NIGP 954: Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services

NIGP 954 Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services, Class, covers professional laundering, dry cleaning, rental inventory management, repair, and delivery operations for uniforms, protective gear, linens, and specialty textiles that state and local governments operate across water utilities, fire rescue, schools, universities, and general municipal departments. Recent solicitations show a mix of full-service uniform rental programs with weekly pickup-and-delivery cycles, specialized cleaning for flame-resistant and arc-rated bunker gear to NFPA standards, dry cleaning for school and marching band uniforms, and laundry services for institutional linens and coveralls on a per-unit or per-pound basis. Issuing bodies span city water departments, county fire rescue operations, independent school districts, university facilities management, and municipal public works departments; these jurisdictions typically require vendors to maintain minimum operational histories of three to five years, hold third-party certifications or factory-authorized status, carry comprehensive insurance with the public entity named as additional insured, and meet performance metrics such as scan accuracy standards, turnaround times, and replacement guarantees for lost or damaged items.

Geographic activity clusters in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, and Wisconsin. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department issued RFP GGS-26-0384 for a five-year full-service uniform rental and laundry program across 19 facilities with October 22, 2026 response deadline, evaluated on method of approach (44.7%), capabilities and capacity (27.6%), experience (15.3%), and cost (12.4%), with a DBE small business participation requirement. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 26-00380 for bunker gear cleaning and testing to NFPA 1851 and 1971 standards with September 10, 2026 closing and an estimated two-year contract value of $1.156 million awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Texas A&M University's ITB for a pool of dry cleaning and laundry vendors included 72 line items with a one-year initial term renewable up to five years, commencing September 1, 2026, and required Veteran-Owned Business subcontracting plans for single engagements valued at $100,000 or more. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, and the City of New Haven Department of Public Works also posted solicitations for uniform and specialty garment cleaning, with response windows between May and October 2026.