Project record

Fiji Kinoya wastewater treatment and Laucala Bay outfall programme

Participation
Submissions closed
Submission deadline
Next notice (expected)
December 2026
Participation checked

CW02 prequalification applications closed on 30 September 2026; bidding invitations expected in December 2026

Participation source

CW02 prequalification applications closed on 30 September 2026 at 15:00 Fiji time (GMT+12). WAF expects bidding invitations in December 2026, following selection of up to three eligible applicants. The estimated US$104.85 million upgrade covers a 36 MLD first stage, five years of operations and reuse of the existing 2.4 km Laucala Bay outfall.

Aerial plan of the existing Kinoya wastewater treatment plant site beside Laucala Bay, with the treatment-plant boundary marked

ADB / Water Authority of Fiji environmental and social assessment; Figure 3.1 source SMEC (2023), basemap Google Earth

Location

Fiji / Global islands

Segment

Marine utilities

Phase

Prequalification / Confirmed

Last checked

14 October 2026

Coverage

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Marine utilities is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Water Authority of Fiji
Delivery parties
CW02 DBO contractor and shortlist remain undisclosed in the cited notices, Miya S.A.R.L. (separate Greater Suva non-revenue-water performance contract)
Contract route
International open competitive bidding with prequalification for CW02. The 13 August 2026 procurement plan v3 retains the US$104.85 million DBO estimate, prior review, single-stage two-envelope bidding and 70:30 merit-point evaluation. Corrigendum 1-IFP limits the shortlist to three eligible applicants; qualification documents and submission access are through WAF TenderLink.
Execution window
The corrected application deadline was 30 September 2026, 15:00 Fiji time (GMT+12). Corrigendum 1-IFP expects bidding invitations in December 2026, with the actual shortlist and invitation date still unconfirmed. Construction, commissioning and operating-start dates remain undisclosed. The programme financing closes on 30 June 2033.
Works package
Operate-design-build-operate upgrade of Kinoya wastewater treatment plant to a 36 MLD / 180,000 population-equivalent Stage 1, including inlet pumping, screening and grit removal, primary and secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, sludge and co-digestion systems, disinfection, commissioning, and five years of operations and maintenance
Marine interfaces
The reference design sends disinfected treated effluent through the existing approximately 2.4 km HDPE ocean outfall to Laucala Bay. A new offshore pipeline, diffuser or dredging package is outside the scope identified in the cited assessment and CW02 plan. Outfall condition, hydraulic tie-in and discharge monitoring remain project interfaces.
Commercial evidence boundary
CW02's estimated US$104.85 million covers treatment design, civil and mechanical works, controls, sludge systems, commissioning and five-year operating performance. Applications for the current prequalification round are closed. Specialist participation depends on the eventual DBO contractor and its package allocation; the contractor, award value and lower-tier appointments remain unconfirmed.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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CW02 deadline extended to 30 September; bidding invitations expected in December

Corrigendum 1-IFP sets 15:00 Fiji time (GMT+12) on 30 September as the application deadline and limits the shortlist to three eligible applicants. December is the expected invitation month; the shortlist, issued invitation and award remain unconfirmed.

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Original CW02 notice recorded a 17 July prequalification deadline

The 11 June invitation used a 17 July 2026 application deadline. This historical entry retains the original notice; the September corrigendum subsequently extended the deadline to 30 September.

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Procurement plan defines a US$104.85 million DBO with five years of operations

The plan fixes CW02 as an international, prequalified, prior-review design-build-operate competition with a 70:30 merit-point evaluation. It defines a major treatment and operating package but does not add a new offshore outfall or marine pipeline.

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Separate Greater Suva water-loss contract awarded to Miya

ADB records a US$25.03 million performance-based non-revenue-water contract to Miya S.A.R.L. This is a programme delivery milestone but is separate from CW02 and does not identify a Kinoya DBO contractor or any marine works award.

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ADB financing became effective

Effectiveness moved the programme beyond signature into an active financing period. Procurement completion, field mobilisation, plant construction and environmental performance require later evidence.

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Final US$135 million loan agreement signed

The signed agreement fixes the controlling loan amount and a 30 June 2033 closing date. Together with the separate US$10 million grant it supersedes the older approval-news split, but financing signature is not a construction or operating milestone.

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ADB approved the Healthy Oceans and Water Security programme

Approval established the sovereign programme and its intended water-security and Laucala Bay outcomes. It did not define CW02 award, detailed design, construction start, effluent compliance, or measured ecosystem recovery.

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Environmental assessment defines plant-side upgrade and reuse of the existing outfall

The assessment establishes 36 MLD Stage 1 treatment, disinfection, and discharge through the existing approximately 2.4 km Laucala Bay outfall. It also cautions that wider bay pollution has multiple sources, limiting any claim that plant completion alone proves ecosystem recovery.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • CW02 prequalification outcome and up-to-three-firm shortlist; expected December 2026 bidding invitations
  • 36 MLD Stage 1 process design, hydraulic tie-in, disinfection, sludge and co-digestion scope
  • Condition and operating envelope of the existing 2.4 km Laucala Bay ocean outfall
  • Commissioning evidence against BOD, suspended-solids, faecal-coliform, ammonia, nitrogen, and phosphorus limits
  • Bay-wide monitoring that distinguishes Kinoya discharge effects from other point and non-point pollution sources

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Reporting status

Project phase
Prequalification
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
14 October 2026
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