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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City Wide / Commodities & Goods
Misc. Equipment – CANCELLED

Charlotte Water / General Services
Water Treatment Valve Rehabilitation Services
Charlotte Water will be seeking a company to inspect Charlotte Water (Water Treatment division) valves for rehabilitation needs in order to maintain their operational status and minimize downtime. Valves will be disconnected and reconnected by Charlotte Water.

Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods
Lee S. Dukes WTP HVAC Replacement
Charlotte Water will be replacing the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit for the administration building at Lee S. Dukes Water Treatment Plant (WTP). This project will be an in-kind replacement.

Charlotte Water / Construction
FY21 Water Replacements – Contract 1
This contract consists of an undetermined number of individual projects consisting of water and/or sewer replacements, water and/or sewer extensions, and water distribution system reliability improvement projects, which will be assigned by the Project Engineer.

Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Gold Line Phase 2 Traffic Signal Cabinets and APS Parts
The Charlotte Area Transit System is seeking to acquire Traffic Signal Cabinets, Risers and Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) parts for the Gold Line Phase 2 project. These items are required to be interchangeable and function with the existing infrastructure used by the Charlotte Department of Transportation.

Charlotte Water / Architectural / Engineering Services
Corrosion Control Design, Inspection, and Monitoring
CLTWater is seeking a consultant to provide design and testing of corrosion protection services for various water and sewer utility-related projects. These projects may include the construction of sewer mains, water mains, relocation of water and sewer utilities for roadway and light rail transit improvement projects, rehabilitation of existing structures and other projects as determined by CLTWater.

Charlotte Water / Architectural / Engineering Services
Elevated Storage Tank Engineering Services
The Project consists of designing multiple new elevated storage tanks ranging in size from approximately 1.5 MG to 3.0 MG. CLTWater intends for the selected Company to provide services for three elevated storage tanks. The selected firm would also be asked to evaluate the quality of additional existing storage tanks in the CLTWater system.

Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods, General Services
McAlpine Creek WWMF-Thermal Hydrolysis Preliminary Equipment
The City intends to develop a regional Class A biosolids facility at the McAlpine Creek Wastewater Management Facility (WWMF). Master planning identified thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) followed by anaerobic digestion as the desired process for producing Class A biosolids. As part of implementation of THP at the McAlpine Creek WWMF, this RFP is being issued to solicit THP system proposals from qualified vendors.

Department of General Services / General Services
Freightliner OEM Parts and Service
The City requires a qualified and manufacturer-authorized Freightliner, Sterling, and Western Star heavy equipment dealer to work in conjunction with Fleet Management. The Company shall perform repair, replacement, maintenance, diagnostic, warranty repair and representation, and related Services on the City’s fleet of various models and years of Freightliner, Sterling, and Western Star heavy equipment owned and operated by the City at their Company facilities or at approved City locations.
Aerial Light Truck Bodes, Agricultural, Construction, Dump Truck Bodies, Heavy, Heavy Truck Cab & Chassis, Sewer Cleaning Equipment and Utility Bodies