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 / Commodities & Goods
Warning Flashers (Materials)
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Construction
Sugar Creek Road Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
This project will install single‐mode fiber optic cable in new directionally bored, hand-dug, and trenched conduit, existing conduit, and aerial attachments to poles. It will remove existing copper communication cables. 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.
Charlotte Department of Transportation / Construction
Sharon Amity Road Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
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. It will remove existing copper communication cables. 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.
Charlotte Storm Water Services / Construction
Sweden Rd Surface Water Quality Improvement project
The project is located at an existing CDOT facility located at 4600 Sweden Rd. The project improvements include the installation of SCMs along the perimeter of the existing parking areas to capture, treat, and reduce runoff discharge pollutants that are contributing to the Sugar Creek watershed in compliance with site NPDES permit requirements.
Aviation / Construction
FBO FUEL LINE REPAIR
Remove and replace fuel lines servicing the FBO fuel cabinet, flush and abandon fuel lines that previously served
Bank of America; remove and crate two fueling cabinets; miscellaneous repairs to fuel tank farm.
Charlotte Water / General Services
FY25 Subsurface Utility Locating Services – cancelled
This contract will be for the subsurface utility locates associated with miscellaneous projects, from identifying infrastructure around our existing water and sewer lines to assisting in planning for future water and sewer projects. The contract will be used on an as-needed basis, shared between all engineering divisions of Charlotte Water. This will cover Charlotte Water’s entire service area.
This opportunity has been cancelled.
Department of General Services / Construction
Central Kilborne Norland Intersection & Street Upgrade
Project limits are from just south of Evergreen Cemetery Dr to about 400’ south of Central Ave at Kilborne Dr on Norland Rd (0.43 miles). The project includes a shared-use path on one side of the street, storm drainage, water line work, and 2 Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs).
Charlotte Department of Transportation / General Services
Spectrum Center Traffic Control Services
The City of Charlotte provides direct traffic control and logistical Support for the Spectrum Center which is host to an estimated 125 sporting, music, business, and other events each year. The City is interested in receiving proposals for this service. The awarded Company shall be the sole provider of traffic control services for the Spectrum Center and designated areas around the Spectrum Center. The Company shall provide all personnel, and traffic control equipment to implement the Traffic Control Plan for the safe operation of vehicles and pedestrians. The Company shall be responsible for the storage, retrieval, set up, and immediate removal of all traffic control equipment from City owned rights -of-way following the events. On-site presence is required for the duration of the event.
Finance / General Services
Trustee and Custodian Services
The City’s Finance Department is interested in seeking proposals for a Service Provider (or Service Providers) to support the City’s needs for Investment Custodian and Trustee Services with a multi-year agreement. The City’s investment and debt programs are managed by the Treasury Division of the Finance Department. The City’s Consolidated Investment Pool is part of its daily operations and is invested under North Carolina G.S.159-30 and 159-31. Investments in this portfolio are managed with the objectives of safety, liquidity and return, in that order and typically have daily settlement activity. These investments are executed by delivery vs. payment (DVP) and held by the third-party trust custodian.
This contract will be to purchase signal materials for installing “warning flashers” to alert drivers that they are approaching certain types of hazards, new traffic devices, and/or changes in road conditions.