Live Public Auction Services

The City of Wichita Falls, Texas, is seeking a qualified vendor to provide live public auction services for various municipal departments. The agency needs to liquidate a diverse inventory of surplus, seized, and decommissioned property to maximize cost recovery and clear storage space. The selected vendor will manage the entire auction process from an offsite location, conducting all operations from the vendor's own facilities rather than municipal property. The scope of work covers three distinct categories of inventory requiring liquidation. For the Police Department, the vendor must auction seized property including jewelry, baseball cards, coins, stamps, perfume, and guitars. Fire and EMS inventory includes medical supplies such as backboards, medic bags, blankets, splints, collars, nebulizers, and masks. Fleet items comprise generators, motors, port-o-cool fans, winches, saws, tool boxes, headache racks, tire machines, air compressors, ground lifts, John Deere Gators, passenger cars, pickups, utility trucks, trash trucks, motorcycles, and heavy equipment. Eligibility is strictly limited to onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires all auction operations and performance of the work to take place offsite at the vendor's office location. The agency has not disclosed a set budget or price ceiling and is currently looking for proposals to evaluate pricing structures and commission rates. The source document does not contain specific evaluation criteria or key dates for this opportunity.