# City of Laredo Ionwave #RFP 2027-010

City of Laredo fleet telematics and vehicle-video solution for solid-waste operations

**Posted:** November 14, 2026
**Respond By:** December 04, 2026
**Identifier:** RFP 2027-010
**NAICS:** 541512, 541519, 334511, 811118

The City of Laredo is seeking an integrated telematics and vehicle-video solution for its municipal solid-waste and recycling fleet.
- **Government buyer:** City of Laredo, Environmental and Solid Waste Services Department; Purchasing Division. The City is in Webb County, Texas.
- **Fleet scope and quantities:** Planning quantities are 110 collection vehicles (rear loaders, front loaders, grapple trucks, and van trucks) and 90 support, supervisor, and administrative vehicles, for 200 total. Quantities are estimates and are not guaranteed purchases.
- **Requested solution:** Fleet GPS tracking and route management; vehicle video, including forward-facing and proposed additional cameras; diagnostics and vehicle-health analytics; connectivity; searchable video; reporting; and documented APIs or standard data exports.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No manufacturers, OEMs, or vendors are named in the procurement materials.
- **Implementation and service requirements:** Fleet assessment, system design, installation and commissioning, configuration, integration, validation, role-based training, documentation, ongoing support, and maintenance. Installation must protect vehicle systems and warranties and be scheduled around collection operations.
- **Notable requirements:** Proposals must describe a 99.9% monthly availability target and an SLA for support, escalation, and hardware replacement. Security requirements include encryption, multifactor authentication for privileged access, role-based controls, audit logs, vulnerability management, and incident procedures. The City retains ownership and control of its data; unrelated use and AI-model training require written authorization. Proposals must address data export, transition assistance, and secure deletion.
- **Commercial details:** Provide itemized hardware, software, connectivity, installation, implementation, training, support, optional-feature, and other pricing, including a five-year total-cost-of-ownership schedule. The term is five years, with two optional one-year extensions and a possible month-to-month extension of up to three months.
- **Evaluation and experience:** Best-value selection; safety cameras and route management are important evaluation areas. Proposers must show relevant fleet experience and provide at least three client references. A 5% local-vendor evaluation preference is identified.

### Description

The City of Laredo is seeking proposals for a fleet telematics and vehicle video solution for its solid waste operations. The scope includes GPS tracking, cameras and video retrieval, vehicle diagnostics, route analytics, reporting, cybersecurity, data access, implementation and fleetwide deployment, training, and ongoing support. Proposals must include a technical compliance matrix and itemized pricing, including a five-year total cost of ownership schedule. The City states that award will be based on best value; the response deadline is December 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM CT.

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