REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
AUCTIONEER FOR THE CITY OF MINOT POLICE IMPOUND AUCTION
The City of Minot, hereafter referred to as “the City”, is requesting proposals from qualified Auctioneers to provide services for the 2025 Police Impound Auction. The successful service provider will work closely with the Minot Police Department Property and Evidence Division, to meet the City’s needs.
The request for proposals (RFP) does not commit the City to award a contract or contracts and is a proprietary document issued solely for the benefit of the City of Minot. Any response, including written documents and verbal communications, by any service provider to this RFP shall become the property of the City and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to state law.
Service providers responding to the RFP must submit two (2) hard copies of their proposal, signed by a representative authorized to bind the services of the company, in a sealed envelope by:
4:00 PM on APRIL 4, 2025
City of Minot
Attn: Minot Police Department, Clerk
PO Box 5006
10 3rd Ave SW Minot, ND 58702-5006
Incomplete proposals or proposals submitted after the above specified date and time will be rejected. Oral, facsimile, telegraphic, electronic, or mailgram proposals will not be accepted as fulfilling the requirements.
No proposal shall be accepted from, or contract awarded to, a firm in which any City of Minot employee, director, or official has a direct or indirect financial interest, in violation of applicable City rules. Entities that are legally related to each other or to a common entity which seek to submit separate and competing proposals, must disclose the nature of their relatedness.
The City shall not be liable for any cost associated with the development, transmittal, or presentation of any proposals submitted in response to this RFP. It shall be the service provider’s responsibility to review and verify the completeness of its proposal.
Any questions pertaining to the RFP should be directed to the Minot Police Department representative via email by March 28, 2025.
Sgt. Jared Foley
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The City assumes no responsibility for conclusions or interpretations derived from the information presented in this RFP, or otherwise distributed or made available during the procurement process.
In addition, the City will not be bound by or be responsible for any explanation, interpretation, or conclusions of this RFP or any documents provided by the City other than those provided by the City through the issuance of addenda. In no event may a service provider rely on any oral statement by the City or its agents, advisers, or consultants. Should a service provider find discrepancies of omissions in this or any other documents proceeded by the City, the service provider should immediately notify the City of such potential discrepancy in writing, and if the City determines clarification to be necessary, a written addendum will be posted to the City website.
Each service provider requesting an interpretation will be responsible for delivering such request to the City’s designated representative as indicated.
