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File #: 0778-2023    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/6/2023 In control: Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 4/3/2023 Final action: 4/5/2023
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Police, to modify the current contract with Pro-Tow, Inc. for the continuation of towing management services; to authorize an expenditure of $1,800,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,800,000.00)
Attachments: 1. Towing 2023 Accounting String
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify the contract with Pro-Tow, Inc. (PO141174, legislated via Ordinance 1593-2018) in the amount of $1,800,000.00 for the continuation of towing management services as needed for the Division of Police. The Division of Police is responsible for the safety and welfare of the traveling public on all public streets, state routes, interstates, and waterways, as well as those endangered by parking violations, accidents and/or abandoned vehicles and watercrafts within the Metropolitan Columbus Area as well as on City-owned land. In an effort to improve the transportation network and access innovative technology, the City sought a smart solution to towing management services.

Four proposals were received by the bid closing date of November 9, 2017, and the evaluation committee determined that Pro-Tow, Inc. was the highest qualified bidder. It is now necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to modify the current contract with Pro-Tow Inc. for the continuation of towing management, through August 31, 2024. This is the third of three available one year extensions, provided for in the original contract dated September 1, 2018.

BID INFORMATION: An evaluation committee comprised of representatives from the Division of Police, Division of Support Services, and the Department of Technology completed a review of the proposals submitted via RFQ007048, by Pro-Tow, Inc., Tow Logic, Bosch, and Auto Return. The committee asked for presentations and ultimately decided that Pro-Tow, Inc. was the highest qualified offeror and should be awarded the contract.

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: CC000415, Compliance expires 06/21/23
This company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.

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