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 Department of Transportation / Construction
Mallard Creek and Catawba Pump Station
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
Sweden Road Water Quality Enhancement Project
This project consists of the installation of Storm Water structures including pipe, curb, manholes, headwalls, and hydrodynamic separators to improve water quality at the adjacent surface water.
Housing & Neighborhood Services / General Services
Nuisance Abatement Services
The City of Charlotte is seeking to contract with one or more companies to provide nuisance abatement services when property owners fail to comply after legal notice. The contractors shall provide services that include but are not limited to mowing tall grass, weeds, and/or vegetation, removing yard waste, removing bulky curbside items, removing junk and debris, and/or securing (boarding up) residential and commercial structures found to be vacant and open.
The City is looking to award a contract for a term of three years with the option for (2) one-year renewal terms.
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
BOD shop equipment, tooling purchases and repairs
This is a request for a five-year goods and services contract for shop equipment, tools, and repairs.
Bus Operations Maintenance Department is responsible for the maintenance of the City Bus and Special Transportation Fleets. BOD Maintenance Department will be afforded the convenience of purchasing necessary shop equipment, tooling and equipment repairs as needed by having competitively sourced contracts in place for ongoing needs for maintenance and repairs.
Any ensuing contract will provide equipment, tooling and equipment repairs including, but not limited to, Medium/Heavy Duty truck specialty diagnostic and repair tools, Medium/Heavy Duty hydraulic jacking and stationary jack stands, Medium/Heavy Duty truck AC equipment and supplies, shop safety supplies and any repairs, repair parts and any accessories and related components necessary for new, retrofit or rebuild requirements.
PSR # 1656
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Commodities & Goods
Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (TAPCO)
The City of Charlotte is seeking a new contract for materials to maintain the City’s RRFB infrastructure. Work includes furnishing Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) in accordance with the current edition of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Traffic Signal Specifications, CDOT requirements.
Housing & Neighborhood Services / Technology Goods & Services
Multi and Single Family Home Compliance Inspection Services
The Department of Housing & Neighborhood Services’ (HNS), Housing Services Division requires companies to provide residential housing inspection services. The City is looking to contract with one or more companies that perform multifamily rental compliance inspection services on residential structures and single-family home minimum housing code compliance and safety inspections. Companies have the option of submitting a proposal for one type of inspection service or both types of inspection services.
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Emergency Response Vehicle Shop Re-rail Equipment
The vendor is to provide Re-Railing container for storage and deployment of re-rail equipment.
PSR 1440
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Convert Vanpool operations to turn-key contractor
This Request for Proposal (RFP) will convert CATS vanpool program to a turn-key operational contract. The CATS vanpool program is a resource for businesses and community groups to access ridesharing services through CATS and is a cost-effective public transit option. Commuters travel together in high-capacity vehicles between their homes or a designated location to a common work destination. The goal of the vanpool program is to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and provide a cost-effective travel alternative for commuters.
PSR # 1532
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Bus Pneumatic Parts
Charlotte Area Transit System’s Bus Operations is requesting a contract to support all Bus Pneumatic parts. The vendor would be responsible to supply parts for all potential Bus Manufacturers. The contract will have a 3-year initial term with 2 optional one-year renewals.
PSR # 1638
Mallard Creek Water Treatment Project includes the installation of approximately 1.4 miles of fiber optic cable in new directionally bored and trenched conduit and aerial attachments. This project also includes fiber splicing and testing. The project limits are from N Tryon Street between Pavilion Boulevard and Pilot Avenue and then along Pilot Avenue to a Charlotte Water building. Then there is fiber splicing work being performed at N Tryon Street and Ken Hoffman Dr and N Tryon Street and E Mallard Creek Church Rd in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC. The Catawba Pump Station project includes the installation of approximately .93 miles of fiber optic cable in new directionally bored and trenched conduit and aerial attachments. This project also includes fiber splicing and testing. The project limits are from Mt Holly Huntersville Road between Brookshire Boulevard and Pump Station Road and then along Pump Station Road to a Charlotte Water building and Brookshire Boulevard and Lawton Road for 1000 feet in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC.