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.
Department of General Services / Construction
Cemetery- Phase 2 Pipe Lining CANCELLED
Department of General Services / General Services
Oakhurst/ Amity Gardens Multi-Use Path (Landscaping) CANCELLED
Landscaping (trees and shrubs) for a 12 ft. concrete multi-use path between the Oakhurst and Amity Gardens neighborhoods. The path itself contains two pedestrian bridges, lighting, trash receptacles, two retaining walls, handrails, benches, and dog waste stations.
Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods
Transfer Line Materials
This ITB is to contract with one supplier to provide materials (pipe, fittings, valves, etc.) for a transfer line project for Charlotte Water’s Engineering division. Lead time on this material is estimated to be 6 – 12 months, and the project is estimated to begin Spring 2023. The materials is needed to install a sludge transfer line between Vest and Franklin Water Treatment Plants. All materials must be purchased from one supplier to manage lead times and other important project aspects.
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Construction
Freedom Drive Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
This project will install single‐mode fiber optic cable installed in new directionally bored, hand-dug, and trenched conduit, existing conduit, and aerial attachments to poles. This project includes entrances and interconnect equipment for existing traffic signal control cabinets and the installation of traffic management cameras. This project also includes fiber optic cable splicing, testing, Ethernet communications equipment, traffic management camera equipment, and other related activities.
Aviation / General Services
Janitorial Services
Scope of services include but are not limited to labor, supervision, materials, equipment, chemicals, supplies, and incidentals for complete janitorial services at the following locations on airport property: CLT Airport Main Terminal, the Old Terminal, CLT Center, Business Valet, Taxi Hold Building, various other buildings, and various parking-related facilities, such as Toll Booths and elevators. The Company may also be requested to perform additional/incidental tasks, including, but not limited to, table set-up and break-down for special events at CLT in a manner acceptable to the City. The contract term will be for three years with the option to renew for two additional one-year terms.
Charlotte Water / General Services
Closing, Title, and Other Related Legal Services – CANCELLED
Charlotte Water seeks to establish a pool of companies that can be called upon as needed to perform real estate legal services via flat-rate fees per service offered. Services include full title searches, limited owner searches, title updates, complete title searches, closing services, legal documentation reviews, and drafting of legal documents. Interested companies shall employ at least one attorney and one paralegal.
*Canceled again. CLTW notified that City Legal intends to issue this RFP.
Innovation & Technology / Technology Goods & Services
Digital Navigation Services
The City is seeking a company knowledgeable and experienced in the strategy and execution of collaboration between government, private, and not-for-profit entities for the purpose of raising awareness and support of public Wi-Fi projects, increasing internet adoption with communities that have low internet adoption rates, and obtaining and sharing data on household broadband connection and the impact of digital inclusion efforts.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing qualitative and quantitative data around digital needs of households in Charlotte and impact of investments; outreach to the public and partners to promote widespread enrollment of qualifying households to the Federal Government’s Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP); and developing sustainable funding plans with partners around digital inclusion.
Aviation / Construction
Wilson Air North Parking Lot Improvement
The Wilson Air North Parking Lot Improvement project consists of renovation and expansion of the existing parking lot adjacent to the Wilson Air North Charter Terminal building. The project will add over 100 parking spaces to the current lot involving grading, drainage, curb, gutter and asphalt paving along with fencing, vehicular access control, landscaping and lighting.
Aviation / General Services
Exterior Surface Cleaning
The scope of this contract shall be to provide exterior surface cleaning services to the Charlotte Douglas International Airport including the Main Terminal – Exterior (Upper and Lower levels), Shuttle Bus Area-Commercial Lane, Taxi-hold Lot, Cell Phone Lot, Hourly Deck, Daily Deck, Daily North Lot, Long-term Lots, Employee Lots, and Express Decks 1 and 2, Delivery Loading Dock, Airport roadways and the Airport Overlook area. The City will handle snow removal. The contractor will have no responsibility to remove snow as part of the contracted services.
This project provides for renovations of deteriorating and/or inadequate roadway and drainage infrastructure in City- owned cemeteries.