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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Department of General Services / Construction
CMAR Services – Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT) Matheson to Craighe ... CMAR Services – Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT) Matheson to Craighead
Charlotte Water / Construction
Water Transmission Mains – Assessment -CANCELLED
The task is to evaluate the state of the water pipes that carry water throughout the Charlotte Water System. The evaluation will mainly focus on prestressed concrete cylinder pipe, which is a type of pipe that has a concrete core, a steel cylinder, and high tensile wires. However, the evaluation may also cover other types of pipe materials.
-Cancelled due to reprioritization of projects
City Wide / Commodities & Goods
Commercial Fitness Equipment
The City of Charlotte extends an invitation for the submission of Bids to supply the City of Charlotte with commercial fitness equipment. The City has multiple locations with equipment for city employees to use on a regular basis, including but not limited to, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte Fire Department facilities.
The scope of this Invitation to Bid (ITB) is to establish a contract for the purchase, delivery, and other inherently related activities of the Products and Services in compliance with the specifications and terms and conditions outlined in this ITB.
All Products and parts furnished shall be new and shall comply with the specifications and terms and conditions outlined in this ITB.
City Wide / Commodities & Goods
Safety Supplies
The City of Charlotte is requesting a new contract to provide safety supplies and personal protective equipment. The successful bidder shall agree to receive all orders from the Charlotte Department of Transportation, Neighborhood & Business Services, Charlotte Water, and Solid Waste Services as well as other departments and deliver items ordered to a specified address.
All Products and component parts furnished under the Contract shall be new, shall comply with the specifications and terms and conditions.
Aviation / General Services
Contract Management Consulting Services
The City of Charlotte, Aviation Department (CLT) is seeking professional consulting services to conduct operational analyses, assessments, and audits to ascertain organizational effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement related to the procurement and contracting of goods, services, technology, and construction (“Project”). CLT is seeking to adopt best practices that will enhance transparency and auditability; strengthen our ability to ensure legal and regulatory compliance; and save time and money by reducing the need for rework, disputes, and litigation. Adoption of best practices are also intended to assist in the establishment and maintenance of mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers and other business partners.
Department of General Services / Construction
CMPD Northwest Division Police Station (Re-Bid)
The Project is the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department’s Northwest Division The building site is located at 1800 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd., Charlotte, NC 28214. The Project consists of a new 16,000 square foot, single story facility.
The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following:
a. Improvements to Mt Holly-Huntersville Road
b. New driveway connections to Mt Holly-Huntersville Road, a visitor parking area and a gated/fenced in, staff/fleet parking area with underground piping to a storm water pond.
c. An open air canopy for consisting of a pre-engineered, metal building structure with standing seam metal roof system.
d. Electric Vehicle (EV) Service Equipment (EV charging station system).
e. A ground mounted, 249kWh/year, 208V, 3-phase Photo-Voltaic (PV) solar array collector system.
f. A Geothermal well field system with a packaged pump skid.
Aviation / General Services
DBE & ACDBE Program Compliance Services
The scope shall include two parts:
A. The Company shall develop CLT’s Triennial Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) overall goal based on analysis of available opportunities and qualified DBE firms available for participation. Goal development includes, but is not limited, to obtaining comparative data from other similar projects and interaction with Regional Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Civil Rights Officers, as well as organizing and conducting a stakeholder/public participation meeting.
B. The Company shall develop CLT’s Triennial Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) overall goal based on analysis of available opportunities and qualified ACDBE firms available for participation. Goal development includes, but is not limited to, obtaining comparative data from other similar projects, and interaction with Regional Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Civil Rights Officers, as well as organizing and conducting a stakeholder/public participation meeting.
Aviation / Technology Goods & Services
Flight Tracking System Services
CLT Airport is seeking a company to provide Flight Tracking System (FTS) Services for the purpose of tracking noise complaints and ensuring that flights are maintaining approved flight tracks. The selected company shall provide all necessary equipment, software, training, and support services necessary to deliver Flight Tracking System (FTS) Services to the airport.
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Bus On-Site Inspection
BOD requests a five year service contract for on-site bus inspection. Specifically, a Contractor is being sought to conduct transit bus line inspection and secondary in-plant quality assurance services. The overall goal for these services is to ensure that each of the vehicles being produced is manufactured in compliance with 49 CFR Part 663, “Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits of Rolling Stock Purchases” regulations and 49 CFR 661 “Buy America” requirements; as amended by the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST) Act. These inspections also ensure that the vehicles comply fully with the specifications of the order, and ensure that each vehicle is free from defects.
PSR # 1637
The Matheson to Craighead segment of the Cross Charlotte Trail will implement a 14-foot shared use path beginning at E 36th Street. The path will continue down Cullman Ave and board walk up into a pedestrian bridge spanning the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks utilizing a prefabricated structure within railroad right of way. The structure will then connect to the existing trail built by Brand Properties within the Kaleido Noda apartment complex.