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 Storm Water Services / Construction
Barrington Drive 5919 Storm Drainage Improvement Project
Department of General Services / Construction
Rivergate Parkway Bridge
This project will install a bridge over Hoover Creek connecting two ends of Rivergate Parkway. The project will provide vehicular and pedestrian access between neighborhoods and local retail. The project amenities include: a new bridge, sidewalk, curb and gutter, milling, asphalt pavement, pavement markings and related activities.
Aviation / General Services
Trained Canine Services for Airport Wildlife Management
The airport currently manages a contract in which at least one (1) working dog and handler patrol five (5) airport owned sites three (3) times a week at random with option for additional on-call services if necessary. Dog and handler are tasked with dispersing birds (with an emphasis on large birds hazardous to safe aircraft operations, including, but not limited to, waterfowl and wading birds) from each site.
CLT is looking for a flexible solution with a vendor offering working dog and handler services for wildlife/bird management but on a non-scheduled/as needed/on-call basis. The airport will be responsible for contacting the vendor when services are needed and arranging scope in terms of location of work and duration needed. Vendor will need to respond and provide services within 24 hours of contact unless agreed upon otherwise. Work may be conducted on a busy airfield environment, therefore CLT requires prospective vendors must have prior experience working on an airport environment.
Department of General Services / Construction
ADA Improvements – Old City Hall
Scope of work will involve addressing the physical barriers identified in the City ADA Transition Plan for this facility. Areas include restrooms, water fountains, signage, handrails/guardrails, doors & hardware, reception area, exterior sidewalks, signage and parking striping.
Department of General Services / General Services
Vehicle Communications and Electronic Equipment Installation
The City of Charlotte is seeking a qualified provider of Vehicle Communications and Electronic Equipment Installation Services to work in conjunction with Fleet Management. The Company shall perform vehicle upfitting and communications component installation services on fleet equipment owned, operated, or maintained by the City. The Company shall provide these services primarily at the City vehicle commissioning and decommissioning shop, but may also provide services at their company shop or at other approved City facilities.
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
Pebblestone Storm Drainage Improvement Project
Pebblestone Storm Drainage Improvement Project consist of channel stabilization and a parking lot rebuilt. The improvements will include approximately 250 linear feet of bank hard stabilization and 170 linear feet of bank soft stabilization. In addition to the channel stabilization, sanitary sewer improvements are required. 180 linear feet of 10-inch and 32 linear feet of 16-inch ductile iron restrained joint sanitary sewer pipe. 180 linear feet of 16-inch and 20 linear feet of 24-inch steel encasement pipe.
Aviation / General Services
Terrazzo Maintenance
The scope of this contract shall be to provide Terrazzo Maintenance Services at various locations on the airport’s property. The services include, but are not limited to, labor, supervision, materials, equipment, chemicals, supplies, and incidentals for complete terrazzo maintenance services at the following locations on airport property: CLT Airport Main Terminal, the Old Terminal, and Express Deck 1. All work is to be performed between 9:30 PM – 5:30 AM, 7 days a week.
To create and maintain an appearance of a “world-class facility” by daily maintenance and cleaning of an estimated 500,000 square feet of Terrazzo flooring to provide a functional and safe experience for 51 million plus annual passengers.
Charlotte Water / Construction
FY24-3 Water Sewer Infrastructure Construction
This solicitation will consist 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. The projects will be assigned by the Project Engineer.
Charlotte Water / Construction
FY24-2 Water Sewer Infrastructure Construction
This solicitation will consist of an undetermined number of individual projects. These projects will consist 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.
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 the review is complete.