Towing Rotation Service Provider

West Valley City (“the City”) is requesting qualifications from individuals or firms (“Providers” or “Responders”) to provide fleet towing, non-preference towing, impound, and storage services for the West Valley City Police Department and other City departments. The City intends to choose 20 responsible providers to add to a Tow Rotation.

Provider must be able to provide vehicle towing, impound, and storage services as requested by the City (“Towing Services”). Towing Services shall include:

• towing and clean up for vehicle accidents where the vehicle owner has not expressed a preference of a tow operator,
• towing vehicles for parking violations,
• towing vehicles for City code violations,
• towing and disposing of abandoned vehicles,
• providing evidence tows,
• providing safekeep requests,
• conducting recovery operations; and
• providing other City-related tows as needed, including RVs, trailers, and vessels.

Provider must be capable of servicing approximately 300 police generated tows annually.

Provider shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

When requested by the City to tow and/or store a vehicle, provider’s trucks shall respond within a maximum 20-minute time frame, unless otherwise excused by the City because of inclement weather, unusual traffic conditions, or excessive distance.

Provider must maintain in West Valley City limits a State Tax approved storage area and a secure area for seized items or vehicles with a minimum of 5000 square feet.

Provider will perform tows of City-owned vehicles at the rates set forth in the Tow Rotation Contract, included as attachment B.

Submission

All documents must be received no later than **3:00 P.M. local prevailing time**, as conclusively established by the clock on https://utah.bonfirehub.com (“Bonfire” or “U3P”). All documents shall be submitted through **Bonfire** and alternative methods of submission shall not be accepted.

Responders are to submit:

1. A Letter of Intent (“Letter of Intent” or “Letter”), completed using the form provided in this RFQ
2. A valid business license
3. State Tax Commission Impound Yard Number in West Valley City

Selection

Only documents submitted by responsible providers as defined by the City Code will be considered. 20 Qualified proposals will be randomly selected.

Insurance

Tow Truck Motor Carriers performing emergency moves shall maintain liability insurance coverage of at least **$750,000** per occurrence. Tow Truck Motor Carriers performing non-emergency moves shall maintain liability insurance coverage of at least **$1,000,000** per occurrence.

Term

The initial term of this Agreement shall commence on (DATE) and continue for one year. This Agreement shall automatically renew for five additional one year terms unless otherwise terminated as set forth herein.