UNSPSC 91111501: Uniform rental

UNSPSC 91111501 Uniform rental, a Commodity code, covers weekly and ongoing rental and laundering of work uniforms, protective apparel, and operational supplies for state and local agency personnel across law enforcement, corrections, maintenance, and facility operations. State and local governments procure complete uniform rental programs including pickup and delivery of clean garments, repair and replacement services, initial employee fitting and sizing, and ancillary items such as shop rags, towels, and floor mats. The California Department of Highway Patrol dominates recent activity, issuing more than twenty IFBs for protective clothing and operational supplies rental services across its area offices and commercial vehicle enforcement facilities; other state buyers include the California Departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Transportation, Forestry and Fire Protection, and Fish and Wildlife. County and municipal purchasers include Harris County, Texas; the City of New Haven, Connecticut; the City of Fort Worth, Texas; the City of Tucson, Arizona; and the Town of Killingly, Connecticut. School districts and universities have also entered the market—Clark County School District in Nevada, the University of Connecticut, Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD in Texas, and the Texas Facilities Commission all posted solicitations. Additional state and federal buyers include the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the State of Maine Department of Transportation, Events DC, and the California Facilities Commission.

Representative recent opportunities reflect the breadth of the market. The California Department of Highway Patrol issued IFB 26C660001 (posted July 9, 2026, due July 23, 2026) for protective clothing and operational supplies rental at the Blythe Area Office covering weekly uniform and shop rag rental for 11 employees over 156 weeks with initial setup and resizing, available for award under California small-business and DVBE preference programs. Harris County, Texas released an ITB (posted April 17, 2026, due May 4, 2026) for uniform rental and laundry services with a contract commencement around June 1, 2026 and a one-year initial term with four optional renewals, requiring all-inclusive pricing with weekly delivery and pickup organized by employee name. The City of New Haven posted ITB 2026-ITB-338 (posted April 27, 2026, due May 20, 2026) for uniform rental, cleaning, repair, and replacement services for 115 Public Works employees across three locations, requiring compliance with the City's living wage ordinance and a 25 percent MBE/WBE participation goal. The Caltrans statewide IFB 32A0690 (posted March 17, 2026, due April 2, 2026) sought uniform and specialty PPE clothing rental, laundry, and embroidery services at 151 pickup and delivery locations across 58 California counties with an estimated contract value of $1.86 million. California dominates the geographic spread, with CHP facilities spanning Blythe, Visalia, Santa Cruz, Ventura, Needles, Rancho Cucamonga, Stockton, Auburn, and numerous other locations; activity extends to Texas (Harris County, Fort Worth, Tucson, TJJD), Connecticut (Killingly, University of Connecticut), Nevada (Clark County School District), the District of Columbia, Maine, and Washington state. Most recent solicitations use IFB or ITB structures with response dates ranging from two to eight weeks; a minority use RFP (Texas Facilities Commission, Fort Worth, some state corrections contracts). Small-business and DVBE preferences or incentives appear in the majority of California procurements, often capped at 5 percent individually with cumulative adjustments limited to 10 percent or $100,000. The code remains active, with solicitations posted continuously from February through July 2026.