Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Metropolitan Towing and Storage Inc. for towing services for motor vehicles and watercraft for the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety. The City of Columbus is responsible for the safety and welfare of the public traveling on the public streets and waterways, and said safety and welfare of the public is endangered by parking violations, accidents and or abandonment of vehicles and watercraft within the Metropolitan Columbus Area as well as City owned land. This contract is for one year starting October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 with the possible addition of three (3), one year extensions.
BID INFORMATION: Formal bid # SA004536 was opened on August 24, 2012 for Police Towing Services for the Division of Police. Three responses were received for these services from the following vendors:
Metropolitan Towing & Storage Inc., Professional Towing Organization LLC., and Columbus Towing and Recovery.
All three vendors listed above are majority owned.
A committee consisting of personnel from the Police Impound Unit and the Police Property Room Lieutenant evaluated the proposals on five categories: Competence, Quality and Feasibility, Ability, Past Performance, and Pricing Structure. The committee recommended that the contract should be awarded based on these categories to Metropolitan Towing & Storage, Inc.
Contract Compliance No.: 31-1035297 expires 9/20/2013
Emergency action is requested so that these towing services can be continued without interruption.
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FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $800,000.00 from the General Fund for these services. $1,800,000.00 was budgeted in the Division's 2012 General Fund budget for towing services; $1,000,000.00 has already been spent or encumbered so far this year. The Division of Police spent $1,686,743.00 in 2011 for towing services, and spent $1,665,806.00 for...
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