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 Department of Transportation / Construction
West Boulevard ITS – CANCELLED
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Cancelled CATS Rail Pest Control for Right of Way and Light Rail Vehic ... Cancelled CATS Rail Pest Control for Right of Way and Light Rail Vehicles
This Request for Quote will be for pest control services of CATS Rail Operations Light Rail Vehicles (LRV) fleet and Right-Of-Ways (ROW). These services are monthly & quarterly pest control services. The services must be performed during the hours of 1:00AM to 4:00PM at two different CATS Rail Operations facilities. The amount of LRV’s are an estimated number of 48. The ROW includes 32 structures including substations and signal houses within the ROW.
PSR 812
Charlotte Water / Construction
McDowell Roofs Package 3 – Cancelled
This project consists of replacing various roofs at the McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. This package will potentially include the replacement of four separate roofs.
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
McAlpine SR2 and SR3 Stream Repairs – CANCELLED
The purpose of the project is to repair approximately 700 linear feet of stream restoration between 2 different tributaries. Failing structure will be replaced or repaired such that they function as originally intended. Repairs will be performed with minimal disturbance to buffer vegetation and vegetation of appropriate size will be re-established after repairs are completed. Repairs will include but not limited to, removing and resetting boulders and logs for in-stream structures and adding or repairing constructed riffles.
This will not be bid
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
AUTOMATED VERTICAL SHUTTLE STORAGE UNIT
Charlotte Area Transit System’s Rail Division is requesting bids for a new automated vertical storage unit for the South Blvd Light Rail Facility. This will include the replacement and removal the existing unit, which is approximately 25 years old. This bid submission shall include design, delivery and installation.
The scope of this Invitation to Bid (ITB) is to establish a contract for the purchase, delivery, and other inherently related activities of the automated vertical shuttle storage unit and in compliance with the specifications and terms and conditions set forth in this ITB.
Aviation / General Services
Fixed Based Operator Management Services – CANCELLED
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is seeking a Company to provide management services and manage the Fixed Based Operations (“FBO”). Company services should include management of all services usually and customarily provided by a full service FBO at large airports, excepting aircraft maintenance and avionic services. Company shall charge commercially reasonable fees to customers, using its expertise to balance the need to be competitive and to maintain profitability to the City. The Services shall be provided twenty four hours per day.
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
Cutchin Storm Drainage Improvement Project
The purpose and need for this 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.
Charlotte Storm Water Services / General Services
Creative Services for Storm Water Services
In compliance with the EPA’s Clean Water Act and FEMA’s Community Rating System, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) works to raise awareness of stormwater, flood safety, and the effects of individual behavior on surface water quality throughout the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. CMSWS conducts the water quality, flood safety, and volunteer educational campaigns specifically to:
(1) increase public awareness of surface water quality issues, flood risks and flood safety;
(2) increase public action/volunteer efforts that reduce surface water pollution;
(3) increase reporting of surface water pollution problems;
(4) satisfy a Federal requirement to increase public awareness and involvement in activities aimed to reduce stormwater pollution; and
(5) satisfy a Federal requirement to increase public awareness and involvement aimed to protect lives and property from flooding.
In addition to current campaigns, CMSWS is considering a new educational campaign to increase public awareness of aging storm drainage infrastructure and the importance of repairing and replacing infrastructure to support a thriving city. CMSWS is also interested in enhancing communications to effectively describe the impacts of our work and to contribute to the campaign goals described above.
CMSWS is seeking a firm(s) to provide creative services for its ongoing educational campaigns.
Department of General Services / General Services
Generator Maintenance and Services
The Building Services Division of the General Services Department/Engineering and Project Management is responsible for maintaining a portfolio of approximately 180 buildings, including offices, fire stations, police division offices, and equipment shops, that house various City activities. The City also maintains cultural facilities, including museums and arenas that serve as venues for sports, entertainment, and other events. This service would provide routine preventive maintenance, repair services, and load bank testing (Services) for approximately 120 standby generators, ranging in size from 25 KW to 1500 KW, located at various City facilities (Project). Brand names include CAT, Generac, Kohler, Cummins, and MTU. These generators provide emergency electric service to vital facilities when commercial electric service is not available. The importance of the readiness of these standby generators is imperative to protect the health and wellbeing of residents of the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The City is seeking firms whose combination of experience and expertise will provide professional, timely, and cost-effective services to the City.
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.