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File Number: 12-00961 Final Action Date:
ITEM TO BE WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, APPROVING
THE FINDINGS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, PURSUANT TO REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") NO. 287252, THAT THE FIRMS MOST QUALIFIED TO
PROVIDE TOWING SERVICES FOR POLICE/FIRE DISPATCHED TOWING AND
WRECKER SERVICES FOR PRIVATE VEHICLES, AND TOWING OF
CITY -OWNED, LEASED, OR RENTED VEHICLES, FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF
POLICE AND GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ARE: NU -WAY TOWING
SERVICE, INC.; KING'S WRECKER SERVICE, INC.; DOWNTOWN TOWING
COMPANY; FREEWAY TOWING OF MIAMI, INC.; MOLINATOWING, INC.; TED &
STAN'S TOWING SERVICE, INC.; BANOS TOWING SERVICES CORP.; MIDTOWN
TOWING OF MIAMI, INC.; SOUTHLAND THE TOWING COMPANY, INC.;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A TOWING/WRECKER
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM(S), WITH SAID FIRMS,
FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO
(2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM VARIOUS
SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM USER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES,
AUTHORIZING SAID SERVICES, AS NEEDED, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami's ("City") requires towing services to remove vehicles resulting
from accidents, vehicles posing traffic hazards, scofflaw vehicles, abandoned vehicles, stolen
vehicles, retrieve vehicles from water and similar situations requiring placement of vehicles in storage
locations; and
WHEREAS, utilization of private towing companies within the City effectively provides the
needed services; and
WHEREAS, the following nine (9) towing firms were deemed qualified by the evaluation
committee for the Departments of Police and General Services Administration ("GSA"): Nu -Way
Towing Service, Inc.; King's Wrecker Service, Inc.; Downtown Towing Company; Freeway Towing of
Miami, Inc.; Molina Towing, Inc.; Ted & Stan's Towing Service, Inc.; Banos Towing Services Corp.;
Midtown Towing of Miami, Inc.; Southland The Towing Company, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is authorized to add or delete towing firms to the contract at any
time in accordance with the Request for Proposals ("RFP") No. 287252, Addendum No. 4, Section
2.25, should it be in the City's best interests;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The recommendation of the City Manager approving the findings of the Evaluation
Committee pursuant to RFP No. 287252 that the firms most qualified to provide towing services for
Police/Fire dispatched towing and wrecker services for private vehicles, and towing of City -owned,
leased, or rented vehicles, for the Police and GSA are: Nu -Way Towing Service, Inc.; King's Wrecker
Service, Inc.; Downtown Towing Company; Freeway Towing of Miami, Inc.; Molina Towing, Inc.; Ted &
Stan's Towing Service, Inc.; Banos Towing Services Corp.; Midtown Towing of Miami, Inc.; Southland
The Towing Company, Inc., is accepted.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Towing/Wrecker Agreement, in
substantially the attached form(s), with said firms, for a three (3) year period, with the option to renew
for two (2) additional one-year periods, allocating funds from various sources from the user
departments and agencies, authorizing said services as needed, subject to availability of funds and
budgetary approval at time of need.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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