Location: Nadi, Fiji (Crowne Plaza Hotel)

The Pacific Infrastructure Business Opportunities Seminar is for international, regional, and local contractors and consultants interested in contributing to the infrastructure development activities in the Pacific.

Hosted by the Government of Fiji and the Asian Development Bank, in partnership with the Australian Government and the World Bank, this event brings the business community together with key representatives from Pacific governments and development partners to discuss the infrastructure development priorities for the Pacific region, especially growing opportunities in transport, energy, water, ICT, social (health and education) infrastructure sectors. To strengthen the business community and public buyers’ exchange and encourage increased local participation, the event features focused briefing for new entrants, industry feedback sessions, and networking opportunities.

In support of the Pacific quality infrastructure principles, the event will feature a focused panel discussion on how different institutions’ procurement systems can maximize positive impacts through integrating environmental, social, climate resilience, and economic considerations.

The event will offer an unrivaled opportunity to better understand the growing business opportunities in the Pacific and explore how the local, regional, and international public and private sectors can work in partnership to further grow the trade and investment relationship toward sustainable infrastructure development in the Pacific.

Effective Bidding and Tendering – Procurement Masterclass – 24 May 2024

In response to popular demand, following the main event, a procurement masterclass on Effective Bidding and Tendering will be held on Friday, 24 May 2024 at the same venue, for business delegates (especially new entrants to the Pacific infrastructure projects) to gain insights on the infrastructure procurement process by public procurers and financiers. The agenda of this masterclass session is here and registration information is here.

Registration starts from now to 13 May 2024.

PIC Business Regional Travel Support

Enhancing local SME participation in Pacific infrastructure business opportunities is an important objective of this event. 

As such, through the support of the Australian Government, travel funding is available on a competitive basis, for SMEs based in developing member countries in the Pacific region and outside of the host country (Fiji), to attend the BOS event on 22-23 May and a post-BOS procurement training workshop on ‘Effective Bidding and Tendering’ facilitated by ADB, Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) and WB on 24 May. 

Funding support is available to cover partial or full travel expenses. This includes economy flight, local transport, and/or accommodation expenses. 

Interested business entity representatives shall prepare an expression of interest (no more than 500 words) and submit it to drferrer@adb.org  covering the following:

• Description of the company/organization and its experience in bidding/ tendering for infrastructure project procurement opportunities relating to goods works, and consulting services
• The proposed delegate profile
• Annual turnover
• Proposed travel arrangement, company/organization's financial position and constraint to fully fund the total travel cost to attend the event, the travel cost contribution able to be met by the company, and the requested amount of travel funding support 
• Proposed delegate's motivation to attend the events (challenges/training objectives) 
• Company plans towards bidding and tendering in upcoming infrastructure project procurement opportunities and areas of interest

Award of travel support is at the discretion of a selection panel consisting of representatives from the Australian Government, ADB, WB, the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat. All applications will be reviewed within 5 business days of their submission, on a rolling basis. The funding support window will be closed upon the full allocation of the available funding, no later than Sunday 28 April 2024 (11:59 p.m. Manila time).

The amount of any potential award is based on factors such as travel cost, location, and distance traveled, the experience, interest, and commitment of the participant in actively participating in upcoming infrastructure projects, fair distribution of support to different PICs outside of the host country, and the availability of funds.