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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 Water / Construction
FY23 Small Diameter Water/Sewer Service Contract #2 (Re-bid)
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Innovation & Technology / Technology Goods & Services
Residential and Public Spaces Wired and Wireless Internet Services
The City is seeking to extend and expand its wired and wireless high-speed broadband network to serve over 4,000 households where the digital divide impacts ability to fully participate in today’s economy, workforce pipeline, banking, and communications.
Locations include Multi-Family housing and public space sites currently served, additional Multi-Family housing sites, single-family housing sites, and additional public space sites. Could be awarded to more than one respondent.
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Charlotte Water / General Services
Soil & Debris Hauling Service
The scope of this project shall be to provide ongoing soil & debris Hauling Services for Charlotte Water. Charlotte Water has multiple divisions throughout Mecklenburg County that may utilize Hauling Service. One of the main divisions is Field Operations which is responsible for infrastructure and pipeline repairs. Field Operations’ service area is divided into four Service Zones.
A company will receive all orders from Charlotte Water and bring mulch, and soil to and/or remove spoils from specified locations (Zone headquarters, job sites, or WWTPs). The successful Company must be able to perform scheduled hauls during Regular Hours, as well as Emergency Hauling Services. Emergency Hauling Services are services rendered outside of regular hours and/or on City observed holidays.
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Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Auditing Services of Gross Advertising Sales
Looking for an auditor to verify over the five (5) years of the CATS Transit Advertising contract if the Gross Sales reported by the contractor are accurate and complete based on the monthly billings to the advertisers.
(PSR#: 1342)
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Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Trash Removal Along CATS Light-Rail Maintenance of Way
Charlotte Area Transit System, Maintenance of Way division needs a contractor for the removal of trash and debris from tracks 1 and 2 at 26 light-rail stations for approximately 100 feet north and south beyond the ends of each station. This work will be performed at every CATS Blue Line station once per week and anytime there has been an event that leaves trash and debris on Tracks 1 and 2. This will be a 3-year contract with two 1-year optional extensions.
(PSR#: 1336)
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Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Tow Truck for CATS Buses
One-time purchase of a tow truck. This is used to tow buses and STS buses for CATS.
PSR 1282
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Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Truck High-Rail up-fit for Non-Revenue Vehicles
CATS Maintenance of Way operations requires two (2) 1-ton cabs to be up-fitted with a High-Rail body.
(PSR#: 1142)
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Department of General Services / Construction
Cemetery- Phase 2 Pipe Lining CANCELLED
This project provides for renovations of deteriorating and/or inadequate roadway and drainage infrastructure in City- owned cemeteries.
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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.
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This contract is for water and sanitary sewer service installations including connection to the existing public main, which extends a small diameter line to the property. Additionally, a water meter box or sanitary sewer cleanout is included. Customers pay connection fees for the installation service, which is based on costs incurred by Charlotte Water in these contracts. The work covered by this contract will provide approximately 800 total services.