Underwear: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 18310000Supplies · 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

18317000 Socks12 notices · 36%
18315000 Stockings9 notices · 27%
18310000 Underwear8 notices · 24%
18312000 Underpants3 notices · 9%
18314000 Bathrobes3 notices · 9%
18318000 Nightwear2 notices · 6%
18318300 Pyjamas2 notices · 6%

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
  • Central government 48% (15 notices)
  • NHS & health 26% (8 notices)
  • Other public bodies 13% (4 notices)
  • Local authorities 6% (2 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 6% (2 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 13 of 33 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
Scotland4 · 31%
Wales (Cymru)3 · 23%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 · 23%
Northern Ireland1 · 8%
East of England1 · 8%
East Midlands1 · 8%
West Midlands1 · 8%

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 52% (17 notices)
  • Framework 48% (16 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 73% (24 notices)
  • Route not published 24% (8 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 88% (7 notices)
  • Below threshold 13% (1 notices)
Typical tender window33 daysrobust · n=9median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 23 awards to 22 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 12 of 33 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution6 notices · 50%
Sell2Wales2 notices · 17%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 8%
eTendersNI1 notices · 8%

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 1831. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 8 Jun 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 1831. 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.