NIGP 95404: Laundry Services, Clothing

NIGP 95404 Laundry Services, Clothing is an Item code that covers commercial washing, processing, rental, and delivery of linens, uniforms, healthcare textiles, and related garments across state and local facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code include state departments of juvenile justice and health and human services, university healthcare systems, city fire departments, and other institutional facilities requiring high-volume laundry operations. The scope encompasses full-service laundry operations—collection, washing, drying, folding, pressing, and on-time delivery—as well as uniform rental and purchase programs, with vendors supplying labor, equipment, facilities, transportation, and materials. Specialized requirements include compliance with healthcare infection-control protocols, flame-resistant standards for first responder apparel, inventory management and PAR-level maintenance across multiple locations, and quality assurance through third-party testing and regulatory documentation.

Recent solicitations show concentrated activity in Texas and Georgia. The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice issued an eRFQ for comprehensive linen and laundry services statewide with quotes due September 25, 2026 (Solicitation 46100ERFQ0019662027). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two separate RFIs for laundry services at Panhandle State Hospital—one posted June 3, 2026, requiring twice-weekly pickup and delivery with extensive compliance documentation including quarterly third-party whiteness and tensile-strength testing, and a second posted August 31, 2026, to inform formal procurement strategy. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio solicited proposals for campus-wide laundry and linen services covering lab coats, healthcare linens, and optional scrub programs across multiple locations, with proposals due July 24, 2026 (Solicitation 74526P36), permitting modular bids for partial service offerings. The Texas Facilities Commission issued RFP 0007240 for uniform purchase and rental services at four Austin-area locations due July 7, 2026, requiring mandatory pre-proposal teleconferences and offering separate awards for rentals and sales, with contract start anticipated September 1, 2026 and a two-year term with two optional two-year renewals. The City of Owensboro issued an RFB for fire department uniforms, shoes, and leather goods with a May 22, 2026 deadline (RFB 4473), requiring a single-source supplier with five years' minimum experience and embroidered department branding with specified technical dimensions and thread colors.