NIGP 95864: Laundry Management Services

NIGP 95864 Laundry Management Services, an Item code, covers comprehensive laundry equipment and service operations for residential and institutional facilities, where state and local governments procure vendor-provided or vendor-maintained commercial washers, dryers, and related processing services rather than operating laundry in-house. Recent solicitations show universities and state facilities shifting from card-based student vending systems and manual linen processing toward full-service contracts in which vendors assume equipment ownership, maintenance, technology integration (including mobile apps for machine monitoring), and liability for damage or theft, while some procurements retain vendor-supplied equipment on premises under rental-and-maintenance agreements. Issuing bodies include public universities (Fort Valley State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Georgia State University) and state institutional facilities (Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy); the university sector dominates recent activity. Georgia and Wisconsin account for the most recent solicitation volume, with additional activity in Illinois.

Fort Valley State University issued RFP PE53300RFP2026000000064 on March 17, 2026, due April 14, 2026, for laundry equipment and services across seven dormitory buildings serving approximately 1,600 residential students, requiring provision of 38 commercial-grade front-load washers and 38 dryers with installation, preventive maintenance responsive within one business day, a mobile monitoring system enabling students to check machine availability and receive completion alerts, and ADA-compliant equipment; the contract runs one year with four optional one-year renewals commencing July 1, 2026, with scoring weighted 700 points technical and 300 points cost, and applicability of Georgia small-business, women-owned, veteran-owned, and minority-owned set-asides with an 8 percent price preference for Georgia Enterprises for Products and Services certified suppliers. University of Wisconsin-Madison issued RFP 2026UWMSN01272 on March 11, 2026, due March 23, 2026, for smart vended laundry systems in residence halls with technology integration capabilities. Georgia State University issued eRFQ 54200ERFQ0000016812026 on March 4, 2026, due March 24, 2026, for vendor-owned equipment, installation, scheduled maintenance, and ongoing service at residential housing; mandatory pre-bid site meeting attendance was required. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs issued solicitation 26497DVACENTRB51028 on February 18, 2026, due February 20, 2026, for commercial linen processing (washing, conditioning, drying, ironing, folding) with Monday-through-Friday delivery between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., 24-hour turnaround, CDC and OSHA infection-control compliance, and 24/7 emergency response capability, with contract pricing based on clean-linen weight. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee issued RFB 2026UWMIL01226 on January 29, 2026, due March 5, 2026, for washer and dryer rental and maintenance services.