/ 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.

If you have questions or need assistance with this portal, contact City Procurement at earlybird@charlottenc.gov.

In Development

Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction

Collective M (Sharon Hills)

  • Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CSWS-7054
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-02
  • Last Updated: 01/28/24
Add to Calendar 2025-01-02 2025-01-02 Collective M (Sharon Hills)

The need for this construction project is to improve the storm drainage infrastructure (i.e. pipe systems and culverts) to reduce flooding and to enhance degraded stream reaches to reduce erosion and improve water quality.  This project is a collective package of 7 small Storm Drain Improvement projects that will be constructed under one contract.  This project package is under review and location and project details will be provided after review is complete.

In Development

Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction

Cedar St Storm Drainage Improvement Project

  • Posting Number: 2024-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CSWS-11513
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2024-03-27
  • Last Updated: 01/28/24
Add to Calendar 2024-03-27 2024-03-27 Cedar St Storm Drainage Improvement Project

This project is located on South Cedar Street between Stadium View Drive and Westmere Avenue. The existing drainage system consists of a culvert under a city-maintained road. The improvements include culvert and pipe system upgrades.

 

In Development

Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction

Log Cabin 937 Storm Drainage Improvement Project

  • Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CSWS-8371
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-02-13
  • Last Updated: 01/25/24
Add to Calendar 2025-02-13 2025-02-13 Log Cabin 937 Storm Drainage Improvement Project

The purpose and need for this construction project is to improve the storm drainage infrastructure (i.e. pipe systems and culverts) to reduce flooding and to enhance degraded stream reaches to reduce erosion and improve water quality.  This project is under review.  Location and project details will be provided after review is complete.

Archived

Aviation / Construction

Coffey Creek Environmental Mitigation (3rd Re-Solicitation)

  • Posting Number: 2025-Q1(Jan-Mar)-AVI-16993
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2025-01-13
  • Last Updated: 01/24/24
Add to Calendar 2025-01-13 2025-01-13 Coffey Creek Environmental Mitigation (3rd Re-Solicitation)

The purpose of the Coffey Creek Environmental Mitigation bid is to establish a lump sum contract with a qualified contractor to construct the features and components of the Corrective Action Plan that has been designed by WSP, (as Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.) (the “CAP Design”) for the former U.S. Airways Maintenance Hangar site located at 5020 Hangar Road in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on behalf of Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). The CAP Design (dated October 20, 2022) was submitted to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) for review. NCDEQ issued a Notice of Regulatory Requirements (NORR) letter (dated November 30, 2022) indicating approval of the Corrective Action Plan (CAP).

Archived

City Wide / Commodities & Goods

Safety Supplies CANCELLED

  • Posting Number: 2024-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CTW-17266
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2024-02-16
  • Last Updated: 01/23/24
Add to Calendar 2024-02-16 2024-02-16 Safety Supplies CANCELLED

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.

Archived

Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services

General Technical Assistance On-Call Consulting Services

  • Posting Number: 2024-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CATS-12574
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2024-01-09
  • Last Updated: 01/15/24
Add to Calendar 2024-01-09 2024-01-09 General Technical Assistance On-Call Consulting Services

The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) as a department of the City of Charlotte (City) plans to hire multiple professional consultant teams to provide professional services related to transit vehicles and maintenance; facility assessments and design; transit safety, training, and security planning; and transit technology support for related CATS projects. Project teams can propose on all or just one of the general technical services being requested. The various services shall be requested on an as needed basis using a negotiated work order process. The City is seeking firms whose combination of experience and personnel will provide timely, cost effective and quality professional services to the City.

PSR # 1575

In Development

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department / General Services

Community Policing Crisis Response Team Services

  • Posting Number: 2024-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CMPD-10941
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2024-03-30
  • Last Updated: 01/12/24
Add to Calendar 2024-03-30 2024-03-30 Community Policing Crisis Response Team Services

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD’s) Community Policing Crisis Response Team Services (CPCRT) was established to provide improved public safety and service through the deployment of Officers and licensed mental health clinicians. The objective of the CPCRT is to decrease the number of injuries and incarcerated mentally ill individuals by acting as an entry point into mental health treatment.

Archived

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department / Technology Goods & Services

CMPD Off-Duty Scheduling and Payment Software – RFP completed pl ... CMPD Off-Duty Scheduling and Payment Software – RFP completed please archive

  • Posting Number: 2022-Q1(Jan-Mar)-CMPD-7768
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2022-03-22
  • Last Updated: 01/12/24
Add to Calendar 2022-03-22 2022-03-22 CMPD Off-Duty Scheduling and Payment Software – RFP completed please archive

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (“CMPD”) will be seeking proposals from qualified service providers to provide Special Events and Secondary Employment scheduling software and payment system able to schedule and organize over 500,000 hours of jobs per year and process payment from vendor to employee.

Archived

Economic Development / General Services

Innovation-Driven Startup Accelerator Program

  • Posting Number: 2023-Q1(Jan-Mar)--12939
  • Anticipated Posting Date: 2023-01-02
  • Last Updated: 01/09/24
Add to Calendar 2023-01-02 2023-01-02 Innovation-Driven Startup Accelerator Program

Scope of Work

The selected partner will design and implement an accelerator program with multiple cohorts each year during the two-year period. The accelerator will assist entrepreneurs through modalities such as coaching, mentor meetings, networking events, pitch practice, and others to support them through funding or other significant milestones. The scope of the project includes but is not limited to:

  • Designing and launching a program of acceleration and/or pre-acceleration for startups
  • Build key community partnerships to ensure buy-in and collaboration with the ecosystem
  • Achieve engagement with underserved founder communities (ethnic minority and women)
  • Conduct outreach in the community to recruit applicants and necessary partners
  • Create connectivity between the Charlotte entrepreneurial community and capital sources
  • Build measurements and metrics to show impact and success of the program over time
  • Assist in messaging to build support for the program after the two-year project period

Prepare program participants for fundraising and achieving milestones post-graduation

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