Sizing, fabric testing and the logistics of clothing a workforce
Clothing contracts are decided on evidence about fabric and on the ability to distribute, and rarely on design. Buyers specify textiles by composition and by tested performance -- tensile and tear strength, colour fastness to washing and light, dimensional stability after repeated industrial laundering, pilling and abrasion resistance -- and require test reports from accredited laboratories against the garment offered. For protective clothing the requirement hardens into certification: flame resistance, high-visibility class, chemical or electric arc protection are conformity-assessed categories where an uncertified garment is simply inadmissible.
Fit is a procurement problem rather than a tailoring one. A public workforce spans a wide size range and increasingly requires garments cut for different body shapes, so tenders specify a size chart, a wearer trial with real staff, and an obligation to supply made-to-measure outside the standard range at a controlled price. Wearer trials often change the ranking: a garment that passes every laboratory test and is uncomfortable over a shift will be rejected by the people who have to wear it, and buyers know it.
The service wrapped around the garment is usually what differentiates bids. Individual ordering portals with entitlement rules by role, name-labelled packing to the wearer rather than to a site, replacement lead times, buffer stock held by the supplier, and a commitment to keep a pattern available for years so that a workforce does not end up in two shades of the same uniform are all priced obligations. Ethical supply chain evidence and end-of-life take-back are now commonly scored, and both require traceability further up the chain than a converter usually holds.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys uniforms clothing in Lithuania?
GlobalGov holds 238 uniforms clothing records from 51 distinct buying organisations in Lithuania. The most frequent publishers are Gynybos resursų agentūra prie Krašto apsaugos ministerijos (37 records); Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos (28 records); Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (16 records); Gynybos ResursŲ Agentūra Prie Kam (12 records); International buyer (12 records); Policijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (9 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 48% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gynybos resursų agentūra prie Krašto apsaugos ministerijos | 37 | 16% |
| Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos | 28 | 12% |
| Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos | 16 | 6.7% |
| Gynybos ResursŲ Agentūra Prie Kam | 12 | 5.0% |
| International buyer | 12 | 5.0% |
| Policijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos | 9 | 3.8% |
What are uniforms clothing contracts worth in Lithuania?
50 of the 238 records publish a contract value. The median is $358,872 and the largest single published value is $218.7M. By size, 4 under $100k, 39 between $100k and $1M, 4 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 188 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 4 | 8.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 39 | 78% |
| between $1M and $10M | 4 | 8.0% |
| above $10M | 3 | 6.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to uniforms clothing tenders in Lithuania?
Across the 75 Lithuania uniforms clothing notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 35 days. A quarter of them allowed 33 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 40. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (1.3%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are uniforms clothing tenders published in Lithuania?
Lithuania published 3 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 100, spread across 57 separate months of activity since 25 February 2019. December is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Lithuania compare with other uniforms clothing markets?
Among the 32 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable uniforms clothing market, Lithuania ranks 14th by number of records. The largest is France (2,128 records against 238 here). Within Lithuania itself, uniforms clothing is the 18th largest of the 52 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Lithuania uniforms clothing records on this page come from?
These 238 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (238). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Uniforms Clothing tenders in Lithuania
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical uniforms clothing notice in Lithuania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Lithuania – Miscellaneous outerwear – LU marškinėliai ir LU bliuzonai
Lithuania – Protective gear – Asmens apsaugos priemonių užsakymai per CPO LT elektroninį katalogą
Lithuania – Special footwear – Muitinės pareigūnų tarnybinės uniformos specialiųjų žieminių batų paaukštintais aulais pirkimas (atviras konkursas)
Lithuania – Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories – Asmeninių apsaugos priemonių kūno apsaugai pirkimas
Lithuania – Sportswear – Trikotažiniai gaminiai
Lithuania – Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories – Clothing and its accessories, footwear, professional work and protective equipment
Lithuania – Occupational clothing – DARBO RŪBŲ UŽSAKYMAI PER CPO LT ELEKTRONINĮ KATALOGĄ
Other procurement categories in Lithuania
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