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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Aviation / General Services
Airport Deicing Services – CANCELLED
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Charlotte Area Transit System Major Bus Repair Services
The Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS) is seeking a qualified vendor(s) to repair major bus damage to any of the CATS bus fleet. CATS has a fleet of over 300 buses including manufacturers Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Gillig, and New Flyer. CATS repairs minor damage in-house.
The Vendor(s) would be responsible for supplying all parts, labor, and towing from the CATS location, travel to the vendor’s site, the performance of the body repairs, and return to the CATS location in full operating condition. Work shall be performed by a certified bus rebuild contractor of established reputation with a minimum of five (5) years experience performing major repair on Transit Buses.
All repair work shall be completed in order to meet all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).
PSR 1221
Charlotte Water / Construction
FY22 Large Diameter Water/Sewer Service Contract 1 and 2
This contract will incorporate the installation of new commercial water/sewer services, dismantlement of existing water/sewer services, installation of short public water/sewer main extensions and the option to install small residential services and water quality sampling stations.
Aviation / Architectural / Engineering Services
Concourse E Public Areas Renovations (Architectural Design Services)
The project consists of renovations of the public areas of Concourse E, including concourse circulation areas, hold rooms, and toilet rooms.
Items specifically included in the public area renovations are as follows:
• New carpet in the hold rooms, New terrazzo in circulation corridors and toilet rooms
• Complete renovation of all existing toilet rooms
• New general lighting and accent lighting
• Fire protection in selected areas
• Electrical modifications, including powered seating
• New signage and wayfinding to align with current CLT standards
• Replacement of Air Handling Units
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
CANCEL- CATS Facilities Air Compressor Services Contract
Contract needed for Air Compressor and Dryer PM and repair services. The VMF currently needs a new Air Compressor to assist with Rail Car maintenance. Repair existing air systems, install new air lines and air dryer.
PSR-805
Aviation / General Services
CANCELLED – HVAC Replacements at Wilson Air Main Terminal
This solicitation will involve replacing split system air conditioning units and reheat coils according to drawings produced by an engineer. There are five (5) split systems along with twenty-five (25) reheat coils to be replaced. This equipment was installed during the original construction of the building. In this project, we are replacing the entire system, including the controls. This project is estimated to be less than 6 months.
Department of General Services / Construction
West Mallard Creek Church Road Shared- Use Path
This project is being built to add sidewalks as part of the city’s Capital Investment Fund to provide a safe, efficient, comfortable pedestrian system to improve the quality of life of its residents, visitors, and businesses. Improvements will be provided along the south side of West Mallard Creek Church Road, from Mallard Creek Road to roughly 600′ east of Claude Freeman Drive. The project proposes a 12 ft. shared-use path, a typical 8 ft. planting strip (where possible), signalization and intersection improvements at David Taylor Drive, and intersection improvements at Claude Freeman Drive.
Aviation / Construction
North End Around Taxiway Pavement and Lighting – (Cancelled)
Charlotte Water / General Services
Stone Hauling Services – CANCELLED
Charlotte Water will establish a contract for as-needed hauling, delivery, and other inherently related activities of crushed stone to Charlotte Water locations. All crushed stone and related items will be purchased from the City’s contracted crushed stone vendor (TBD).
Cancelled – These services will be combined with the citywide contract for the purchase of crushed stone.
CANCEL: The Airport is seeking a Company to operate and manage the Aircraft De-Icing Facility and supply De/Anti-Icing fluid for aircraft operating at the Airport. The major functions of the facility are to control aircraft onto and off of de-icing aprons, de-ice aircraft during the precipitation and non-precipitation de-icing events and to remove and dispose of spent aircraft de-icing fluids.