped as a greenhouse project so suppliers quote structure, covering, climate and irrigation on the same basis. You stay in control — nothing is submitted until you review and confirm.
Free to submit · supplier-neutral · reviewed by a specialist before any supplier is contacted.
Running these numbers for a client project?
Agronomists, greenhouse and irrigation consultants use this calculator for feasibility, then hand the project to us for supplier shortlisting, RFQ preparation and quote comparison. You stay client-facing and we work through you.
Your client relationship stays with you — we work through you and never contact your client unless you ask.
Indicative only
- This tool is indicative only.
- It is not financial advice.
- It is not agronomic advice.
- It is not engineering design.
- Final numbers require supplier, agronomist, engineer and local regulatory review.
SeedMatch Group is an independent agricultural project sourcing and RFQ platform. We are not a farm, seed producer, fertilizer manufacturer, irrigation manufacturer, greenhouse builder, EPC contractor, lender or financial advisor. Supplier and project partner outreach is handled only after a commercial project brief is reviewed.
Supplier and manufacturer content is provided for research, transparency and discovery only. Buyers submit one project or RFQ to SeedMatch Group; our team validates and organises it, manages any suitable supplier or manufacturer outreach, and presents the responses through SeedMatch. There is no public directory of company identities, automatic matching, direct messaging or direct buyer-supplier contact.