Fiscal Note
The Police Department has $417,100 in the 2005 Adopted Budget and $426,700 in the 2006 Requested Budget for towing services. It is expected that these budgeted amounts will be sufficient.
Title
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a four-year contract on behalf of the City with Schmidt's Auto, Inc. for towing and vehicle storage services.
Body
WHEREAS, the City utilizes a city-wide towing contract to provide towing and related services primarily for the Police Department, and also for other departments such as Motor Equipment and Streets; and
WHEREAS, the current contract is due to expire on September 30, 2005; and WHEREAS, the Purchasing Division and Police Department through a competitive process solicited proposals for RFP #7747, City of Madison Towing Services, received written proposals, allowing contractors to bid for the east or west sides of town or both; and
WHEREAS, an evalutation team consisting of the purchasing supervisor and relevant police department staff conducted a detailed evaluation, scored and ranked each of the proposals using criteria including cost, skill, equipment, past performance, and references; and Schmidt's Auto, Inc. received the highest score for both the East and West sides of town;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into and sign a contract on behalf of the City for towing and vehicle storages services with Schmidt's Auto, Inc., as negotiated by the Purchasing Division and Police Department, for an initial term of four (4) years with two (2) optional renewal terms of one (1) year each.