Bid Emergency Snow Plow Services

City of Syracuse - Department of Public Works has issued bid, solicitation 27-107.

It is the intention of the City of Syracuse Department of Public Works to augment, add to and or complement existing City of Syracuse Snow removal operations with the addition of "outside" contractors. Contractors proposing their services under this contract would be expected to provide the Commissioner with a detailed list of Trucks, i.e. 4x4's, 10 wheelers and or 6 wheelers all equipped with hydraulic nose and wing plows. Each truck must be equipped with a City of Syracuse supplied GPS system, capable of monitoring location and speed. This is the standard by which the “existing City DPW Fleet operates”. Assignments throughout the City of Syracuse would be based on the type of equipment provided on the aforesaid "detailed list". The Commissioner would exercise a wide range of options for the "contractor" based on existing conditions, forecast and status of existing City fleet i.e. out of service and /or repairs. A typical contractor "crew" would consist of 4 large plows, as described above and a supervisor, also equipped with a capable pick up with a plow and capable of doing clean up behind his /her crew, i.e. pies, fillets, crossovers and dead ends. During the months of November through April this is a 24/7 operation and as such the successful contractor would be expected to mobilize the requested equipment and crews within 2 hours of a call from the Commissioner or the assigned designee.

Responses are due October 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM EDT.

Questions must be submitted by September 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT.

Contact: Laura Padgett, Assistant Director of Purchase (lpadgett@syr.gov, (315) 448-8286).

1 document is attached to the notice: Emergency Snow Plow Svcs Maps.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/syrgov/projects/292965. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.