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
Blue Line Extension Grade Crossing Spare Parts
Aviation / General Services
Airport Traffic Services
Direct pedestrian, vehicular and construction-related traffic on upper and lower levels of the terminal entrances, and other areas as assigned, to prevent congestion. Provide information to the public and give directions to airport and off-airport locations. Provide exceptional customer service while maintaining an obstruction-free walkway for the movement of pedestrians across the crosswalk. Provides assistance to individuals needing help crossing the street. Directing smokers to appropriate smoking areas. Report unattended bags. Perform other duties as required. Use proper radio etiquette for communication over the radio.
Charlotte Water / General Services
Siphon Cleaning Service
Charlotte Water needs to establish an annual sanitary sewer siphon cleaning program to optimize system performance and prevent sanitary sewer overflows. Many of the siphons are difficult to clean and may require specialty cleaning and inspection equipment. The intent of this project is to clean each siphon in the collection system at least once every year.
Cleaning and post cleaning inspection services for various diameters, lengths and configurations of inverted siphons, including flow control, throughout the Charlotte Water service area. The diameters of siphon pipes to be cleaned and inspected range from 6-inch to 48-inch and include both single and multi-barrels. Available siphon information, along with maps and as-builts, are found later in these specifications. The Company shall verify the sizes and configurations of each siphon and report any discrepancies to the as-builts to Charlotte Water. Cleaning schedules will vary, as required, and may include the need to perform services during nights, weekends, and/or City observed holidays.
This contract will service the Field Operations Division of Charlotte Water and will primarily focus on the annual cleaning and inspection of approximately fifty (50) inverted siphons throughout the Charlotte Water service area.
The Company will be required to clean and inspect all 50+ siphons within the contract time period and will be responsible for scheduling the work. In addition, the Company will be required to clean and TV at least two (2) gravity lines directly upstream and two (2) gravity lines directly downstream of each siphon. Diameter of these lines range from 8-inch to 54-inch.
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
CATS Technology FY22 Refresh
Every year CATS completes an annual PC refresh for both laptops and workstations to replace and/or add to the existing network. This year CATS intends to use FTA funds to cover part of the FY22 refresh.
Refresh Desktop, Exec Laptop, Eng Laptop, Standard Laptop, Docking station and monitors:
Dell Precision 3560 Laptop-Qty 37
Dell Latitude 7320 Laptop- 7
Dell Precision 3561 Laptop – 14
Dell Precision 3240 Desktop – 119
Dell P2419H Monitor – 20
Dell WD19TBS Standard Docking station – 58
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Cancelled CATS Bus Maintenance tool Repair Services – CANCELLED
Cancelled – CATS Bus Operations requires a services and goods contract to purchase, maintain, and repair maintenance shop tools.
PSR#: 954
Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods, General Services
Confined Space Entry Equipment
This Invitation to Bid (ITB) will seek a company to provide confined space entry equipment, with related services, such as equipment training to Charlotte Water staff, equipment repair services, fitting and tailoring services, inspections (annual and as-needed), inspection reporting, and written reports. Due to the length of repair time, the Company must be made available to pick up any equipment from the applicable Charlotte Water site that needs service within 24 hours of notice.
Aviation / General Services
Parking Management and Staffing Services
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (“CLT” or “Airport”), which is owned and operated by the City of Charlotte, North Carolina (“City”), is seeking Proposals from qualified and experienced companies (individually or collectively, the “Proposer”) interested in Parking Management and Staff Services.
Charlotte Water / Construction
Upper Little Sugar Creek Replacement Sewer – Phase 2 and Phase 3 fro ... Upper Little Sugar Creek Replacement Sewer – Phase 2 and Phase 3 from Bilmark Avenue to Canterwood Drive and 911 Georgetown Storm Drainage Improvement Project (SDIP)
The Project consists of the installation of 250 LF of 8” sewer; 3,060 LF of 16” sewer; 3,100 LF of 18” sewer; 37 manholes; bypass pumping of wastewater; and other related sewer installation/replacement work for the Upper Little Sugar Creek Replacement Sewer Phases 2 and 3 portions. For the 911 Georgetown SDIP, the project consists of the Installation of 394 LF of 5’ X 4’ Precast R.C. Box Culvert; 60 LF of 10’ X 8’ Precast R.C. Box Culvert; 9 masonry drainage structures; and other related storm drainage installation work.
Charlotte Water / Construction
FY22 New Construction Services Miscellaneous Contract #1
This solicitation will provide for ongoing construction services for the installation of large water and sewer services as requested for commercial/residential use. The work also includes opportunities for installation of short street main extensions (< 100′), fire hydrant relocations and dismantlements as related to new requests.
The request is for 5 year $30,000 annual contract for Western-Cullen-Hayes, Inc. Grade Crossing spare parts the OEM for the Blue Line Extension (” BLE”) Grade Crossing Spare Parts. Integrity Wire was the DBE used by BBRI under the BLE project to supply the grade crossing equipment.
PSR 840