After Hours Answering Service
What this bid is
The City of Tampa wants a contractor to run an after-hours answering service for its calls. The work covers calls received outside normal business hours: weekday evenings, all day Saturday and Sunday, holidays, and during emergencies. Calls that need immediate action to protect public safety and well-being are part of the scope.
The service would answer, assign, dispatch, report on, and record or document each call following City procedures and protocols. The notice lists the work under Answering/Paging Services and includes one attached document, Technical Specifications Sept 2026. The notice does not state a contract value or term.
Responses are due 15 October 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Submit electronically through the City's OpenGov portal, which requires a free vendor account. Questions can go to Gloria Tolbert at gloria.tolbert@tampagov.net or (813) 274-8352. The City decides who is selected.
Who should bid
Site Utilities contractors - the work is Tampa, FL.
Deadline
15 October 2026, 3:00 PM EDT (last confirmed 15 Oct)
How to submit
On the agency's own system, not on BusyBids. Open the official notice
As the agency published it
City of Tampa - Water Distribution has issued request for quotation, solicitation 26-P-00594.
The service answers calls to the City after normal business hours, Monday through Friday; all day Saturday and Sunday; all day on holidays; and during Emergencies. The calls received require immediate action to provide for the safety and well-being of the public.
The required services to be performed are answering, assigning, dispatching, reporting, and recording/documenting all calls in accordance with City procedures and protocols
Responses are due October 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT.
Commodity categories: Answering/Paging Services.
Contact: Gloria Tolbert, UAST (gloria.tolbert@tampagov.net, (813) 274-8352).
1 document is attached to the notice: Technical Specifications Sept 2026.
The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cityoftampa/projects/307750. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.
Reproduced from the official notice via OpenGov Procurement - Florida. The agency's page is the one that counts.
Important dates
Add all to calendar| Event | Date and time | |
|---|---|---|
| Bid deadlinelast confirmed 15 Oct | 15 October 2026, 3:00 PM EDT check | closed |
Times are shown in the agency's own zone. Confirm every deadline against the official notice.
Where this came from
Collected from OpenGov Procurement - Florida, first seen 13 October 2026, last confirmed 15 October 2026.
The notice text above and every date and requirement are reproduced from the source. Confirm every deadline against the official notice before you bid.
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BusyBids has tracked 44 notices from City of Tampa since September 2026, 17 of them open now. The open work falls under Site Utilities, General Contracting, Janitorial.
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