Vehicle Towing, Storage, Salvage and Related Services

The City of Tucson is soliciting proposals through Request for Proposal No. 260176 for comprehensive vehicle towing, storage, salvage, and related services to support eleven municipal departments and transit agencies: Tucson Police Department, Tucson Fire Department, Counter Narcotics Alliance, Environmental Services, General Services, Housing and Community Development, Department of Transportation and Mobility, ParkTucson, SunTran, SunVan, and SunLink. The procurement is divided into five service groups allowing contractors to propose on any combination: Group 1 covers mandatory impound and Arizona Revised Statutes 28-3511 vehicle tows (approximately 1,600 tows annually) with salvage and auction services; Group 2 encompasses general vehicle towing and removal services (approximately 3,800 tows annually); Group 3 includes towing for city-owned vehicles and transit services (approximately 1,400 tows annually); Group 4 addresses Park Tucson towing services (approximately 60 tows annually); and Group 5 covers Housing and Community Development towing services. Required qualifications include maintaining minimum equipment (twelve light-duty tow trucks, two four-wheel drive vehicles, one medium-duty wrecker, and one heavy-duty wrecker with at least three rollback tow trucks), achieving fifteen-minute on-site response times, obtaining all necessary Arizona Department of Public Safety Tow Truck Rules and Regulations compliance, and maintaining specified insurance coverage including $1,000,000 per occurrence commercial general liability and $1,000,000 combined single limit commercial automobile liability. Evaluation criteria consist of qualifications and experience (40 percent), method of approach (30 percent), and price proposal (30 percent), with Group 1 submissions requiring a detailed revenue-sharing plan based on baseline assumptions of 1,600 impound tows, 500 vehicles sold at auction at $750 each, 300 vehicles sent to salvage at $200 each, and 16,000 storage days annually. The pre-submittal meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 29, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams, with proposals due by Monday, June 8, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Arizona Time through the City's online bidding system. The contract term is one year with options for up to four additional one-year renewal periods at the City's sole discretion.

The procurement is subject to multiple federal funding streams and compliance requirements, including Federal Transit Administration (FTA) terms applicable to SunTran, SunVan, and SunLink services, which mandate Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation with good faith effort standards, Buy America requirements for contracts exceeding $100,000, Davis-Bacon wage requirements for construction work exceeding $2,000, and civil rights protections prohibiting discrimination. Section 3 compliance requirements apply to Housing and Community Development services, mandating that 25 percent or more of all labor hours be performed by Section 3 workers and 5 percent by Targeted Section 3 Workers, with Section 3 workers defined as individuals with annual incomes at or below HUD-established limits ($39,200 to $62,850 depending on geographic location in Arizona). The contract is partially funded through American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) assistance, requiring Equal Employment Opportunity compliance under Executive Order 11246, suspension and debarment verification through the System for Award Management, Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment certification, and compliance with Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act overtime requirements for contracts exceeding $100,000. Housing and Urban Development wage and hour provisions apply through HUD Forms 5370-C1 and 5370-C2, establishing prevailing wage requirements and mandatory semi-monthly payment schedules with contractor responsibility for maintaining three-year payroll documentation. No incumbent contractor information or existing infrastructure requirements are specified in the solicitation documents. Specific budget amounts or award values are not disclosed; pricing is structured on a per-tow basis with separate mileage charges, daily storage fees, and specialized service fees, with all pricing capped at statutory maximums and subject to limited fuel cost adjustments not exceeding six-month intervals, and funding is contingent upon availability of appropriated funds.