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Fleet, equipment repair & towing contracts across Canada

Towns, utilities and agencies tender truck, heavy equipment and towing work, often on multi-year terms.

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In short

Public buyers across Canada posted 13 fleet, equipment repair & towing contracts in the last 12 months, and 13 are open now. The busiest buyers are Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) and Ville de Montréal - Service de l'approvisionnement. Most are posted in October.

From CrewBid’s bid data, Nov 1, 2026.

The kind of work that comes up

  • Heavy truck repairs for public works
  • On-call towing for a city fleet
  • Loader and grader maintenance

About fleet, equipment repair & towing contracts

Also called: fleet maintenance, vehicle repair, heavy equipment repair, mechanical repair, towing services, tow truck contract, light duty vehicle servicing

Towns, regional districts, school districts, transit agencies and crown corporations run fleets of pickups, buses, loaders, graders and mowers, and many send the servicing, repairs or towing out to local shops. These contracts are steady work for repair shops and tow operators near the buyer's yards.

Who buys fleet repair and towing?

  • Municipalities and regional districts, for light duty servicing, heavy equipment repairs their own shop can't handle, and towing of city vehicles or abandoned cars.
  • School districts, for bus and maintenance vehicle servicing.
  • Police and bylaw services, for towing and impound contracts by zone.
  • Federal and provincial sites, for vehicles at parks, ports and yards.

What does the work include?

Scheduled servicing (oil, filters, brakes, tires), commercial vehicle inspections, diagnostics and repairs, hydraulic and engine work on heavy equipment, mobile repair at the buyer's yard, and towing on call. Towing contracts set zones, response times, storage rates and how vehicles are released to owners.

How is it priced?

Repairs are usually an hourly shop rate plus parts at cost or a set markup, with a rate for mobile service and after-hours call-outs. Servicing is often a fixed price per vehicle type. Towing is priced per tow by vehicle class, plus a daily storage rate, and the contract usually runs two to five years.

What do you need to bid?

Licensed technicians (journeyperson or Red Seal for heavy equipment), a shop close enough to the buyer's yards, the right inspection facility designation if commercial vehicle inspections are in scope, garage and liability insurance, and a safety program. Towing tenders ask for truck sizes, a secure storage lot and guaranteed response times.

When do these tenders come out?

Servicing and towing contracts come up when their term ends, often in winter for a spring start. Heavy equipment repairs are tendered as one-off jobs when a machine goes down or before the snow season.

See general maintenance and handyman work for other work buyers send out to local businesses.

Sources: Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (Government of BC) · Heavy Duty Equipment Technician (Red Seal)

Open fleet, equipment repair & towing contracts

Closes Fri, Nov 6 · 5 days

Towing Services

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) · Toronto & the GTA · Fleet, equipment repair & towing

The Department of Public Works and Government Services is hiring to tow commercial and private vehicles from various locations in Ontario to Pickering, Ontario, on an as-and-when-requested basis.

Official title: EP510-270802 Towing Services

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Fleet, equipment repair & towing contracts: fact sheet

Posted in the last 12 months
13 (13 open now)
Recurring or multi-year
0% of notices
Typical time to bid
31 days from posting to closing
Busiest months
October, February, September
Who posts the most
Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC), Ville de Montréal - Service de l'approvisionnement, MRC du Témiscamingue.

From the public notices CrewBid collected, as of Nov 1, 2026.

Small fleet, equipment repair & towing jobs and quotes

Not every fleet, equipment repair & towing job is tendered. Below each buyer's posting threshold, small jobs usually go to a few firms the buyer already knows, by phone or an emailed request for quotes. Typical examples: an oil change and inspection round for a few pickups, a one-off loader repair, or an on-call towing list for a small town.

To get those calls, ask the purchasing or facilities staff at the buyers near you how to join their supplier list, and keep your insurance and safety papers current so you can say yes the same day. See when buyers have to post a tender in BC and Alberta, and standing offers and supplier lists.

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