Consultancy firms are being courted to design a climate-resilient stormwater drainage system and management plan that supports long-term urban resilience.
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A Ministry of Works, Infrastructure and Utilities has signalled plans to procure consultancy services for a climate-resilient stormwater drainage system and management plan for Majuro Atoll. With World Bank involvement and an explicit focus on sustainable maintenance, the notice highlights how climate adaptation is reshaping infrastructure advisory work.
Published on 22nd July 2026, the prior information notice for the Climate-Resilient Drainage System sets out the intention to bring in specialist external support. The ministry is preparing the ground for a consultancy contract that will shape how stormwater is handled across Majuro Atoll in the face of climate pressures.
The notice is concise but clear about its aims: “Consultancy services are sought for developing a climate-resilient stormwater drainage system and management plan for Majuro Atoll, focusing on assessment, design, and sustainable maintenance strategies.” In other words, the selected team will not only look at physical infrastructure but also how it is managed and cared for over time.
The first element, assessment, points to a structured review of current stormwater conditions and drainage arrangements. In comparable programmes, this stage often involves establishing a baseline picture of existing assets, known bottlenecks and institutional responsibilities. Here, the assessment will be expected to underpin both the technical design choices and the management plan that follows.
The design component will be central to the future investment pipeline. While the notice does not detail specific design standards or solutions, a climate-resilient approach implies that peak flows, long-term climatic trends and future development patterns will need to be considered rather than historic averages alone. The resulting concepts are likely to frame later decisions on capital works and possible phasing.
Equally important is the explicit reference to “sustainable maintenance strategies”. Many drainage systems fail not because of poor initial design but because maintenance is under-resourced, fragmented or unclear. By baking maintenance into the consultancy brief, the ministry is signalling that it wants advice on how to keep new and existing assets functioning, whether through revised procedures, clearer roles, funding mechanisms or performance monitoring.
The project involves the World Bank, placing it alongside a wider portfolio of climate-resilience operations where early-stage consultancy work sets the direction for later investments. For firms active in ESG-focused infrastructure, this kind of upstream assignment can be pivotal in influencing standards, governance and procurement choices over many years.
The Majuro Atoll notice is part of a much broader stream of water and resilience consultancy opportunities emerging through multilateral-backed projects. Several recent prior information notices point to similar combinations of technical design, planning and institutional reform.
In July 2026, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy issued a prior information notice for the Castries Stormwater Management Plan. There, consulting services are sought for a comprehensive urban stormwater management plan focusing on improving drainage infrastructure, maintenance procedures and inter-agency coordination. The parallels with Majuro Atoll are clear: both notices treat drainage as a system that spans engineering, operations and governance.
In March 2026, the Local Government Division published a notice for the Metro Dhaka Water Resilience Project, seeking consulting services to support integrated interventions across sewerage, drainage, solid waste management and pollution monitoring. That brief underlines a trend towards multi-utility, basin-wide approaches in urban areas, where stormwater is managed as part of a wider environmental and public-health system rather than as an isolated engineering problem.
Beyond cities, similar priorities are visible in river basin and irrigation work. On 20th April 2026, the Department of Economic Planning and Development launched a consultancy for a Shire River Basin Management Plan in Malawi, with an emphasis on reviewing existing plans and integrating updated data to enhance climate resilience. In March 2026, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation sought consultancy services for a Mwache Dam Feasibility Study, covering a 2,000-hectare irrigation scheme to boost economic benefits from water resources. Both show how drainage, storage and allocation are being revisited under a climate lens.
Data and monitoring are also in focus. In May 2026, the Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic invited firms to establish a Laboratory Data Management Information System for a climate-resilient water services project, while on 21st May 2026 the Office for External Assistance Programs Management sought disaster risk management consulting for integrating snow-depth sensors into Moldova’s hydrometeorological network. These assignments highlight the demand for information systems and analytics alongside physical works.
For small and coastal states, resilience consultancies are extending beyond water into transport, land and marine sectors. On 15th April 2026, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities in Vanuatu issued a prior information notice for an Environmental Safeguards Specialist to monitor and advise on a climate-resilient transport project. In July 2026, Airports of Mauritius Ltd sought consulting services for the Rodrigues Airport Project, covering land rehabilitation and the design and supervision of irrigation schemes and reservoirs to enhance agricultural productivity and climate resilience.
Closer to Majuro Atoll, coastal and marine systems are receiving attention too. On 23rd April 2026, the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority published a notice for a Coastal Fisheries Consultant Opportunity, seeking a consultant to enhance fisheries management, compliance and enforcement as part of a regional oceanscape programme. Together with the Majuro drainage plans, this points to a multi-sector effort to strengthen resilience across land and sea.
Many of these notices sit within World Bank-supported programmes, where policy, planning and design work are bundled together to prepare larger investments. On 14th July 2026, for example, the Intergrated Rural Development and Climate Resilience Project invited expressions of interest for the Integrated Rurban Development Project in the Gal Oya basin, described explicitly as a World Bank-funded initiative aimed at enhancing climate resilience and rural livelihoods. The Majuro Atoll drainage work now slots into this wider pattern of upstream technical assistance linked to climate finance.
Environmental and social safeguards are integral to many of the opportunities. In March 2026, Miyahuna Water Company sought consultants to supervise restructuring and enhancement of water networks in Hizam and northern Salt through the Jordan Water Sector Efficiency Project, including responsibilities for environmental and social compliance. In July 2026, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Equipment and Social Housing launched a consultancy for an Urban Resilience Project in Burundi, with feasibility studies and design explicitly tied to environmental and social risk management.
Social outcomes and access to services are another recurring theme. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre’s March 2026 notice for Low-Cost Sanitation Solutions in Jamaica seeks consulting firms to develop models for unsewered urban areas, with a practical roadmap for deployment. The Sint Maarten notice of 13th July 2026 for Consulting Services for Waste Management similarly combines feasibility, design, procurement support and construction supervision for a waste diversion and management yard.
The World Bank’s climate-resilience agenda is also driving demand for financial, institutional and capacity-building expertise. On 2nd June 2026, the Ministry of Physical Development and Public Utilities sought a Financial Management Assistant for a resilient renewable energy facility, while on 10th July 2026 the Pakistan Meteorological Department advertised a Financial Management Specialist Selection for a large flood resilience and adaptation project.
Other notices focus on long-term institutional capacity. In June 2026, the Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs in Kiribati sought an International Technical Advisor in civil engineering to build planning and asset-management capacity, while the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management in Fiji is looking for consultancy services to establish and manage a Project Management Unit for a rural prosperity and resilience project.
For Majuro Atoll, the prior information notice marks an early step. Detailed terms of reference, procurement documentation and subsequent construction or supervision contracts could follow, depending on how the project is structured and financed. The way the ministry frames climate resilience and maintenance in the next stage will be of particular interest to firms active in this space.
As governments and lenders embed climate resilience into infrastructure planning, early-stage consultancy notices like the Majuro Atoll stormwater project offer a clear signal of where public-sector demand is moving, and how ESG considerations are being written into the fabric of future capital programmes.
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