Charlotte Douglas International Airport (“CLT” or “Airport”), which is owned and operated by the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, is seeking statement of qualifications (“SOQ”) from qualified and experienced firms (individually or collectively, the “Firm”) interested in providing professional consulting services toward the completion and implementation of CLT’s Safety Management System (SMS), an organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls. The initial phase of research and development will support and enable the second phase of implementation of CLT’s SMS program (“The Program”). The Program shall comply with the concepts and attributes described in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular 150/5200-37A dated February 16, 2023. The successful proposer will evaluate CLT’s draft SMS implementation plan, as well as all Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), Supplemental Notices of Proposed Rule Making (SNPRM), the revisions to US Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139 and the Final Ruling issued by the FAA requiring Part 139 certificated airports to implement and maintain an airport SMS program (the “Work”). CLT further desires that the selected Firm(s) be available to provide Safety Risk Management (SRM) facilitation support, a key component of the Program.

The contract(s) will be in effect for a period of three (3) years, with the potential for two (2) additional one (1) year renewal opportunities.