NIGP 96887: Roadside Assistance; Flat Tire, Dead Battery, Out of Fuel Type Situations

NIGP 96887 Roadside Assistance; Flat Tire, Dead Battery, Out Of Fuel Type Situations is an Item code under which state and local governments procure emergency roadside response services for stranded vehicles, including wrecker services, tire repair and replacement, battery service, and fuel delivery for their fleets and operations. The solicitations show counties and special districts buying 24/7/52 on-call towing, recovery, and roadside maintenance support with guaranteed response times, typically 30 minutes, for fleet vehicles ranging from passenger cars to school buses and heavy equipment. Issuing bodies include county transportation and vehicle maintenance departments (Macon-Bibb County Vehicle Maintenance Department, Pinellas County School District), county boards of commissioners managing county fleets, and water district operations. The work involves flat-rate or hourly pricing models, with contractors required to carry General Liability coverage ($1 million minimum), Automotive Liability, and Workers' Compensation, maintain impound facilities with secure fencing, and in some cases provide spare vehicles for emergency deployment.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Florida. Macon-Bibb County (Georgia) posted RFP 27-013-LH for roadside assistance to the Vehicle Maintenance Department on September 4, 2026, with proposals due October 1, 2026, allowing bidders to respond on wrecker services, tire services, or both, with evaluation on experience (30 points), technical approach (40 points), implementation (10 points), and price (20 points), plus a 5% local-vendor preference; a pre-bid conference was held September 16, 2026 at City Hall in Macon. Pinellas County School District (Florida) solicited sealed electronic bids for 24/7/52 towing and recovery services (bid 26AM012) due July 29, 2026, with an estimated annual contract value of $70,000, requiring 30-minute response across four service locations (Largo, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tarpon Springs), and a 5% Florida-vendor preference. Eastern Municipal Water District (Riverside County, California) posted RFP-WM-3932 for on-call towing services on August 25, 2026, with proposals due October 1, 2026. These opportunities indicate active fleet management procurement at the county and special-district level across the Southeast and West.