Velvet Cleaners, LLC

Velvet Cleaners, LLC, operating as Velvet Cleaners, is a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned small business headquartered in El Paso, Texas. The company specializes in dry cleaning and laundry services classified under NAICS code 812320 and has been registered in the System for Award Management since December 2008. Velvet Cleaners has established itself as a specialized service provider focused exclusively on providing professional laundry, dry cleaning, and alteration services to military and educational institutions throughout the El Paso region, with particular expertise in military uniform maintenance and management.

Velvet Cleaners has secured three federal contract awards from the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, all designated as Total Small Business set-asides, with a combined ceiling value of approximately $351,619. The first contract, awarded on June 1, 2024, for $94,868 through a novation agreement, provides dry cleaning services for the Ysleta Independent School District's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program through May 31, 2029. The second contract, awarded on August 19, 2024, valued at $180,856.45, provides laundry, dry cleaning, and alteration services for seven JROTC units at El Paso Independent School District, also extending through August 18, 2029. The third contract, awarded on July 14, 2025, valued at $75,894.25, provides laundry services for the Ysleta Independent School District's JROTC program through May 31, 2029. All three contracts involve the maintenance of Army Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms and Army Service/Dress uniforms for student cadets, with Velvet Cleaners providing all necessary personnel, equipment, facilities, and transportation to deliver these specialized uniform maintenance services at the school district locations in El Paso. As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, Velvet Cleaners' contract awards reflect the Army Recruiting Command's commitment to supporting local small business vendors in maintaining JROTC infrastructure and military education programs at the secondary school level.