The current Blue Line (BL) Traction Power Substations eight (8) were put in service 16 years ago on November 4th, 2007. The manufacturer of the Traction Power Substations has closed their facility and no longer manufactures Traction Power Substations or the electrical components assembled in-house. MOW has exhausted the in-house spare parts to maintain the system, which is obsolete. An agreement with Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and MOW was arranged for the parts used in their current system to be shipped identical to CATS BL substations (as a stop-gap), which are still in serviceable condition. The first set of the parts was delivered to CATS in April 2023 and will continue until UTA has completed the mid-life overhaul of their Traction Power Substations.

The substations and BL equipment are overdue for the mid-life refresh requirement. The MOW department is focused on upgrading and refreshing the DC Switchgear of the BL substations. The remainder of the equipment can be purchased and replaced as the AC Switchgear, Transformer, and Auxiliary equipment manufacturers are still available or swapped out with an equal piece of equipment or component without necessary modification to the substation.

PROJECT GOALS

MOW’s goal is to rehabilitate the BL Traction Power Substations to extend their useful life and provide increased system integrity and revenue service reliability with upgraded switchgear. Another goal of this project is to upgrade and modernize the substations’ communication capabilities and integrate SCADA points from the substations to the CATS head-end SCADA system, which will mirror the Blue Line Extension Substations so that the two systems operate the same. Secheron Hasler Group is the original equipment manufacturer of the selected DC Switchgear and will be providing the parts. A sole source solicitation waiver will be required.

PSR 1697

This Request for Qualifications is to select several firms to provide consulting engineering services on a task order on-call basis.

Generally, the Engineer will provide consulting services that may include planning, design, environmental, and construction administration. In addition, the Engineer may be asked to assist in the development of grant application as well as agreements including federal funding.

Charlotte Fire Department plans to build a mass timber all-electric infill 2-story, 3-bay firehouse to manage response volumes in the newly developed River District. The facility will be approximately 14,600 square feet. The building is proposed to be located on Dixie River Road, near the future Catawba Crossing, and the parcel ID number is 14128101, parcel 3. The city is planning to utilize the Progressive Design-Build delivery system, city sustainability guidelines, city building standards, specifications, and past firehouse plans as a guide to meet the needs of the fire department. The city has completed the selection process for an Owner’s Advisor to assist with the procurement selection process for a design-build team.

The City of Charlotte is seeking to contract with a commercial property management company to provide leasing and property management services for the following property used by its public transportation department, Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS):

Site #1—Charlotte Transit Center (CTC),

Site #2—University City Blvd (UCB) Parking Deck

Site #3—JW Clay Parking Deck

Site #4— I-485/S Blvd Parking Deck

Site #5— Sugar Creek Parking Deck

The Services provided by the Service Provider will include but not be limited to:

• Day-to-day building operations;

• Subcontracting for various services and products including janitorial, landscape maintenance, maintenance and repairs of building systems, and other services not provided by the Service Provider;

• Financial management and reporting;

• Tenant/Owner relations;

• Commercial marketing and leasing services.

The City desires to contract with a Service Provider that can provide both leasing services as well as real estate property management services on a location by location basis. Service Provider needs a combination of experience and expertise that will provide timely, cost-effective, and quality professional services. The City will evaluate the Proposals submitted to determine which Service Provider and Proposed Solution will best meet the City’s needs.

PSR # 1667

The Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) wishes to prepare a three-year contract to include miscellaneous repair or relocation of conduit, fiber, aluminum poles, traffic management cameras, and other facilities within the City’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) throughout the Charlotte service area.  The increase in telecom and development related construction throughout Charlotte has put the ITS infrastructure in substantial risk of being damaged and/or the need to be relocated. The work under this contract will supplement the city’s workforce in making repairs or relocations. There may also be small project work not related to repairs. Work may include either underground at varying depths or aerial work at varying heights to install conduit and fiber optic cable. Because of the unknown scope of each repair, this is a Task Based contract.  The Contractor’s Superintendent may be required to respond and be on site within 3 to 6 hours of being called to evaluate the conditions and develop an agreed upon plan with the city.  Contractor work crews may be required to respond and be on site within 3 to 6 hours of the meeting with the Contractor’s Superintendent and the issuance of the Task Order.

While it is anticipated that the majority of the work will be able to be performed during normal working hours, there may be instances where overtime work is needed, or work on nights and/or weekends or holidays.  Separate pay items have been included to cover these instances.  Due to the urgent nature of some of these repairs, work in inclement weather may be required.

This contract will be to purchase signal materials for installing “warning flashers” to alert drivers that they are approaching certain types of hazards, new traffic devices, and/or changes in road conditions.

This project will install single‐mode fiber optic cable in new directionally bored, hand-dug, and trenched conduit, existing conduit, and aerial attachments to poles. It will remove existing copper communication cables. 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.

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. It will remove existing copper communication cables. 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.