Chemicals, dosing and the compliance that comes with a consumables contract
Cleaning consumables are bought as a system rather than as a list of products. Concentrated chemicals supplied with dosing equipment change the economics -- less packaging, less transport, more consistent dilution -- and the equipment is normally provided and maintained by the supplier as part of the contract, which quietly ties the buyer to that supplier's chemistry for the term. Tenders should be read for who owns the dispensers, who maintains them and what happens to them at the end.
Compliance obligations travel with the chemical. Safety data sheets in the working language, correct classification and labelling, and product information that supports the buyer's own hazardous substance assessments are contractual deliverables. Where products are used in food areas, healthcare or water systems, additional approvals apply, and disinfectants used against specific organisms must carry efficacy testing against recognised methods rather than a marketing claim. Training for the people who use and dilute the products is normally part of the supply.
Evaluation is a basket exercise with in-use cost at its centre. The comparison that matters is cost per diluted litre or per unit of work, not price per container, and buyers increasingly ask for dilution rates and pack yields to be declared so bids can be normalised. Environmental criteria -- recognised ecolabels, recycled packaging content, refill and take-back schemes, and reduced delivery frequency through concentrate -- are commonly scored, and paper and washroom consumables are usually let in the same competition with their own sustainability and dispenser compatibility requirements.
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 cleaning supplies in United States?
GlobalGov holds 101 cleaning supplies records from 73 distinct buying organisations in United States. The most frequent publishers are W6QM MICC Ft Mccoy (RC) (8 records); DLA Land and Maritime (7 records); DLA Land and Maritime (5 records); DLA Troop Support (4 records); National Cemetery Admin (36C786) (4 records); DLA Troop Support (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 31% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| W6QM MICC Ft Mccoy (RC) | 8 | 7.9% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 7 | 6.9% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 5 | 5.0% |
| DLA Troop Support | 4 | 4.0% |
| National Cemetery Admin (36C786) | 4 | 4.0% |
| DLA Troop Support | 3 | 3.0% |
What are cleaning supplies contracts worth in United States?
20 of the 101 records publish a contract value. The median is $208,540 and the largest single published value is $170.1M. By size, 5 under $100k, 12 between $100k and $1M, 2 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $10M. The remaining 81 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 | 5 | 25% |
| between $100k and $1M | 12 | 60% |
| between $1M and $10M | 2 | 10% |
| above $10M | 1 | 5.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to cleaning supplies tenders in United States?
Across the 94 United States cleaning supplies notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 13 days. A quarter of them allowed 8 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 22. 48 of them (51%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are cleaning supplies tenders published in United States?
United States publishes about 7 notices a month in this category, 88 in the last twelve months. That is 780% more than the 10 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 99, spread across 17 separate months of activity since 30 May 2018. April is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 30 September 2026.
How does United States compare with other cleaning supplies markets?
Among the 6 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable cleaning supplies market, United States ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is Kenya (398 records against 101 here). Within United States itself, cleaning supplies is the 63rd largest of the 85 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the United States cleaning supplies records on this page come from?
These 101 records are collected from 2 official sources: SAM.gov (100), USAspending (1). 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.
Open Cleaning Supplies tenders in United States
Showing 2 of the 3 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the United States market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
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