/ Opportunities
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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In Development
Charlotte Water / Architectural / Engineering Services
McAlpine Preliminary and Primary Treatment Reliability
In Development
Aviation / General Services
CLT Customer Centric Culture Master Plan
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-AVI-16038
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-31
- Last Updated: 10/27/24
This service will secure a multiyear contract that will establish a program initiative to implement the Customer Centric Culture at CLT for all employees airport-wide.
In Development
Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods
Water Treatment Polymer Trials
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CW-15475
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-09
- Last Updated: 10/22/24
The scope of this Invitation to Bid (ITB) is to establish a contract for the purchase, delivery, and other inherently related activities of liquid emulsion polymer for solids dewatering for Charlotte Water’s Franklin WTP in compliance with the specifications and terms and conditions set forth in this ITB.
Polymer Trials will take place prior to receiving bids for the polymer. All Products and parts furnished under the Contract shall be new, shall comply with the specifications and terms and conditions set forth in this ITB, and shall operate in full compliance with the Specifications.
In Development
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Technology Goods & Services
Big Data Transportation Services
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CDT-16233
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-01
- Last Updated: 10/21/24
Cloud-based current and historical transportation data with an interactive dashboard for the three-county CRTPO region. It should include at minimum origin-destination flow data, trip characteristics and metrics, speed and travel time data, congestion data, and traffic volumes, and it should provide this data by time of day and for personal vehicles, commercial trucks, transit, and non-motorized modes.
CRTPO: Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization
In Development
Aviation / Construction
Concourse A Modifications
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-AVI-16193
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-02-25
- Last Updated: 10/18/24
This Project aims to modify and relocate existing equipment, replace tables, add an experiential element, and extend tenant services at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The modifications of the existing equipment will accommodate a dual-use system at each Gate Counter including the electrical and data infrastructure leading up to the network. There will be a Flight Information Display System” that will need to be relocated in the connecting corridor which includes structural attachments to the building and repairs to the existing Terrazzo. Work hours between 2300 – 0500 EST to prevent disruption to Airport Operations. This project will require 100% badging for all workers. |
In Development
Aviation / Construction
Concourse E – Phase 10
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-AVI-16195
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-02-25
- Last Updated: 10/17/24
Add a small addition onto concourse E of approximately 4,350-7,150sf for offices. Base bid will be a 4,350sf addition with 2ea add alternates to add a 1,400sf bay/ea alternate for a potential maximum of 7,150sf. This area to be shell space, divided into 2 separate tenant spaces. Divider wall will be designed and installed to separate the two separate tenant spaces. Location of proposed addition is on the west side of concourse E between the employee turnstile and aircraft envelope E4.
In Development
Department of General Services / Construction
LaSalle Street/Beatties Ford Road Intersection Improvements
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-DGS-14208
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-01
- Last Updated: 10/17/24
Install decorative crosswalks (interconnected preformed thermoplastic), milling and resurfacing, and pavement markings.
In Development
Aviation / Technology Goods & Services
CLT VoiP Migration
- Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-AVI-16036
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-07
- Last Updated: 10/11/24
The primary goal of this project is to upgrade the existing telecommunications infrastructure at the airport from copper Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines to a more advanced, efficient Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system. This transition is aimed at addressing the current limitations of the outdated system, which include lack of modern communication features and inefficiency in handling the airport’s operational demands.
In Development
Department of General Services / Construction
Sharon Road at Eastburn Road Improvements
- Posting Number: 2026-Q1(Jan-Mar)-DGS-14074
- Anticipated Posting Date: 2026-01-01
- Last Updated: 10/08/24
This project is located on Sharon Road at Eastburn Road. The project proposes a curve realignment adding a left-turn lane from Sharon Road on to Eastburn Road and removing the superelevation.
This project provides design services to Charlotte Water. The project involves rehabilitation of Preliminary and Primary Treatment Facilities. Facilities generally include headworks, flow equalization basins, primary clarifiers, and gravity thickeners. A facilities evaluation, conducted by the design team, will determine the final scope of work.