Opening of Proposals - Towing Services for Dept of Code Enforcement - Hamilton Towing

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS For TOWING SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CODE ENFOIRCEMEENT This Requcst for.Proposals ("RFP11) is official notification Of tile need 11)r profe I ssional services to tile Department of Code C� 11forcemle it ("Code Enforcement") tbr the City of South Bend (""City""). This RFP is being issued to request [li-joing and proposals for Removal Services of abandoned vehicles, Towing, Storage and Disposal 2020. for a twelve-month Period beginning july 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 13ACKGROtJND INFOfWATION City has determined that it requires tile availability of one (1) properly licensed towing company (hereinafter referred to as `Towing Company") service to Provide nine (9) hour a day (7:30am- 4:30prn), five (5) days'a week service for the removal, towing, storage and disposal of abandoned InOtOr vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "Towing Service") withit, the City upon request by Code En'FOrce'llent, The Towing Company will bill the vehicle owners for all Costs and services provided. No costs or services will be billed to any City entity. The City has ffirther determined that it is necessary to Provide secure storage facilities, within five (5) miles of the City, fOr the storage of abandoned vehicles obtained through time Towing Service process. REQUIREMENTS Service$ and Licensing. Tile Towing Company shall provide the Towing Service to time City. VOlUrnes will not be guaranteed. Towing Company shall maintain al'l licenses to perform the Towing Service within City limits, The Towing company will bill the vehicle owners for all costs and services Provided. No costs or services will be billed to any City entity. After being requested to the scene by time City, Towing Company shall cO"lPlY with the following: (a) Not move nor attach a tow truck to any vehicle until instructed to do so by the Code Enforcement inspector on time scene; (b) Cooperate with time Code Enforcement inspector in removing abandoned, unsafe and/or illegally parked vehicles, and in storing 01• impounding of such vellicles as requested; (c) Removal of all hazardous materials/vehicle fluids in the street with adsorbent material left t'roill removal of vehicle; (d) State of Indiana laws and time City ordinances for the removal, towing, storage and disposal of abandoned vehicles; (e) Towing Company must advise City in writing within five (5) business days, if the owner of a vehicle complains to Towing, Companyh -ies or Personal Property from the vehicle for which any missing vehicle accessories of damage to the vehicle or City requested and/or authorized the tow; (f) All Towing Company's employees who have access to time storage yard or the Personal property which is taken Out Of any vehicle for storage or safe keeping must provide A complete set of finger prints and criminalhis history report for eac )Iemployee to City. 2) Equipment. The Towing COMPally shall always maintain,under its exclusive use and control, acceptable equipment that can recover, remove and tow abandoned motor vehicles. The'fowing Company's name and telephone nurnber, or the name and telephone number of time operator of the equipment being used to provide the Towing Service, shall be prominently displayed on all vehicles used to provide the Towing Service (niecting State requirernents). A mininjun, of tht-ee