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 / Commodities & Goods
Cancelled-Rail Operations Annual Fire Extinguisher Service
Charlotte Water / General Services
Pipe Patch Services
A company shall provide all materials, equipment, labor, and incidentals required to perform pipe patching for the purpose of repairing joints and offset joints, crowns, and service laterals with an ambient cure, fiberglass liner impregnated with thermosetting epoxy for laterals and main lines within Charlotte Water’s service area.
City Wide / General Services
Citywide Armored Car Services
The City is seeking companies to provide Armored Car Services for various departments, specifically Aviation, Charlotte Area Transit (CATS), Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT – ParkIT) and Finance Revenue. Services will include transportation of revenue collection equipment, materials and deposits supporting City operations during normal business operations; responding to special requests outside of normal business operations (weekends, special events, etc.), reports and other duties as detailed in the RFP.
Charlotte Water / Construction
Water and Wastewater Roofing Replacement Packages 14 and 15 – CA ... Water and Wastewater Roofing Replacement Packages 14 and 15 – CANCELLED
Roofing Replacement of various Wastewater Treatment Plants’ structures: McDowell, Irwin, Sugar Creek and McAlpine. Replacement consists of complete tear off of existing roof down to substrate. Minor mechanical and electrical relocation/replacement work will be performed, if necessary.
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
LYNX Silver Line Safety and Security Consultant
The purpose of this PSR is to procure a Safety and Security consultant for the Pre-Project Development and Project Development phase of the LYNX Silver Line. This scope of work is currently in the LYNX Silver Line Design RFQ currently being advertised, however it has been determined that it is in CATS interest to directly contract with the safety and security vendor to ensure there are no conflicts of interest and to ensure continuity with CATS Safety and Security program. Therefore it is recommended to remove this scope from the Silver Line Design RFQ and reassign that scope to this contract.
General Scope of Service
1. Prepare a schedule of all Pre-Project Development and Project Development activities for incorporation into the Project Master Schedule
2. Develop the project Safety and Security Certification Plan (SSCP) using CATS Agency Safety Plan and previous SSCP provided by CATS.
3. Develop the project Safety and Security Management Plan (SSMP) using CATS Agency Safety Plan and SSMP from previous projects provided by CATS.
4. Provide Safety and Security Certification training to project staff as requested by CATS.
5. Perform a Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
6. Perform a Threat and Vulnerability Assessment (TVA)
7. Perform Safety and Security Design Reviews for the 30% and 65% design milestones as well as design development workshops, as requested by CATS.
8. Update the Safety and Security Chapter of the current LYNX Blue Line Design Criteria, for the LYNX Silver Line
9. Provide information as requested by the design team in the development of the Safety and Security Chapter of LYNX Silver Line Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement
10. Participate in preparation and review of other Design Criteria chapters, as requested by CATS
11. Develop Design Criteria Conformance Checklists (DCCC), Safety Critical Items Lists (SCILs) and Certifiable Items List (CIL)
12. Develop and manage a database to track PHA’s, CIL’s, SCILs and OHAs, as requested by CATS.
13. Attend Safety and Security Certification Review Committee (SSRC), Fire Life Safety and Security Committee (FLSC), Project Management Team (PMT), Project Oversight Consultant (PMOC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Peer Review meetings, and other meetings requested by CATS.
14. Attend Value Engineering (VE) meetings and provide the Office of Safety & Security updates on risks associated with VE decisions
15. Review pre-revenue test plans, systems integration testing (SIT) plans , operating and safety rules as requested by CATS.
16. Develop safety and security monthly reports for CATS management to submit to NCODT and FTA.
PSR-800
Charlotte Water / Construction
Vest Water Treatment Plant Clearwell No. 3 Roof Replacement
The Vest WTP’s Clearwell No. 3 existing precast concrete panels which already had its existing TPO Membrane roof demolished will be replaced with a new FRP Deck and TPO Membrane roof.
Charlotte Water / Construction
Beaverdam Creek Lift Station Improvements New Pump Stations – CA ... Beaverdam Creek Lift Station Improvements New Pump Stations – CANCELLED
This project will provide the necessary upgrades needed to support the proposed development called the River District.
Charlotte Water / Construction
Sugar and Irwin UV Replacement – CANCELLED
This project is to replace the ultraviolet disinfection equipment at the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Irwin Creek WWTP. The scope of the work also includes the replacement of the effluent filter piping and valves in addition to concrete channel work.
– Cancelled as of 8/13/24
Department of General Services / General Services
Inventory Collection Services (Cancelled)
Select consultant for collection of topographic data associated with the drainage system.
The request is for Fire Extinguisher servicing of the LRV (Light Rail Vehicle) vehicles, and the MOW (Maintenance of Way) Signal houses and and Traction Power Substations.
PSR-1093