ITB 26-731 District Wide Towing Services

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) in Georgia is issuing Invitation to Bid 26-731 for district-wide towing services to provide 24-hour emergency and non-emergency towing and recovery services for school district vehicles, including large and small buses, support vehicles, fleet equipment, and trailers throughout DeKalb County and surrounding areas. The scope of work encompasses light, medium, and heavy-duty towing, accident recovery, vehicle uprighting, winching, and extraction services available seven days per week. Qualified bidders must hold a valid Georgia State Towing License/Permit, maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including a $2,000,000 commercial umbrella or excess liability policy, demonstrate compliance with federal and state immigration laws including E-Verify authorization, and provide audited financial statements or tax returns and balance sheets for 2023 and 2024, a valid business license, certificate of insurance, and references from at least three comparable clients. Pricing must be submitted as firm fixed flat fees for services categorized by vehicle type (large student bus, small student bus, support vehicles) and service type (towing, uprighting, winching, accident recovery, extraction), with separate pricing for electric vehicles if applicable and a per-mile rate for services outside DeKalb County; prices are firm fixed for the contract term with only one price change allowed during any 12-month period at renewal anniversaries subject to written approval. An optional virtual pre-bid conference is scheduled for March 26, 2026, at 11:00 AM EST, with a deadline for submitting questions by March 30, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST and responses posted by April 3, 2026. Bid submissions are due electronically by April 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST, with a virtual public bid opening scheduled for 3:30 PM EST the same day, and board approval is anticipated in June 2026.

The contract award will be for an initial one-year term from the final execution date with up to four optional one-year extension periods contingent upon DCSD's offer, vendor acceptance, and board approval. No set-aside designations or restrictions on organizational types are specified in the procurement documents. The ITB does not identify any incumbent vendors or current contractors, nor does it reference existing infrastructure or technology requiring integration with the awarded vendor's operations. All services must include labor, materials, tools, equipment, supplies, trained personnel, insurance, travel, overhead, tolls, and all other associated costs with no add-on charges permitted. No specific contract award value or budget range is disclosed in the available documentation. DCSD reserves the right to make multiple awards and to reject any or all bids submitted.