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 Area Transit System / Construction
Replacement of the North Davidson Bus Wash
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
911 Georgetown 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.
Aviation / Construction
Carolina Aviation Museum Hangar Restoration – CANCELLED
This project’s purpose is to provide a ‘shell restoration’ of the Historic 1938 Aircraft Hangar located on CLT property and will include adaptive reuse of the hangar to maintain the local historic designation and bring the structure up to code making it shell space ready for future interior upfit.
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Construction
Graham Street Extension Intelligent Transportation Systems
This project will install single‐mode fiber optic cable in existing conduits. 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.
Charlotte Fire Department / Commodities & Goods
Fire PT Uniforms
The Charlotte Fire Department (CFD) provides physical fitness training uniforms to all new and current employees on an annual basis for required on-the-job physical training and recruit school. The uniform items consists of sweatshirts, sweat pants, training shorts, and tee shirts. The uniforms will require screen-printing of the CFD logos onto the garments. Short sleeve and long sleeve tee shirts are also provided as part of the employee’s uniform allotment. This will be a contract for a period of three years with the option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms.
Charlotte Water / Construction
McAlpine Creek Wastewater Management Facility Waste Activated Sludge E ... McAlpine Creek Wastewater Management Facility Waste Activated Sludge Equalization and Blending and Odor Control Improvements
The Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) Equalization and Blending and Odor Control Improvements Project includes upgrades to several facilities at the McAlpine Creek Wastewater Management Facility (WWMF). Primary components include construction of a new cast in place concrete WAS equalization structure with multiple tanks/cells with mixers and pumps to allow for equalization and blending of WAS from the McAlpine Creek WWMF, Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and in the future the Irwin Creek WWTP. Adjacent to this structure is a blending basin pump station which will convey blended WAS to the existing solids treatment process and in the future to the planned Thermal Hydrolysis Process. In addition, the project includes a new wet scrubber chemical odor control system for the Screening and Grit Facility, new duct work to this system from the south plant primary clarifiers and gravity thickeners as well as the rehabilitation of the Consolidated Influent Pump Station (CIPS) odor scrubber system.
Aviation / General Services
Pest Control Services
The scope of this contract shall be to furnish all supervision, labor, materials, tools, supplies, equipment, transportation, and applicable licenses and permits necessary to perform the services at CLT Airport and CATS. The Company shall be responsible for the removal and disposal of all dead pests on the job site of the type that are covered under this contract. The contract term will be three years with the option to renew for two additional one-year terms.
Charlotte Area Transit System / Construction
Park and Slope Repairs, Old Concord Road Park-n-Ride
Repair of detention pond slopes and egress pipe; removal of erosion control devices left over from construction; repair and restoration of failing slopes along Orchid Bridge Road and an adjacent portion of the park and ride lot.
PSR#: 1164
Charlotte Area Transit System / Construction
Maintenance of Way – Specialty Track Work Contractor
Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is looking for a contractor to surface interlockings to maintain proper track geometry. Vendor must have the machinery to tamp through switches and crossings. Surfacing equipment must have the ability to tamp, lift, level and line in order to remove existing faults in longitudinal and alignment faults in the track. This will be a slow process as the track geometry is constantly changing as the machine moves through the switch. Typically, it takes around 1 to 1.30 hours to complete a single switch, due to the cabling and condition. CATS will provide a pilot that will help with track access. CATS will provide ballast for use as needed. Vendor is responsible to ensure all machines can safely traverse the alignment, specs and diagrams for the alignment will be available from CATS if needed. Vendors will need to be RWPP certified that will be given by CATS personnel before shift begin.
The work will be performed during CATS annual shutdown which will consist over 2 days. Beginning on Friday night 0000 and ending on Sunday evening 1800. Vendor would be required to have sufficient resources to support work throughout the shutdown time period to maximize production during the shutdown window. The shutdown will occur between August 2021 and September 2021.
Equipment needed to perform work:
1. 2 Mark IV Tampers (or similar)
2. 2 Ballast Regulators
3. Hi-Rail Roto Dump
4. Front end Loader
5. At minimum, 5-man section team equipped with hand tampers and track jacks for each tamper/regulator team (10 workers per shift)
A pre-tamp inspection of the 2 work locations will be required to document track and interlocking conditions. The vendor will then work closely with CATS personnel to ensure track time allocations are appropriate for the required work and to account for various logistics that need to be addressed to ensure efficient and reliable surfacing unit operations.
All work will be performed in accordance with MOW rail maintenance and track safety standards. Surfacing made by the contractor will play an important role in achieving high performance and quality for long lasting track, which is an important interest for CATS light rail.
PSR 1149
CATS is requesting to replace one drive through vehicle wash (bus wash) unit with a new more efficient drive through vehicle wash (bus wash) to be placed inside the existing wash building. The unit will be replacing a single drive through wash bay in a two drive through wash bay system located at 929 North Davidson Street, Charlotte NC 28206. Site work to include demolition, mobilization, staging, removal and on site storage (CATS provided) of removed vehicle wash (bus wash). Demolition/Equipment Removal: Remove and properly store/dispose (CATS discretion) of the existing drive through vehicle wash.
PSR-910