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
Emergency Response Vehicle Shop Re-rail Equipment
Charlotte Area Transit System / General Services
Convert Vanpool operations to turn-key contractor
This Request for Proposal (RFP) will convert CATS vanpool program to a turn-key operational contract. The CATS vanpool program is a resource for businesses and community groups to access ridesharing services through CATS and is a cost-effective public transit option. Commuters travel together in high-capacity vehicles between their homes or a designated location to a common work destination. The goal of the vanpool program is to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and provide a cost-effective travel alternative for commuters.
PSR # 1532
Charlotte Area Transit System / Commodities & Goods
Bus Pneumatic Parts
Charlotte Area Transit System’s Bus Operations is requesting a contract to support all Bus Pneumatic parts. The vendor would be responsible to supply parts for all potential Bus Manufacturers. The contract will have a 3-year initial term with 2 optional one-year renewals.
PSR # 1638
Aviation / Construction
North End-Around Taxiway (NEAT) Extension
The Fourth Parallel Runway Program – North End-Around Taxiway (NEAT) Extension – Volume I includes the construction of 75 feet wide x 5,300 feet long new taxiway with two connector taxiways. Primary work elements include 18-inch Portland cement concrete pavement; cement-treated base course; crushed aggregate base course; asphalt shoulders; pavement markings; mass grading; 15” – 84” drainage pipes; cast-in-place and pre-cast structures; underdrains; airfield electrical including duct banks, cabling, lighting, and signage; erosion control; asphalt service roads; and fencing. The project also includes Stockpile Site – Volume II. Primary work elements include pavement, slab on grade, and foundation demolition; building demolition; utility removal; asphalt roadway; waterline installation; mass grading; erosion control; and fencing.
Department of General Services / Construction
Fire Station No. 32 Roof Replacement
Remove and dispose of existing standing seam metal roof system (approximately 7,931 square feet) down to wood deck. Provide new roofing system to comply with Sealed Drawings and Specifications (underlayment, Standing Seam metal roof, associated metal trim and accessories).
Remove and dispose of existing Low Slope Roofing System (approximately 2,006 square feet) down to the existing deck. Provide new roofing system to comply with Sealed Drawings and Specifications (Insulation, Modified Bitumen Roof Membrane and Flashings, associated metal trim and accessories).
Charlotte Water / Construction
Briar Creek Phase 4 Sewer Rehab-CANCELLED
This will be an invitation to bid for construction and will consist of cured-in-place pipe lining, manhole rehab, and other miscellaneous services for several thousand linear feet of current infrastructure. This was originally paired with the Paw Creek/Diversion project and will now be two separate construction projects.
5/13/2024 – cancelled due to project reprioritization.
Charlotte Water / Commodities & Goods
Automated Chemistry Equipment
Charlotte Water is seeking a company to purchase segmented flow analyzers for the analysis of regulatory-compliance and process-control samples, as well as the accessories, service, and consumables.
Charlotte Water / Architectural / Engineering Services
Franklin Water Treatment Plant Main Building Renovations – CANCE ... Franklin Water Treatment Plant Main Building Renovations – CANCELLED
This will be a request for an Architectural and Engineering service package to retrofit the Franklin Water Treatment Plant Administrative Building. Phase 1 will include overall schematics, the proposed layout of the building, structural assessment, existing conditions drawings, and mapping. Phase 2 will include detailed engineering and structural design, along with architectural design. Phase 3 will include technology requests (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system, security, etc.), construction phasing/planning office spaces, finishings, exterior and landscaping. Phase 4 will include project permitting and construction admin services. There is a potential for the renovations to be broken up into smaller projects after Phase 1 is complete.
-inactive due to budget reprioritization
Charlotte Water / Construction
Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility Solids Pump Station
Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility is a new 15 million gallons per day greenfield facility that will serve as Charlotte Water’s 6th Water Resource Recovery Facility. Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility will not have solids treatment onsite. The Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility solids pump station will send the solids stream to another Charlotte Water Water Resource Recovery facility for treatment. This is a hard bid construction project to build the pump station and associated infrastructure onsite.
The vendor is to provide Re-Railing container for storage and deployment of re-rail equipment.
PSR 1440