ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Safeclear Freeway Towing and Emergency Road Service agreements between the City of Houston and LOUIS MATTHEW TEAL, DBA HUMBLE TOWING SERVICE, NORTH HOUSTON MOTORS, INC., DBA NORTH HOUSTON MOTORS, T & T MOTORS, INC. DBA A ALL NITE WRECKER, UNIFIED AUTO WORKS PAINT & BODY, INC. DBA UNIFIED AUTO WORKS, CANNINO WEST, INC. DBA BEST TOW, C M WRECKER SERVICE, INC., DBA FIESTA WRECKER SERVICE, RBEX, INC., DBA APPLE TOWING CO., MILAM STREET AUTO STORAGE, INC., DBA FAST TOW, STERLING INTEREST INVESTMENTS, INC., DBA ELITE COLLISION CENTER, USAACC, INC., DBA USA AUTO COLLISION CENTER, ALLIED COLLISION CENTER, INC., K.T.L. ENTERPRISES INC., DBA SAFE TOW, ASHA AUTOMOTIVE, INC., DBA CAR KING TOWING, DWIGHT CANNON, DBA D. C. WRECKER, CORPORATE AUTO SERVICES, INC.,  DBA MILLER'S AUTO & BODY REPAIR, HOUSTON AUTO TECH, INC., DBA HOUSTON AUTO TECH for the Houston Police Department - 5 Years

Request for Qualification for S30-Q25402 – Approve an ordinance awarding contracts to the best respondents for freeway tow agreements of the SafeClear Freeway Towing and Emergency Road Services Program for the Houston Police Department.

Specific Explanation:

The Chief of Police of the Houston Police Department (HPD) and the City Purchasing Agent recommend that City Council approve an ordinance awarding five year contracts to the best respondents for freeway tow agreements of the SafeClear Freeway Towing and Emergency Road Service Program for HPD.

The scope of work requires the contractors to provide all labor, equipment, tools, vehicles and supervision necessary to provide towing or emergency road services to wrecked or stalled vehicles.  Each contractor holds a Police-Authorized Towing Service Agreement (”PATSA”) and will patrol assigned segments of the City’s freeway system which increases public safety on the freeways, reduces traffic congestion, and ensures citizens are treated fairly by wrecker drivers. Exhibit 1 lists the segments the contractors will be servicing through the SafeClear program.

The Request for Qualification (RFQ) was advertised in accordance with the requirements of the State of Texas bid laws.  Forty-five prospective requestors downloaded the solicitation document from the Strategic Procurement Division’s (SPD) e-bidding website.  As a result, qualifications were received from 26 respondents:

The Evaluation Committee was composed of five evaluators from: the Houston Police Department, Department of Public Works and Engineering, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and the Houston-Galveston Area Council.  The qualifications for selecting a SafeClear vendor were based upon the following criteria:

·         Responsiveness to the RFQ

·         Proximity of SafeClear  segment to storage lot

·         Incident Management Experience

·         Driver Capacity

·         Experience/Expertise

·         Financial Strength

·         Franchise Tax Account Status with the Texas Secretary of State

·         Standing with HPD Auto Dealers Detail

The evaluation of vendors for Segment No. 2 resulted in a tie between Louis Matthew Teal dba Humble Towing Service and Zone 3 Collision Center dba Zone 3 Collision Center. Representatives of SPD, City Legal and HPD drew lots to break the tie. Louis Matthew Teal dba Humble Towing Service was the vendor selected from the lots. 

Based on the evaluation results, HPD and SPD recommend the following contractors to participate in the SafeClear program as listed below:

M/WBE Subcontractor:

This request for qualification was issued as a goal-oriented contract with a 10% M/WBE participation level.  The contracts will be monitored by the Office of Business Opportunity.

Hire Houston First:

Hire Houston First does not apply because it involves the use of federal funds and is subject to specific procurement rules of the federal government.

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Calvin D. Wells, City Purchasing Agent                   Department Approval Authority Signature

Finance/Strategic Procurement Division

NO FUNDING REQUIRED