The Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) maintains 690,000 linear feet of pavement markings throughout the City annually, including center lines, lane lines, edge lines, crosswalks and stop bars, and approximately 850 pavement arrows. A solicitation will be issued for thermoplastic pavement marking materials, including paint, granular materials, and pre-formed pavement markers. All material must meet the 2018 NC Department of Transportation Section 1087 specifications. The contract established will be for three years with two (2) one-year renewal options.
Charlotte Vision Zero Community Engagement Consulting Services
The City of Charlotte is seeking a firm to provide broad community engagement programming and direction to the Vision Zero Task Force and Vision Zero Program. The selected firm is expected to become familiar with the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan and the concepts of Vision Zero to identify ways to leverage messaging across communication modes to reach populations impacted most severely by fatal and serious injury crashes particularly those that are culturally, multilingual, generational and socio-economic diverse.
Household Travel Diary Survey
Collection of Household Travel Diary and supplement with passive data.
Blank Out Signs and Traffic Components
The City of Charlotte maintains a large and modern traffic signal system and has for many years used standardized materials and equipment. This system is complex and requires dedicated maintenance and oversight management to ensure that it functions as necessary. This solicitation is being issued to establish contracts for the purchase of Blank Out Signs, Traffic Loop Sealant and Pedestrian Signal Housings. All materials and equipment used to maintain this system are required to be interchangeable and function with the existing infrastructure.
South Tryon St Intelligent Transportation System
This project will install approximately 2.1 miles of 24 count single‐mode fiber optic cable installed in new directionally bored, hand dug and trenched conduit, existing conduit and aerial attachments to poles. This project includes entrances and interconnect equipment for eight existing traffic control cabinets and the installation of six traffic management cameras. The project limits are S Tryon Street beginning at West Boulevard to Clanton Road and then along Clanton Road to Barringer Drive. This project also includes fiber splicing, testing, Ethernet equipment communications, traffic management cameras and equipment and other related activities.
Liquid Asphalt
The Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) uses liquid asphalt in the repair and construction of asphalt streets, including pavements, potholes, utility patches, and street paving. CDOT requires a local pickup facility within Mecklenburg County due to material storage requirements. Local pickup provides the flexibility to secure small and large quantities of material as needed.
Sodium Chloride Deicing Salt
The City of Charlotte requires Sodium Chloride Salt for deicing City streets and roads, and as a preventative measure for any anticipated snowy or icy street conditions. This solicitation is to provide bulk tonnage delivery of Sodium Chloride Deicing Salt that has been treated with an anti-caking agent to the addresses specified by the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT). The contract established will be for one year with the option for four (4) one-year renewal options.
The City of Charlotte has determined that it will utilize a Reverse Auction to obtain pricing for its Sodium Chloride Deicing Salt. A Reverse Auction will utilize a 2-step process to obtain pricing from suppliers via a web-based online platform where multiple suppliers are able to submit descending prices, multiple times within a proscribed time period.
Traffic Signal Performance Measures – CANCELLED
Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures shows real-time and a history of performance at signalized intersections. The various measures will evaluate the quality of progression of traffic along the corridor, and displays any unused green time that may be available from various movements. This information informs CDOT of vehicle and pedestrian detector malfunctions, measures vehicle delay and lets us know volumes, speeds and travel time of vehicles. The measures are used to optimize mobility and manage traffic signal timing and maintenance to reduce congestion, save fuel costs and improve safety. Currently, the City has a 200 intersection pilot studying how performance measures can assist us in proactively monitoring our traffic signals. This project would be to identify the software solution the City will use Citywide and install.
Preventive Maintenance (signals/cabinets) – CANCELLED
The City operates and maintains 775 traffic signals throughout the City of Charlotte and ensures preventative maintenance is performed on all traffic signals every 12 to 18 months. The contracts will provide preventative maintenance of traffic signals for all traffic signals in the City. Preventative maintenance work includes testing and confirming correct operation of all components and cleaning of pedestrian and traffic signal lenses.