Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project

Summary

(FILLING PURPOSES) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) Individual Selection of Consultant Name of the Project: Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project Consulting Service: Applications Programmer Individual/Firm: Individual Consultant (CS-INDV) Date of Publication 26th January 2026 Deadline for submission: 09th February 2026 Reference Number: VU-MLNR-514579-CS-INDV 1). BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT A long-term vision of the Government of Vanuatu (GoV) is to provide potable water, sanitation, roads, drainage and electricity to low-income households for the largest number of citizens. To address this, the International Development Agency of the World Bank Group is supporting the GoV with the Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project (VARS). The aims of the Project include developing a phased, 10-year, risk-informed Land Development and Investment Strategy (LDIS) for the Greater Port Vila area with an estimated population of 114,000 people, almost 40 percent of the country’s population. VARS also will support GoV to prepare a five-year action plan to implement phased settlement upgrading (SURP) of the 23 existing informal settlements in the Greater Port Vila area. To build these two interdependent medium-term platforms, the Project will implement on-the ground selected investments and associate institutional, and policy strengthening measures to pilot and set policy precedents for new land development and in situ settlement upgrading. This includes: (a) basic area upgrading of four informal settlements (Ohlen Mataso, Seaside, Tokyo and portion of Anamburu); (b) developing a 10 ha ‘sites-and-services’ (greenfield) lower-middle income residential area subdivision; (c) expansion or rehabilitation (as required) of off-site infrastructure focusing on flood management and mitigation; and (d) implementing measures for transformative institutional capacity strengthening of responsible Government of Vanuatu and sub-national agencies for planning, financing, and implementing the 10-year LDIS and 5-year SURP in partnerships with communities and the private sector. The Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MoLNR), supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities (MIPU), the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation, Shefa Provincial Council, and Port Vila City Council. The development objectives of the Project are to (i) improve access to and resilience of infrastructure and services in selected new and existing settlements, and (ii) strengthen land planning and management for resilient human settlement. The project will involve four components as follows: Proposed Components and Sub-components Component 1: Affordable and Resilient New Settlement Development Resilient new settlement development Institutional and systems strengthening for future settlement planning and development Component 2: Affordable and Resilient Settlement Upgrading 2.1 Resilient settlement upgrading 2.2 Sustainable Urban Drainage for settlements 2.3 Institutional and systems strengthening for upgrading unplanned settlements Component 3: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response (CERC) 1.1 Implementation Arrangements Institutional and implementation arrangements are shown diagrammatically in Figure 1 below: Figure 1 : Institutional and implementation arrangements 2). OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT To establish a structured and systematic approach for updating applications relating to the Vanuatu Land Information Management System (VLIMS) and related databases, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and reliability in support of improved land administration workflows, transparency, and decision-making. 3). QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED The proposed candidate should possess: A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related