TOWING SERVICES

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

The document is a resolution authorizing additional expenditure authority for Contract No. FB-00446, Towing Services, for the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) and the People and Internal Operations Department (PIOD). The additional expenditure authority is $1,901,390.00, bringing the total modified contract amount to $16,558,190.00. The contract expires on March 31, 2027. The resolution was introduced on 4/22/2026, deferred on 6/2/2026, and adopted on 6/16/2026. The additional allocation supports increased towing requests and costs, including for DTPW's expanded transit operations related to 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 is requesting $653,890 due to a 16% average annual increase in tows and a 29% increase in prices per tow 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). 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. The impact is countywide. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.