Towing & Recovery Services
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 26-AM-012
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- 78101804 Relocation services
- 78111813 Sightseeing service by land, except rail
- 78141503 Transportation industry tariff comparison or freight audit services
- 78141504 Supplier or vendor managed freight and rebilling
- 78101716 Marine towing service
- 25112001 Offshore loading systems
- 78111802 Scheduled bus services
- 78141700 Navigational services
- 78141500 Transport arranging services
- 78101722 Bulk shipping distribution service
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- 78101807 Petroleum or chemical trucking service
- 78141501 Freight forwarders services
- 78141505 Towing service for commercial and private vehicles
- 78181702 Transportation storage service
- 78141701 Tugboat services
- 78110000 Passenger transport
- 78111800 Passenger road transportation
- 78112000 Intermodal passenger transport services
- 78101801 Local area trucking services
- 78101802 Regional or national trucking services
- 78101803 Vehicle carrier services
- 78101806 International trucking service
- 78101808 Road transport of dry bulk
- 78101809 Road transport of letters and parcels
- 78101810 Road transport of livestock or live animals
- 78101811 Packed products transport
- 78111814 Road transport of passengers by man-or animal-drawn vehicle
- 78112001 Mixed mode urban and suburban transportation for passengers
- 78121603 Freight fee
- 78141804 Loading terminal facility management
- 78130000 Storage
- Point of contact
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- Angelo Molfetta molfettaa@pcsb.org (727) 588-6232
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
Pinellas County School District is soliciting sealed electronic bids for towing and recovery services, with bids due by 3:00 p.m. on July 29, 2026, through the District's e-Procurement Portal. A Florida-vendor preference of 5% applies when the lowest bidder is from a state without comparable preferences.
The scope covers 24/7/52 towing and recovery for District-owned vehicles including passenger cars, school buses, trucks, vans, tractors, trailers, and lawn equipment across four primary service locations (Walter Pownall Service Center in Largo, 49th Street Compound in St. Petersburg, Coachman Compound in Clearwater, and Tarpon Springs Compound). The contractor must respond within 30 minutes to any location within Pinellas County, maintain an impound lot with a minimum six-foot fence accommodating 65-passenger school buses, provide a spare school bus on-site for emergency deployments, and supply radio dispatching equipment. Pricing is flat-rate for in-county tows to District facilities or the contractor's facility, with separate pricing tiers for out-of-county tows within 50-mile and 51-100-mile ranges; excessive waiting time charges apply after 15 minutes at a per-minute rate.
The estimated annual contract value is $70,000, excluding renewal options, though actual purchases may vary. The initial contract runs September 23, 2026 through September 22, 2027, with two optional one-year renewal periods by mutual consent and up to three 30-day unilateral extensions at the District's discretion. Price escalation at renewal is permitted up to the previous year's CPI-U with 60 days' written notice.
Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on an all-or-none basis. The contractor must carry General Liability ($1 million per occurrence / $2 million aggregate minimum), Automotive Liability ($300,000 Combined Single Limit minimum), and Workers' Compensation at statutory limits; comply with the Jessica Lunsford Act Level 2 background screening; maintain E-Verify compliance; and obtain all necessary licenses and permits. Evaluation occurs July 29 through August 5, with notice of intent to award anticipated September 1 and School Board approval estimated September 8. The District reserves non-exclusive rights to use alternative providers and may cancel with 10 days' notice for cause or 90 days' notice without cause.
Opportunity text
The Pinellas County School District (District) is soliciting sealed electronic bids in response to Towing & Recovery Services. Bids are due before 3:00 pm on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Bids may be received up to but not later than, the date and time listed above, via the District e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB. The District e-Procurement Portal Clock is the official clock for the determination of all deadline dates and times. Without exception, responses will not be accepted after the submission deadline regardless of any technical difficulties such as poor internet connections. The Pinellas County School District Purchasing Department strongly recommends completing your response well ahead of the deadline.
Pinellas County Schools has partnered with OpenGov Procurement which provides government agencies and their suppliers with a comprehensive and easy to use web-based eProcurement system. Registered suppliers receive automatic notification and transmittal of bid solicitations, and there is no charge to register and subscribe to receive PCS solicitation notifications. Please visit https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pcsb to register and subscribe.
Once you have downloaded bid documents from an OpenGov notification you will automatically receive an e-mail notifying you when any addenda are issued or questions posted have been answered. If you obtain our solicitation documents from any other source, we cannot guarantee that you will automatically receive subsequent notifications of addendums. To assure that you are automatically notified, you must visit the above website and download the bid document. The District will not be responsible if you fail to receive any and all addendums if you obtain the original bid document from another source.
The district will give consideration to prices established by the State of Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Purchasing through its contracts and negotiated agreement price schedules.
The procurement contact for this solicitation is Angelo Molfetta and can be reached at molfettaa@pcsb.org.
Submit Electronic Responses via the District e-Procurement Portal:
https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Towing_&_Recovery_Services.pdf | ||
| Insurance_Specifications_for_Contractors.pdf | ||
| Samples_Label.pdf | ||
| Bid_Protest_Procedure.pdf |
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