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The City of Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for the removal of snow and ice on City maintained streets.  Additional resources are needed to clear streets during extraordinary winter weather events. Contractors  provide additional dump truck and plowing equipment with licensed operators to supplement City services.

This contract will install, maintain, and remove/relocate CDOT’s inventory of portable Driver Feedback Signs. These battery-powered radar signs are deployed throughout the city.  The CDOT Traffic Safety Section selects the corridors for up to six weeks per location.

The selected contractor will be responsible for installing the signs in certain locations directed by CDOT, routinely checking the areas they are installed in to ensure they are properly functioning, and once the deployment time has ended for a selected area, removing the signs to be redeployed in another location.

This contract is for materials driver feedback signs for CDOT’s portable Driver Feedback Signs inventory. These battery-powered radar signs are deployed throughout the city.  The CDOT Traffic Safety Section selects the corridors for up to six weeks per location.

The pavement markings and line removal will be performed on roadways maintained by the City of Charlotte and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).

This is a task order-based contract for on-call services. The services will be established via task orders.  Each task order should include the following: Mobilization, Pavement Markings, Thermoplastic Pavement Markings, Thermoplastic Line Removal, and Traffic Control.

This project involves providing sewer flow monitoring services and rain measurement at both temporary and permanent locations.
It encompasses the deployment, maintenance, and retrieval of flow monitoring and rain gauge equipment. Qualified professionals are needed to evaluate the flow monitoring data.
Overall, the project aims to enhance monitoring accuracy and efficiency.

This project will upgrade the existing meter reading system to a self-reporting network and replace end of life residential meters. Existing communication endpoints not compatible with the network selected will be replaced. Most residential meters will be replaced; those meters not replaced will require a replacement register compatible with the new endpoints. Commercial meters will receive replacement registers or be replace, depending on compatibility with the selected network solution. The communication network, hourly interval data and customer access portal will improve customer experience, increase billing efficiency and accuracy, reduce system losses and operational expenses, and improve system monitoring and planning.

Handheld license plate recognition device and associated software to automatically capture license plate information and associated data to determine compliance with paid or permitted parking.

The Center Lighting Vault Relocation Project will relocate the existing lighting vault, located at the Mid-Field area at CLT Airport to a new proposed location. The project will consist of site work, building work, site utilities, and airfield lighting circuitry.

The selected Final Design Engineer or Engineer of Record (EOR or Consultant) will produce Construction Documents to be issued for competitive bidding of one or multiple construction packages, followed by Conformed or Released for Construction Plans issued to the responsive or responsible bidder for Construction.  The design and documents are to be based on Preliminary Design or bridging documents prepared by the Owner’s Master Civil Engineer (Aviation Consulting Engineers, LLC, or ACE).  The Preliminary Design effort will include completion of the Design Geotechnical Subsurface Investigation, preliminary design plans to a 30% level of completion, pavement design, and preliminary surveys.  Final Design surveys, including pavement tie-ins, etc. will be the responsibility of the Consultant.

This contract will be for the replacement of solar batteries for the following equipment:

• School Zone Flashers
• Driver Feedback Signs
• RRFBs
• Warning Flashers
• Regular batteries for other types of signal devices

The City of Charlotte vendor will provide Services that consist of the removal of concrete tripping hazards from sidewalks, curb ramps, and concrete curbing in the City of Charlotte’s sidewalk system that the City or its agents have identified. The identified concrete tripping hazards will be repaired without use of typical destructive construction methods, i.e. panel demolition and replacement. All work produced shall be compliant with the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requirements for slope and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements for traction. Tripping hazards are defined as any change in vertical elevation more than 1/4”. The vendor is responsible for all traffic control in accordance with the most recent Work Area Traffic Control Handbook (“WATCH”), which can be found at https://charlottenc.gov/Transportation/Permits/Pages/RightofWayUse.aspx Any debris resulting from the removal of trip hazards shall be disposed of in a legal manner.

While the City is flexible with respect to certain elements of the Citywide Trip Hazard Removal Services, the City has specific requirements and preferences for the Service delivery method.

The City of Charlotte vendor shall identify and repair the trip and fall hazards that are ¼” to 2 ½” in height in the City of Charlotte’s sidewalk system. The City of Charlotte vendor shall repair hazards greater than 2 ½” where the thickness of the concrete is greater than 4″.

The City is seeking a partner to serve as the lead agency to develop, support, and administer grant funds for the City’s Art and Culture department. Proposals should include and demonstrate:

• Experience and history with grant making, specifically in the arts and culture sector
• Alignment with the Charlotte Arts and Culture Plan
• Communications plan that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in soliciting proposals
• Project management plan
• Award selection plan and process
• Data and reporting in all phases of grant administration (engagement, application, final selection)
  • Demographics (age, race/ethnicity, gender) of applicants and intended audience served
  • Geography of intended audience served
  • Inclusion of diverse communities (examples, not definitive)
    • LGBTQ+
    • Different abilities/disabilities
    • Non-english speakers

Applicants should develop a timeline that ensure all funds are disbursed by June 30, 2025.