West Mallard Creek Church Road Shared- Use Path

This project is being built to add sidewalks as part of the city’s Capital Investment Fund to provide a safe, efficient, comfortable pedestrian system to improve the quality of life of its residents, visitors, and businesses. Improvements will be provided along the south side of West Mallard Creek  Church Road, from Mallard Creek Road to roughly 600′ east of Claude Freeman Drive. The project proposes a 12 ft. shared-use path, a typical 8 ft. planting strip (where possible), signalization and intersection improvements at David Taylor Drive, and intersection improvements at Claude Freeman Drive.

Painting Services

The Building Services Division of the General Services Department is responsible for maintaining a portfolio of approximately 200 buildings, including offices, fire stations, police division offices, and equipment shops that house various City activities. The city also maintains cultural facilities, including museums and arenas that serve as venues for sports, entertainment, and other events.

This contract shall provide painting services at various locations as identified by the City. Services could consist of providing all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision for the painting and finishing of new and existing interior surfaces, i.e., walls, doors, window frames, and other work as directed by the project manager.

Light Vehicle Repairs

The City is seeking qualified vendors to provide automotive repair services for city-owned vehicles. Vehicle types include cars, vans, pickup trucks, and medium-duty trucks. The City fleet includes vehicles from the following manufacturers:

  • Chevrolet/GM
  • Chrysler/Dodge
  • Ford
  • Kia
  • Nissan
  • Toyota

One or more contracts will be awarded from this solicitation for an initial term of three years with the option to renew for two additional one-year terms.

Generator Maintenance and Services

The Building Services Division of the General Services Department/Engineering and Project Management is responsible for maintaining a portfolio of approximately 180 buildings, including offices, fire stations, police division offices, and equipment shops, that house various City activities. The City also maintains cultural facilities, including museums and arenas that serve as venues for sports, entertainment, and other events. This service would provide routine preventive maintenance, repair services, and load bank testing (Services) for approximately 120 standby generators, ranging in size from 25 KW to 1500 KW, located at various City facilities (Project). Brand names include CAT, Generac, Kohler, Cummins, and MTU. These generators provide emergency electric service to vital facilities when commercial electric service is not available. The importance of the readiness of these standby generators is imperative to protect the health and wellbeing of residents of the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The City is seeking firms whose combination of experience and expertise will provide professional, timely, and cost-effective services to the City.

Automatic Lighting Controls Maintenance and Services

The proposed contract is to provide installation, maintenance, and programming services for Automatic Lighting controls in City facilities that are not part of an integrated Building Automation System. All control systems require maintenance and confirmation that they are still functioning correctly. Lighting controls may include occupancy sensors, timelocks, and photocells, relays, light control switches, or touchscreens. Lighting control systems should be inspected and cleaned to ensure proper operation. Reporting of deficiencies, troubleshooting, and programming modifications may be needed.

Citywide Roof Inspection and Maintenance

The purpose of this project is to provide specified inspection schedules, and also for on-call, as needed services for unscheduled inspection services, minor roof maintenance, and repairs. Work is to include inspections of gutters, scuppers, down spouts, coping caps, expansion joint covers, and gravel stop joints and flashings. In addition, building perimeter inspections will be needed to note defects, such as damaged or deteriorated wood fascia, peeling paint, broken windows, cracks in walls, etc.   Digital photo documentation will also be needed to document overall roof conditions, deficiencies, and repaired roof areas.

 

 

Creative Services for Storm Water Services

Charlotte‐Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) conducts four educational campaigns to raise awareness of the effects of individual behavior on surface water quality, volunteer opportunities to protect local waterways, flood safety, and storm drainage infrastructure throughout the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

  • Surface Water Quality Education Campaign – Messages focus on surface water quality, stormwater, watershed awareness and pollution prevention.
  • Flood Safety Education Campaign – Messages focus on floodplains, flood risks, flood insurance and storm preparation.
  • Volunteer Education Campaign – Messages focus on volunteer opportunities to improve conditions that affect water quality and flooding.
  • Storm Drainage Infrastructure Education Campaign – Messages focus on how drainage infrastructure carries rainwater throughout our community, storm drainage improvement projects, and the importance of repairing and replacing infrastructure to support a thriving city.

Each year, CMSWS prepares a strategic plan that summarizes the activities and strategies for the upcoming fiscal year. The selected firm(s) will assist in the development and implementation of this plan.