The City of Charlotte is seeking a qualified provider of Refuse Truck Body Repair Services to work in conjunction with Fleet Management. The Company shall perform maintenance, and repair services on fleet refuse truck body equipment owned, operated, or maintained by the City.
Heavy Truck Collision Repair Services
The City of Charlotte is seeking a qualified provider of Heavy Truck Collision Repair Services to work in conjunction with Fleet Management. The Company shall perform collision repair services on a variety of fleet heavy truck equipment owned, operated, or maintained by the City.
Metrolina Regional Household Travel Survey
The City of Charlotte, serving as Model Custodian of the Metrolina Regional Travel Demand Model, is releasing this initial first step Request for Letters Of Intent to seek professional consulting services to design, test, and implement a household travel survey for the 12 county, bi-state model region.
Emergency Snow and Ice Removal Services
This project includes snow removal and/or barricading services by either plowing, sweeping, shoveling, or any combination as may be required to provide safe, clear, and unobstructed foot and vehicle travel at city maintained facilities including, but not limited, to parking lots, parking decks, driveways, sidewalks, stairways, and, in some instances, building entrances.
The selected Company will provide snow removal services on an on-call, as-needed basis. Work will be performed in response to requests made by the City’s Project Manager. All services will require advance authorization. The selected company will provide all personnel, equipment, tools, supplies, supervision, and any other items necessary to perform snow removal services. Rental equipment and subcontracting of portions of the work without specific prior authorization will not be accepted.
Metrolina Regional Travel Demand Model – Technical Support
The City of Charlotte, serving as Model Custodian of the Metrolina Regional Travel Demand Model, is releasing this listing to engage a qualified firm for the purpose of technical support for the next update to the simplified tour-based Metrolina Regional Travel Demand Model (MRM). The work may involve tasks including, but not limited to:
• Technical assistance and guidance in developing household travel surveys designed to capture tour-based travel, with the potential to supplement with big data.
• Technical assistance and guidance with tour model estimation using travel survey data.
• Technical assistance and guidance with tour model calibration and validation.
• Technical assistance and guidance in developing a tour-based mode choice model (to include coordination with and endorsement by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) and FTA.
• Additional model development guidance and assistance as needed.
Multi-Sensor Inspections
The work consists of all labor, material, and equipment to inspect existing large diameter sewers using Multi-Sensor (Laser/LiDAR), Sonar, and HD Image technology. The MSI deployment shall provide a three-dimensional representation of internal pipe conditions above the flow line using laser/LiDAR measurement and below the flow line using sonar measurement and both combined with HD imaging. The work includes locating manhole using signal transmitting device, processing the MSI data and delivering the results of the processing in a ready to use format.
Vegetation Management & Stormwater Control Measures (SCM) Maintenance
Multiple contracts will be awarded.
The Scope of Services consists of maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) within the City limits of Charlotte and in Mecklenburg County. Types of SCMs include, but may not be limited to the following: wet ponds, stormwater wetlands, bioretention cells, sand filters, dry detention facilities, swales, underground systems, regenerative stormwater conveyance, and terrace filters. Storm Water Services constructs SCMs to improve flooding and surface water quality. The City has implemented a wide variety of project types and they need various maintenance activities ranging from trash and debris removal, to fish stocking, to sediment removal. Maintenance activities to be completed under this scope of work may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Trash/debris removal
- Mowing, including pond dams/slopes
- Pruning/weeding
- Turf improvement/establishment
- Mulch removal/replacement/installation
- Algae/Duckweed control
- Wildlife damage repair/prevention
- Fish stocking/relocation
- Forebay sediment removal
- Miscellaneous outlet/structural repairs
- Orifice clean out or retrofits
- Sand filter, bioretention repairs
- Erosion/slope repair
- Rip rap installation
- Riser and pipe repair
- Trash rack repair/installation
Real Estate Services
Charlotte Water is seeking contracts with companies that will handle land acquisitions and all related services thereto as needed, which is required occasionally and pursuant to the construction of critical water and wastewater infrastructure. Services will include acquisitions, relocations, appraisals, review of appraisals, various legal tasks, and easement offers. The type and amount of work vary per project and thus is unknown until the company reviews each project at the time of assignment.
Elevator Maintenance and Repair Services
The selected Company will maintain elevator units using trained personnel. The maintenance will include inspection, lubrication, adjustment, and if conditions or usage warrant, repair or replacement of the following parts:
(a) Controller parts, selectors and dispatching equipment, relays, solid-state components, transducers, resistors, condensers, power amplifiers, transformers, contracts, leads, dashpots, timing devices, computer and microcomputer devices, steel selector tapes, mechanical and electrical driving equipment, signal lamps, and position indicating equipment.
(b) Door operators, car door hangers, car door contacts, door protective devices, load weighing equipment, car frames, car safety mechanisms, platforms, car and counterweight guide shoes including rollers and gibs, and emergency car lighting.
(c) Hoistway door interlocks and hangers, bottom door guides, and auxiliary door closing devices.
(d) Machines, worms, gears, thrust bearings, drive sheaves, drive sheave shaft bearings, brake pulleys, brake coils, contacts, linings, and component parts.
(e) Motors, motor generators, motor windings, rotating elements, commutators, brushes, brush holders, and bearings.
(f) Governor Components, governor sheaves and shaft assemblies, bearings, contacts, governor jaws, deflector or secondary sheaves, car and counterweight buffers, car and counterweight guide rails, car and counterweight sheave assemblies, top and bottom limit switches, governor tension sheave assemblies, and compensating sheave assemblies.
(g) Pumps, pump motors, operating valves, valve motors, leveling valves, plunger packings, exposed piping, above ground plungers and cylinders, and hydraulic fluid tanks.
(h) Escalator handrails, handrail drive chains, handrail brush guards, handrail guide rollers, alignment devices, steps, step treads, step wheels, step chains, step axle bushings, comb plates, floor plates, tracks, external gearing, and drive chains.
(i) Escalator upper drives, upper drive bearings, tension sprocket bearings, upper newel bearings, demarcation lights, and comb lights.
In addition, the Company may be asked to replace all wire ropes or coated steel belts as often as necessary to maintain an appropriate level of safety. This may also include equalizing the tension on hoisting ropes, resocketing ropes for drum machines, and repairing or replacing conductor cables, hoistway, and machine-room elevator wiring.
The selected Company will provide the City with 24-hour, year-round services to ensure that all emergency needs are immediately met.