# Special clothing and accessories (CPV 18400000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-and-accessories-18400000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Special clothing and accessories (CPV 18400000) covers UK public procurement for Special clothing and accessories. Tracked across 22 published procedures (3 in the last 12 months) across 14 contracting authorities, with 2 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Special clothing and accessories

- **CPV Code:** `18400000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories (CPV 18000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/clothing-footwear-luggage-articles-and-accessories-18000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 2

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 3

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 22

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 3 (14 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 38 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-and-accessories-18400000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-and-accessories-18400000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 25 bids (middle half 25–25) (median of 1 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £22k (median net contract award; interquartile range £20k–£129k)

## Other Classes in Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

1. [Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories (CPV 18100000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/occupational-clothing-special-workwear-and-accessories-18100000): 47 notices/12m

2. [Workwear accessories (CPV 18140000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/workwear-accessories-18140000): 15 notices/12m

3. [Special clothing (CPV 18410000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-18410000): 14 notices/12m

4. [Sacks and bags (CPV 18930000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/sacks-and-bags-18930000): 11 notices/12m

5. [Footwear (CPV 18800000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/footwear-18800000): 11 notices/12m

6. [Presents and rewards (CPV 18530000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/presents-and-rewards-18530000): 8 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Special clothing and accessories work:

1. [Scottish Police Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-police-authority-GB-PPON-PVNH-1196-RLWN): 6 notices (0 in last 12m)

2. [Thames Valley Police](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-valley-police-GB-FTS-107697): 3 notices (0 in last 12m)

3. [Southampton Solent University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southampton-solent-university-urn-133878): 2 notices (0 in last 12m)

4. [BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bluelight-commercial-limited-coh-12517649): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

6. [LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leidos-supply-limited-coh-09353172): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

7. [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

8. [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland): 6 notices (38%)

2. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 5 notices (31%)

3. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 2 notices (13%)

4. [East Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-midlands): 2 notices (13%)

5. [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands): 1 notices (6%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Special clothing and accessories:

1. [Ede & Ravenscroft](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ede-ravenscroft-coh-00424854): 3 procedures across 3 contracting authorities

2. [Charles Fellows Supplies Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/charles-fellows-supplies-limited-coh-01523678): 2 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

3. [FAST ENGINEERING LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fast-engineering-limited-coh-ni015098): 2 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

4. [Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomas-kneale-co-ltd-coh-00454128): 2 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

5. [Altberg Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/altberg-limited-GB-FTS-1413): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

6. [Arco Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/arco-limited-coh-00133804): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

7. [Arden Winch & Co.Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/arden-winch-co-ltd-coh-01253792): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

8. [Arktis Endurance Textiles Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/arktis-endurance-textiles-limited-coh-ni649310): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Special clothing and accessories intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-and-accessories-18400000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-clothing-and-accessories-18400000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt