Vehicle Towing, Storage, Salvage and Related Services

The City of Tucson is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide vehicle towing, storage, auction,
extrication, stabilization, and salvage services for the following City of Tucson Departments:

• Tucson Police Department (TPD)
• Tucson Fire Department (TFD)
• Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA)
• Environmental Services (ES)
• General Services (GS)
• Housing and Community Development (HCD)
• Department of Transportation and Mobility
• ParkTucson
• SunTran
• SunVan
• SunLink

Background

The City of Tucson has a continued need for Vehicle Towing, Storage, Auction, Extrication, Stabilization, and Salvage Services for City of Tucson Departments. This need is broken down to include services for the following groups. Offerors shall provide specific pricing for
towing and storage services for each group:

• Group 1: Mandatory Towing Impound and ARS 28-3511 Vehicle Tows (approx. 1600 tows per year)
  Group 1 also requires the Contractor to provide salvage and auction services for unclaimed vehicles. Over the past 5 years, approximately 1300 vehicles per year have been unclaimed and were either auctioned or salvaged. Group 1 In addition, offerors shall also provide a revenue sharing plan for all mandatory and ARS 28-3511 towed vehicles. The revenue sharing plan may include, but not be limited to, a referral fee for all vehicles towed, an auction/surplus revenue sharing plan, and a per-day storage revenue sharing plan. Please provide a revenue sharing plan if you are submitting a proposal for Group 1.
• Group 2: Vehicle Towing and Removal Services (appx. 3800 tows per year)
• Group 3: Towing Services for of City Owned Vehicles and SunTran/SunVan/SunLink (appx. 1400 tows per year)
• Group 4: Towing and Removal Services for DTM (Park Tucson) (appx. 60 tows per year)
• Group 5: Towing and Removal Services for Housing and Community Development (HCD)

The City intends to evaluate and award each group separately and offerors do not need to submit a proposal for all
groups to be considered for award.

A.R.S. 41-1830.51 subsection C, states “a towing firm may only have one contractual agreement per geographic
towing area with the department or a county, city or town for towing or storage services or both.” If an Offeror is
awarded multiple groups, the City will consider that to be one contract.

The City reserves the right to modify the contract at any time to comply with changes to the applicable sections
of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 260176
• Department: General Services
• Department Head: General Services (General Services)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-01T21:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-05-29T21:00:00.000Z — Microsoft Teams Meeting

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualifications & Experience (40 pts) —
  1. Provide a brief history of the firm.
  2. Describe the firm’s experience with work similar to that described in the Scope of Work, specifically towing services for law enforcement.
  3. Provide at least three (3) references for work that is similar in scope to the Scope of Work of this contract, specifically towing services for law enforcement agencies. Describe the nature of the work, volumes, response times, confidentiality requirements, etc.
  4. Describe the experience of all key personnel with work similar to that described in the Scope of Work. Specifically address law enforcement experience.
  5. Describe the supervisory structure of the personnel who will perform services under this contract.
  6. Provide a list of subcontractors proposed to be used, if any. For each proposed subcontractor, provide all information requested in the Proposal Evaluation Requirements.
• Method of Approach (30 pts) —
  1. Provide a detailed response to the Scope of Work General Requirements and address the manner in which the firm proposes to meet these specific requirements.
  2. Provide a detailed response to the specific Scope of Work group requirements for the groups you are submitting for and address the manner in which the firm proposes to meet these specific requirements.
  3. Provide a detailed list of equipment the firm plans to use to meet the requirements of the Scope of Work.
• Price (30 pts) —

  Submit the attached excel price document.

Submission Requirements

• Discounts —

  As stated in the Instructions to Offerors. Discounts, the price(s) herein can be discounted by _______%, if payment is made within ______ days. These payment terms shall apply to all purchases and to all payment methods.

• Cooperative Purchasing Program —

  Cooperative Purchasing allows other public agencies to piggyback on the City of Tucson’s contracts. Will your firm provide the City of Tucson, as the lead agency on this regional contract, a rebate in the form of a percentage of sales based upon the other agencies sales?

• If yes, please state the percentage rebate you will provide.
• Does your firm have a City of Tucson Business License?
• Please upload a copy of your business license.
• Forms to be Filled Out —

  Please ensure that all required information is included with your response.

  1. Response to Evaluation Criteria
  2. Pricing Proposal
  3. Offer and Acceptance Form
• Response to Evaluation Criteria (required) —

  Please upload your response to the Evaluation Criteria.

• Pricing Proposal (required) —

  Please upload your Excel Pricing Proposal.

• Offer and Acceptance Form (required) —

  Please upload your signed Offer and Acceptance form.

• Does your response to this solicitation include a request to keep any portion confidential and withhold it from the public record? (required) —

  Please note: The City of Tucson is a public agency subject to public records laws. Therefore, all requests to withhold information from the public record must be accompanied by justification. Pricing will not be held confidential.

• Confidential Information (required) —

  If you answered yes, then you must use this field to identify the sections of your submittal that you are requesting be withheld from public record. 

  If sections are not identified as confidential in this field, your request to hold information confidential may not be accepted.

  Please note: The City of Tucson is a public agency subject to public records laws. Therefore, all requests to withhold information from the public record must be accompanied by justification. Pricing will not be held confidential.

• Is your firm submitting any exceptions for the City's consideration?  (required) —

  In accordance with Instructions to Offerors - Exceptions to Contract Provisions, any exceptions that an offeror wishes to submit for the City's consideration must be indicated here in order to be considered.

• Define the exceptions you are requesting. (required)
• Living Wage (required) —

  Will Living Wage Requirements be a part of the resulting contract?

• Will the resultant contract have Federal Funding? (required)
• Special Terms and Conditions (required) —

  Please select the required language that should be included under Special Terms and Conditions for this project. Please select all that apply.

• Insurance Requirements (required) —

  Please select the additional insurance coverages required for this project. Please select all that apply.

• Initial Term of Contract (required) —

  What is the initial term of the contract?

  Please use the following format: one (1)

  Even if you selected auto renewal, you need to add the initial term, i.e. one (1)

• Renewal Options (required) —

  Will renewal options be given with this contract?

  If you selected Auto Renewal, select No.

• Renewal Term (required) —

  What is the renewal term of the contract?

  Please use the following format: four (4)

  If no extension options will be given or you selected automatic renewals, please enter "N/A".

• Pricing (required) —

  Will you build the pricing table in OpenGov Procurement?

• Separate Pricing Document (required) —

  If you will be requesting the pricing to be provided by the vendor outside of the OpenGov system, have you attached the required document to this solicitation?

• Attachments (required) —

  Do you have any attachments?