7th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Water and Urban Infrastructure

Pacific Region
Stephen Blaik, PARD
16 March 2016

Outline

Country Coverage

Development Goals

Focus Areas

Opportunities (2016 2017)

Context
Pacific Developing
Nation

Total Pop
(million)

Urban Pop
(million)

% Urban

PNG

7.782

1.012

13.0%

Timor Leste

0.596

0.136

22.8%

Fiji

0.195

0.037

18.9%

Solomon Islands

0.105

0.024

22.4%

Vanuatu

0.270

0.071

26.4%

Samoa

1.209

0.349

28.9%

Kiribati

0.106

0.025

23.8%

Tonga

0.010

0.006

59.8%

Micronesia

0.114

0.051

44.4%

Marshall Islands

0.899

0.486

54.1%

Palau

0.053

0.039

72.9%

Cook Islands

0.021

0.016

74.9%

Tuvalu
Nauru

0.021
0.010

0.019
0.010

87.7%
100.0%

11.392

2.280

20.0%

TOTAL

Development Goals for PMDCs

Achievement of SDG 6
Inclusiveness and equitable access to urban
services

Financially, technically, and environmentally

sustainable urban services
Improving resilience to climate change
impacts
Fostering private sector development

Key Focus Areas

Urban spatial and services planning
Water and sanitation
Drainage and flood mitigation

Urban roads and traffic management

Servicing informal settlements
Mainstreaming gender
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation

Opportunities - Overview

Marshall Islands

Palau

Timor Leste

Papua New Guinea

Kiribati

Tonga

Regional

Opportunities Marshall Islands

Ebeye Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Construction Contracts
Water Supply and Sewer Network Rehabilitation and
Expansion Program
(est. $7.8million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2015

Sewage Treatment and Outfall.

(est. $0.8million)
Procurement commencing Q4 2015

Electricity Distribution System Upgrading Program

(est. $1.3million)
Procurement commencing Q 2015

Opportunities Palau
Koror Airai Sanitation Project
Construction Contracts
Sewer Network Rehabilitation and Expansion Works
at Koror
(est. $6.0million)
Procurement commencing Q1 2016

Malakal Treatment Plant (Design-Build-Operate).

(est. $8.2million)
Procurement commencing Q2 2016

Airai Sewerage Scheme

(est. $2.4million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2016

Opportunities Timor Leste

Urban Services Improvement Project
Consulting Services
Design and Supervision Services
(est. $4.8million)
Procurement commencing Q1 2016

Hydrological assessment and monitoring services.

(est. $2.1million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2017

Opportunities Timor Leste

Urban Services Improvement Project
Construction
Water supply transmission mains, primary distribution
mains, and reservoirs
(est. $13.2million)
Procurement commencing Q2 2017

Water supply DMA (9 No.) including mains

replacement, metering and valves, and service
connections.
(est. $22.3million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2017

Groundwater bores (5 No.) including pumps and

controls(est. $1.0million)
Procurement commencing Q2 2017

Opportunities Papua New Guinea

Water and Sanitation Sector Management
Consulting Services
District Towns Water Supply and Sewerage
Feasibility Studies
($0.5million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2016

Improving Access to Safe Water and Improved

Sanitation in Urban Informal Settlements.
($0.2million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2016

Opportunities Kiribati
South Tarawa Water Supply Project
Consulting Services
Project Preparation
(est. $0.800million)
Procurement commencing Q3 2016

Opportunities Tonga
Preparing the Urban Development Sector Project
Consulting Services
Project Preparation
(est. $0.675million)
Procurement commencing Q43 2016

Opportunities Regional
Improving Urban Services Regulation and Governance in the
Pacific
Consulting Services
(est. $0.700million)
Procurement commencing Q43 2016

Looking Ahead
Fiji : Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Upgrade Project
($100.0 million, for approval in Q4 2016)
Opportunities: water supply and sewerage pipeline
construction, water and wastewater treatment
plant design and build contracts.
PNG: Preparing the District Towns Water and Sanitation Project
($0.750 million, for approval in Q2 2017)
Opportunities: project preparatory consulting services.

Looking Ahead
Vanuatu: Preparing the Luganville Urban Development
Project and Port Vila Urban Development Project Phase 2
($0.500million, for approval in Q4 2016)
Opportunities: project preparatory consulting services.

Looking Ahead
Vanuatu: Preparing the Luganville Urban Development
Project and Port Vila Urban Development Project Phase 2
($0.500million, for approval in Q4 2016)
Opportunities: project preparatory consulting services.

Want More Information?

Contact
Steve Blaik, Pacific Department
Email: sblaik@adb.org
Tel: +63 2 632 6127