A major US$240 million World Bank–backed investment to transform Fiji’s health sector has entered the early market engagement phase, with contractors invited to participate in an information-sharing conference under the Pacific Healthy Islands Transformation (PHIT) Project.
Details of the project have been released on the World Bank website.
At current exchange rates, the investment is worth about FJ$540 million, making it one of the largest healthcare infrastructure programmes ever undertaken in Fiji.
The project is jointly implemented by Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services Fiji and the Ministry of Finance Fiji, with financing support from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the OPEC Fund for International Development and the Pandemic Fund.
According to the project outline, PHIT aims to modernise Fiji’s health system through targeted investments in healthcare infrastructure, digital health services, strengthened primary healthcare, workforce training and improved regional coordination.
As part of early market engagement, the Ministry has invited suitably qualified contractors to a hybrid conference to discuss three major work packages in Fiji.
These include the design and construction of a new radiotherapy and medical imaging centre near the Colonial War Memorial Hospital site**, upgrades or rebuilds of 17 primary healthcare facilities across urban, rural and maritime areas, and the design and delivery of a modular patient ward block at CWM Hospital.
The Ministry said the early engagement process is intended to brief the construction market on the scope, scale and delivery approach of the PHIT investments, while allowing potential bidders to better understand project requirements ahead of formal procurement.
Once completed, the PHIT Project is expected to significantly strengthen Fiji’s healthcare capacity, improve access to specialised services such as cancer treatment, and enhance resilience of health facilities nationwide, supporting long-term improvements in public health outcomes.
