Title
General Police Towing Services - RFP 13-006 (Ordinance S-51631) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow additional expenditures under the following four contracts for the purchase of general police towing services for the Police Department: Contact 135124 with Western Towing of Phoenix, Inc.; Contract 135125 with DVT Enterprises, LLC dba DV Towing; and Contracts 135126 and 135191 with ACT Towing, dba All City Towing. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures will not exceed $300,000.
Report
Summary
The Police Department requires general towing services to remove vehicles for citizens involved in vehicle crashes, towing abandoned vehicles, vehicles left in roadways, illegally parked vehicles and other law enforcement impounds. Towing services are essential to the Police Department and are mandated by Arizona Revised Statutes, Phoenix City Codes and Police Department policies. These contracts also provide auctioneering services of lawfully impounded vehicles that have been determined to be abandoned vehicles as defined by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division. The additional funds will allow for uninterrupted service through the end of the contract term.
Contract Term
The contract term remains unchanged, ending on December 31, 2026.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $300,000 in additional funds, the revised aggregate value of the contract will not exceed $1,629,832. Funds are available in the Police Department's budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council previously reviewed this request:
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-39460) on December 19, 2012;
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-44209) on January 24, 2018;
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-44333) on March 21, 2018;
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-45345) on February 6, 2019;
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-45759) on June 5, 2019;
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-47246) on January 20, 2021; and
- General Police Towing Services - Contracts 135124, 135125, 135126 and 135191 (Ordinance S-50583) on February 21, 2024.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.