NIGP 95420: Dry Cleaning Service

NIGP 95420 Dry Cleaning Service, an Item code, covers professional laundry, dry cleaning, pressing, and uniform alteration services that state and local governments procure for employee uniforms, law enforcement gear, and specialized apparel requiring ongoing maintenance. Recent solicitations show agencies buying recurring dry cleaning and pressing of uniforms across law enforcement, court security, and transit operations, with laundering volumes ranging from approximately 250 monthly uniform sets to over 11,000 annual pieces, alongside alteration and repair services such as hemming, zipper repair, button replacement, and emergency turnaround work. Issuing bodies include county sheriffs' offices, state administrative agencies (Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts), transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit), and county boards of commissioners. Most solicitations impose geographic service requirements—maintaining drop-off locations within Ada County, or service locations within five miles of specified addresses—and turnaround standards ranging from next business day to forty-eight hours, with some contracts specifying emergency twenty-four to forty-eight hour availability.

Recent opportunities span Idaho, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas. Ada County, Idaho issued a competitive bid (BID26041) on April 21, 2026, for dry cleaning and laundering services for sheriff uniforms due May 9, 2026, with contract commencement October 1, 2026, and renewal options through September 30, 2027. The Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) solicited professional laundering, dry cleaning, and alteration services for special police uniforms (K27001125K) due May 4, 2026, for a three-year term from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, with two optional one-year renewals and annual volumes of 11,180 laundry pieces plus comprehensive alteration services. Douglas County, Georgia posted a janitorial-services RFP (PE64800NONST2027000000080) on July 17, 2026, due August 25, 2026, covering multiple county facilities with a local-vendor preference for bids within 5 percent of the low out-of-county bid on contracts not exceeding $100,000. Dallas Area Rapid Transit issued an RFP (P2093112) on March 16, 2026, due April 8, 2026, for operations uniform services across an eighty-four-item line spanning seven years base with two one-year renewal options. All contracts require workers' compensation and general liability insurance; some impose specific experience thresholds (Maryland AOC requires three years' prior laundry and dry cleaning experience) or state licensing (Maryland State Business License for Laundries and Dry Cleaners).