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Mount Vernon opens towing-service bids; several submissions missing required price or attachments
Summary
At the Board of Estimate and Contract meeting April 15, Mount Vernon staff opened multiple bids for city towing and impound services and found several submissions with missing price-sheet entries or missing attachments; bids were forwarded to the police department and procurement for follow-up rather than awarded.
The Board of Estimate and Contract opened sealed bids for towing and impound services on April 15, 2025, and found multiple submissions missing required price-sheet entries or attachments, a procurement clerk said. The board did not award a contract at the meeting; staff forwarded the bid packages to the police department and appropriate city departments for review.
A clerk read the first submission as “F A Towing Inc., 656 Central Park Avenue, Suite 2, Yonkers, New York 10704,” and noted a check for $1,100 labeled as the bid deposit. The clerk said the bid deposit requirement is $100 and confirmed the form showed a $1,100 check. The bid’s price sheet did not include the annual compensation amount in the “A” line that is supposed to state the yearly fee to the…
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