NIGP 98377: Textiles, Linens, etc. Rental or Lease (Including Shop Towels)

NIGP 98377 Textiles, Linens, Etc. Rental Or Lease (Including Shop Towels), an Item code, encompasses commercial laundry and linen rental services, including healthcare linens, lab coats, shop towels, bar towels, and specialty textile services that state and local governments procure for operational and facility support. Recent solicitations reveal a mixed buyer base spanning utilities, higher-education healthcare systems, municipalities, and county governments, with work ranging from routine weekly towel and linen delivery contracts to large-scale emergency logistics operations supporting disaster response and event management.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued RFP 74526P36 on June 22, 2026, for campus-wide laundry and linen services across multiple healthcare and academic facilities, permitting modular bids for partial or full service offerings and site configurations (proposals due July 24, 2026). Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners released RFQ 680260080RJA1 on April 30, 2026, for towel and fender cover rentals on a term contract basis delivering weekly to Fire Rescue, Fleet Management, Palm Tran operations, golf courses, and Graphics Division locations with an estimated contract value of $36,000 annually (quotes due May 20, 2026). Coast Electric Power Association, a Mississippi utility, posted RFP 2026_Coast_Electric_Storm_Logistics on September 28, 2026, for large-scale base camp logistics services including laundry and linen facilities for disaster response (proposals due May 8, 2026). The City of Southlake, Texas, solicited indoor and outdoor event equipment rental services under RFP2601B180LK260004 on June 1, 2026, with scope that may include textile rentals as part of broader event support (proposals due June 19, 2026). Activity is concentrated in Texas and Florida, with representation from utilities, county governments, municipalities, and public higher-education systems.