Uniforms, Workwear, PPE, Clothing and Associated Services

Buyer
Kent County Council (t/a Procurement Services)
Value
£100,000,000
Closes
12 November 2026
Where
Maidstone, the South East
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Kent County Council is setting up a large national framework to supply uniforms, workwear, PPE and related services to public sector organisations. They need suppliers who can provide everything from polo shirts and hi-vis jackets to specialist police uniforms, healthcare scrubs, and respiratory protection equipment, plus services like embroidery, alterations, laundry and stock management.

What the buyer wants

• Supply a wide range of uniform and workwear items across multiple categories (general workwear, emergency services, healthcare, education) • Provide customisation services including embroidery, heat-seal logos, and ID badges • Deliver associated services such as alterations, repairs, laundry, decontamination, and stock management including delivery to multiple sites • Offer sustainable/recycled uniform options and take-back schemes for used garments

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Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is a very large national framework (£100m estimated value) requiring significant production capacity, multi-location delivery capability, and specialist knowledge across multiple uniform categories; most micro and small tradespersons will lack the scale, infrastructure, stock holdings and accreditations needed to compete effectively.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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