TOWING SERVICES

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-06-16 · resolution

Resolution authorizing additional expenditure authority of $1,901,390.00 for a total modified contract amount of $16,558,190.00 for Contract No. FB-00446, Towing Services, for the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) and People and Internal Operations Department (PIOD). The contract expires on March 31, 2027. The additional allocation supports increased towing requests and costs, including DTPW's expanded transit operations with the South Corridor TransitWay and the planned November 2026 opening of the South Dade Transit Operations Center (SDTOC), which will house 100 articulated electric buses. PIOD requests $653,890 due to a 16% average annual increase in tows and a 29% per-tow price increase since 2022. The contract includes four groups: Group A (All County Departments except DTPW Buses Only and RER Disposals), Group B (DTPW Buses Only), Group C (RER Only for North and South Zones), and Group D (Prequalification Pool to Quote Specialized Tows). The item was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on 6/16/2026, after being deferred on 6/2/2026 and forwarded with a favorable recommendation by the Transportation Committee on 5/12/2026. Awarded vendors include Alpine Towing, Inc, Dolphin Towing & Recovery, Inc, Downtown Towing Company, Excalibur Towing Service Corp (SBE), Kauff's of Miami, Inc d/b/a Kauff's Towing, Midtown Towing of Miami, Inc, Roadway Inc d/b/a Roadway Towing & Recovery, and Sunshine Towing, Inc. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.