Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 18100000Supplies · classin Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in occupational clothing

9 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Other public bodies 22% (62 notices)
  • Local authorities 20% (57 notices)
  • Central government 18% (51 notices)
  • Education & universities 13% (37 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 12% (34 notices)
  • Not classified 16% (46 notices)

215 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 208 of 299 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Northern Ireland45 · 22%
Yorkshire and the Humber37 · 18%
Scotland36 · 17%
North West England36 · 17%
South East England36 · 17%
East of England34 · 16%
West Midlands31 · 15%
East Midlands29 · 14%
North East England26 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)26 · 13%
South West England25 · 12%
Greater London13 · 6%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 62% (185 notices)
  • Framework 35% (104 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (10 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 58% (173 notices)
  • Route not published 18% (55 notices)
  • Selective 16% (48 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 8% (23 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 77% (49 notices)
  • Below threshold 23% (15 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=61median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (111) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=36
  • 1 bid 3% (1)
  • 2–3 28% (10)
  • 4–6 17% (6)
  • 7 or more 53% (19)
Contract value, net
p25 £79,734median £270,000p75 £806,000
interquartile range of 65 awards · p90 £1,482,000
Typical bids per lot7robust · n=27middle half 3–9
Competed89%robust · n=111open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs56%robust · n=176of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs61%robust · n=44single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally38%robust · n=39winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=224 below · 4 above
Abandoned4%robust · n=111cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot6robust · n=3972 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 380 awards to 244 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 25% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 108 of 299 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement18 notices · 17% · 2 open
Delta eSourcing16 notices · 15%
Proactis / ProContract15 notices · 14%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution14 notices · 13%
eTendersNI11 notices · 10% · 2 open
MultiQuote Sourcing Portal4 notices · 4% · 1 open

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 1810. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 1810. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.