UNSPSC 78181702: Transportation storage service

UNSPSC 78181702 Transportation storage service is a Commodity code that encompasses towing, wrecker services, vehicle recovery, and equipment transport for government fleets, law enforcement, transit agencies, and municipal operations. State and local governments procure under this code when they need on-demand or scheduled towing of disabled, wrecked, or impounded vehicles; recovery and transport of heavy equipment and transit buses; secure storage of vehicles and evidence; and roadside assistance services. The issuing-body mix includes city transportation and fleet departments, county sheriff's offices and public safety agencies, transit authorities, school districts, municipal utilities, and state departments of transportation. Representatives of recent activity span municipal wrecker contracts (St. Petersburg, Forney, Tucson, Orlando, Tampa), county fleet and public-safety towing (Gwinnett County, Sarasota County, Fulton County, Clackamas County), specialized emergency and law-enforcement services (KEYS utility crane and tow services, Orange County Transportation Authority freeway service patrol), and school district and regional transit towing (Pinellas County Schools, OCTA). No set-asides or DBE goals appear in most municipal fleet contracts, though some federal-funded transit and police services (Orange County Transportation Authority, Pinellas County Schools) include DBE participation targets or prevailing wage requirements.

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County Transportation Authority freeway and recovery RFPs, City of Tucson, City of Phoenix, Eastern Municipal Water District), Florida (multiple city and county procurement from Tampa, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Gwinnett County schools and Sarasota County in the broader Southeast), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Fulton County, Cartersville, Lawrenceville), and scattered activity in Texas (Forney, Lubbock), Oregon (Clackamas County), Colorado (Bend), Michigan (Detroit), New Jersey (state DOT winter towing), and Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson). Response dates cluster from May through October 2026, with most recent opportunities in July–September 2026. Representative recent solicitations include the Orange County Transportation Authority RFP 260469 for 24/7 towing and recovery for 40- and 60-foot transit buses with a $435,000 three-year budget and DBE goals; Sarasota County IFB 262913MKM for towing services across 1,286 county, emergency services, and transit assets with 45- to 60-minute response-time requirements; the City of Tucson RFP 260176 for vehicle towing, storage, and salvage across five service groups serving police, fire, transit, and environmental services departments; and Keys Energy Services RFP for crane and towing services in emergency/hurricane response with FEMA compliance and prevailing wage obligations. Contract terms typically run one to three years with optional one- to two-year renewals; pricing is commonly firm fixed-rate or hourly billing with mileage charges, storage fees, and recovery labor. Insurance minimums commonly require $1–2 million commercial general liability, $500,000–$2 million automobile liability, and workers' compensation coverage.