# Minnesota Supplier Systems #2000018798

MPCA grants for emissions-reducing food-system facility projects

**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** January 04, 2027
**Identifier:** 2000018798

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is offering grants to help food-system businesses cut emissions and improve facility efficiency.
- **Government buyer:** Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), State of Minnesota; city: St. Paul. No sub-agency or office is identified. The initiative is funded wholly or partly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- **Funding and awards:** Approximately $40 million is available. Awards reimburse up to 60% of eligible costs, with applicants providing the remaining match. Grant tiers are $50,000–$499,999 for small projects, $500,000–$2,999,999 for medium projects, and $3 million–$8 million for large projects; the maximum award is $8 million.
- **Eligible applicants and projects:** Minnesota-serving food and beverage manufacturers and food-system organic-waste processors may apply for facility projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may also reduce air pollution or waste. Examples include cleaner technologies, efficient equipment and processes, recycling, circular-economy approaches, and producing energy from waste streams.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No project-specific OEM or supplier is specified. **AB Boilers** is mentioned only as an illustrative vendor in a sample budget, not as a required or selected supplier. The U.S. EPA is identified as a funding source, not a product vendor.
- **Eligible costs and requirements:** Costs may include equipment, technology, installation, construction, materials, measurement and verification, and certain third-party technical assistance capped at $200,000. Applicants need a pre-project energy assessment or greenhouse-gas inventory, documented matching funds, necessary permits and regulatory compliance, and plans to address impacts on nearby communities and environmental-justice areas. Projects must comply with Build America, Buy America requirements and include post-installation measurement and verification using at least three months of data.
- **Illustrative budget entry:** A sample, non-procurement budget lists 15 hours of certified electrician labor to install a boiler at $78 per hour; the entry is marked for deletion before submission.
- **Project milestones:** Applications are accepted through the stated application deadline, with evaluations planned on a rolling schedule until the program review period ends or funds run out. Funded projects must be installed, operational, and commissioned within the program implementation period; monitoring and verification reports, final invoices, and project reports are due at project closeout.

### Description

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking applications for Industrial Innovation in Food Systems Implementation Grants. Approximately $40 million in reimbursable grant funding is available to eligible entities for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide other benefits by adopting cleaner technologies, more efficient equipment and processes, and circular economy principles. The program supports food and beverage manufacturers and food system organic waste processors, with grant awards ranging from $50,000 to $8,000,000; grants reimburse 60% of eligible project costs, subject to an $8,000,000 maximum. Applications are due January 4, 2027, at 4:00 p.m. CST, and projects must be installed by June 30, 2029.

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