Staff uniforms tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
59 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Staff uniforms contracts ,
59 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest staff uniforms contracts awarded
Corporate workwear replacement
Corporate Clothing
CA17758 - Hopwood Hall College - Provision of Uniforms and Kits
Provision of Uniforms at Avanti West Coast
Cooneen won the most staff uniforms contracts by value
Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1joint | William Sugden & Sons Ltd Yorkshire and the Humber · SME · See every contract | 3 | £1.7m | 3 | ||
| 1joint | Healthy Bean Limited South West · See every contract | 3 | £218k | 2 | ||
| 1joint | Burlington Uniforms Ltd West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £182k | 3 | ||
| 4joint | Cooneen SME · See every contract | 2 | £59.4m | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Hunter Apparel Solutions North West · SME · See every contract | 2 | £9.6m | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Tailored Image London · SME · See every contract | 2 | £7.2m | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Dreamsport North East · See every contract | 2 | £2.4m | 2 | ||
| 4joint | NextGen Clothing Ltd Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £1.4m | 1 | ||
| 4joint | 99KITS. LTD East of England · See every contract | 2 | £400k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Mi Hub South West · SME · See every contract | 2 | £377k | 2 |
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Schools and colleges award 41% of staff uniforms contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
8 buyers bought staff uniforms more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many staff uniforms contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many staff uniforms contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ministry of Justice | 2 | £59.4m |
| 2 | York College | 2 | £1.4m |
| 3 | Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service | 2 | £631k |
| 4 | NHS Property Services Limited | 2 | £475k |
| 5 | University of East Anglia | 2 | £400k |
| 6 | University of Sheffield | 2 | £360k |
| 7 | New College Swindon | 2 | £218k |
| 8 | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2 | £90k |
| 9 | Translink | 1 | £5.7m |
| 10 | FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED | 1 | £5.5m |
Half of staff uniforms contracts are worth less than £203k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 91% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Ministry of JusticeCooneen · 11 Sep 2025
- Ministry of JusticeCooneen · 11 Sep 2025
- TranslinkHunter Apparel Solutions · 1 Jun 2026
- FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITEDTailored Image · 20 Jul 2026
- TransPennine ExpressHunter Apparel Solutions · 11 Jun 2025
- MerseytravelTower Supplies, WORKWEAR UNIFORM GROUP LIMITED · 4 May 2026
- University of EdinburghDreamsport · 17 Mar 2025
- Govia Thameslink RailwayTailored Image · 27 May 2025
- Glasgow LifeASPIRE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, BE Uniforms, White Label Sourcing Ltd · 13 Apr 2026
- York CollegeNextGen Clothing Ltd · 24 Mar 2026
Scotland awards the most staff uniforms contracts. March and June are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | £4.6m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 7 | £2.5m |
| South West | 7 | £1.5m |
| North West | 6 | £6.9m |
| London | 4 | £1.8m |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | £6.2m |
| North East | 3 | £515k |
| East of England | 3 | £1.2m |
| South East | 3 | £405k |
| East Midlands | 2 | £1.5m |
| West Midlands | 2 | £73k |
| Wales | 1 | Not published |
Half of staff uniforms tenders close within 31 days of being published
Each dot is a staff uniforms tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 41% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 23% of the time to respond has gone.
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- 31 days
is how long the typical staff uniforms tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 61 UK staff uniforms tenders published in the last 24 months. - 3
new staff uniforms tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
65 in the last 24 months. - 91%
of the money is in the 10 biggest staff uniforms contracts.
Of 47 contracts with a published value. - 55%
of staff uniforms contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 40 award notices. - 37%
of staff uniforms contracts are awarded in March and June.
22 of 59 contracts.
Questions
How many staff uniforms contracts does the UK public sector award?
59 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 51 public buyers.
How long are staff uniforms tenders open for?
The median staff uniforms tender is open for 31 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector staff uniforms contract worth?
The median is £203k, and 51% are worth less than £250k.
Which buyers award the most staff uniforms contracts?
Schools and colleges award 41% of them.
What is included
Branded uniforms and corporate clothing for front-line, customer-facing and office staff and volunteers, often made to the buyer's brand with embroidery and size fitting, and outsourced uniform programmes where one provider sources from several makers, measures, runs an ordering portal, holds stock and distributes to individual wearers. Also covers branded sports and team kit bought for staff and students.
- Branded staff uniform ranges
- Corporate, casual and leisure staff uniform
- Front-of-house and visitor staff uniform
- Uniform design and manufacture to the buyer's specification
- Embroidery and logo application
- Event staff clothing
- Staff and student uniform lots in college frameworks
- Branded sportswear and team kit
- Managed uniform services with measuring, ordering portal, stock holding and individual wearer distribution
- Police national and regional uniform managed services (NUMS)
- Managed workwear and uniform services for fire and rescue
- Outsourced uniform ordering and order processing
What is not included
- Operational workwear and hi-vis for depot, highways, housing and trades teams bought direct (off.cloth.workwear-hi-vis)
- Clinical and care tunics and scrubs (off.cloth.healthcare-uniforms)
- Police, fire and ambulance uniform garments bought direct from a maker (off.cloth.police-emergency-uniforms)
- Pupil school uniform (off.cloth.school-uniforms)
- PPE catalogue or vending contracts (off.ppe.general-ppe-supply)
- Uniform rental with laundering (another industry: cleaning-facilities, cln.laund.workwear-laundering)
- Promotional merchandise clothing given away (another industry: marketing-creative, mkt.print.promotional-merchandise)