Welcome to EarlyBird, the City of Charlotte Business Opportunities Pipeline! This site is a comprehensive listing of Active and In Development contracting opportunities across all City of Charlotte departments. Projects can be searched using keywords, by commodity code, or using a variety of filters to narrow down opportunities your business may be interested in participating in. Click on the orange Requirements button on the Opportunity to see additional details about the project and specific requirements that may be helpful in preparing to participate in an upcoming solicitation. You can also “follow” a project using various social media channels to get notifications when the requirements are updated, or once the project moves from “In Development” to “Active” status.
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Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods
Brass Parts and Fittings
City Wide / Technology Goods & Services
E-Procurement System
This RFP seeks to establish a contract for a robust and efficient E-Procurement System. The new solution will support the city’s procurement needs while ensuring efficiency, compliance, and scalability. The selected solution must be cloud-based, user-friendly, provide real-time seamless integration with Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), E-Builder, DocuSign, and B2G Now, and be compatible with existing workflows, financial systems, and reporting structures.
Aviation / Construction
NEAT – Overlook Lighting Enhancements
This project will enhance the current lighting around the Overlook site. The scope will include replacing a portion of existing light poles, foundations, and bollards with new poles and fixtures to better illuminate the overlook playground, memorial, and turf area.
Aviation / Architectural / Engineering Services
Runway 18L/36R and Taxiway Delta Rehab Design
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (“CLT”) intends to post a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for the rehabilitation of Runway 18L/36R and Taxiway D design. The scope of this work to be designed will include but is not limited to asphalt milling, paving, airfield electrical work, and pavement makings.
City Wide / General Services
Citywide Auto Cleaning, Detailing, and Decontamination Services
The City of Charlotte utilizes on-site and off-site companies to supply vehicle cleaning, detailing, and decontamination services for its fleet of vehicles and construction equipment. Services range from basic washing to full vehicle detailing. The standard service frequency for most vehicles is monthly, however, CMPD and Fire encounter circumstances where cleaning is required on a more frequent basis.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department / General Services
CMPD On Duty Scheduling Software
The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified vendors to provide an On-Duty Scheduling Software System for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The system will be used to schedule, manage, and track law enforcement officers’ shifts, ensuring optimal staffing, and compliance with operational needs. The software will be user-friendly, secure, and scalable, with features that streamline scheduling processes and improve overall efficiency in workforce management.
City Wide / General Services
Citywide General Collision Services
The City of Charlotte is looking for qualified Service Providers to work in conjunction with Fleet Management to perform complete turnkey collision repairs and related services (excluding any City applied graphics), on the City’s various makes and models of vehicles. Service Providers shall pick-up and deliver vehicles, as well as perform all collision repairs at their facilities. Collision repairs may include, but are not restricted to, frame, cooling systems and lines, frame, engine components, transmission, steering, cooling systems, and related parts repairs or replacement. Services shall adhere to any related OEM requirements and/or recommendations.
City and County vehicles include but are not restricted to, Police vehicles, Fire vehicles, general staff cars, various pickup trucks, medium trucks, and medium duty transportation buses, all of various makes, models, and applications. As makes, models, and quantities are subject to change, the Service Provider is required to maintain facilities, inventory, training, and related equipment necessary to accommodate a variety of vehicles.
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Commodities & Goods
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 three years with the option for two (2) one-year renewal options.
Charlotte Water / Construction
FY26 Water and Sewer Infrastructure Construction – Contract 2
The Project consists of an undetermined number of individual projects consisting of water and/or sewer extensions,
water and/or sewer replacements, low-pressure sanitary sewer, water distribution system reliability
improvement projects, and/or sanitary sewer capacity assurance projects, which will be assigned by the
Project Engineer.
Establish a contract for the purchase and delivery of Brass parts and fittings. Ford, McDonald and, where specified, Mueller models have been tested and evaluated by Charlotte Water and determined to be the best Brass Parts and Fittings for the department. Ford, McDonald and, where specified, Mueller models are the only manufacturers/models that will be acceptable for this project.