Virginia facilities & janitorial bids, week of October 14, 2026

10 open notices from 8 buyers: 5 close in the next two weeks, and 5 close within 60 days.

State agencies hold 5 of the 10 open notices, and the soonest are small: school custodial supplies are due Oct 15 and a library cleaning contract is due Oct 19. Our 2024 spending history shows this work falling, from $28.4 million in 2023 to $21.3 million, with orders clustered in May and March.

Open notices: 10
Close in two weeks: 5
Buyers: 8
Median days left: 15

Each dot is an open notice on its due date. The soonest are labelled; the table lists every notice.

Open this week

Work and buyer	Due	Days
Janitorial Services for Petersburg Public LibraryCity of Petersburg	Oct 19	5
Janitorial Services Contract - YRTPHampton Roads Sanitation District	Oct 23	9
Janitorial Services Louisa ResidencyVirginia Department of Transportation	Oct 26	12
Commercial Custodial ServicesDepartment of General Services	Oct 26	12
Services 527 Bridge StreetCity of Danville	Oct 27	13
Custodial ServicesHorizon Behavioral Health	Oct 30	16
Custodial Services - TOCVirginia Department of Transportation	Oct 30	16
Janitorial and Building ServicesVirginia Housing Development Authority	Nov 9	26
Janitorial Services; Nthn Neck RsdncyVirginia Department of Transportation	Nov 10	27
Department of Forestry Headquarters Janitorial ServicesDepartment of Forestry	Nov 17	34

Who is buying

Open notices by level of government, from the buyer's name.

Just closed

Oct 92027/KG Custodial & Janitoral SuppliesNewport News Public Schools

What Virginia has spent on this

Purchase orders for janitorial and custodial services totalled $21.3 million in 2024, down 25% from 2023 ($28.4 million). Over the five years shown the yearly total ran from $21.3 million to $47.7 million.

Yearly order totals, newest data on the right. Purchase orders placed through the Commonwealth's e-procurement system by state agencies, colleges and universities, and the local governments that choose to use it (local use is voluntary, so local spending is understated). Calendar years by order date; order amounts, not payments. Published after each year ends, so the newest full year is the previous one. Source: Commonwealth of Virginia open procurement data, data.virginia.gov (Open Data Commons Attribution License).

By buyer in 2024: state agencies 58%, schools and universities 40%, authorities and other 2%; the largest buyers were Virginia Department of Transportation ($3.7 million); Department of General Services ($2.6 million); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($2.4 million); May and March carry the largest share of the year's orders (45% across the years shown).

How to bid on notices like these

Read the whole notice first: the due date and time, how to submit, and whether a pre-bid meeting or site visit is required.
Check you qualify: registration with the buyer, licences, insurance, bonding, and any small-business or local preference.
Ask questions before the question deadline; the answers usually go to every bidder.
Price the whole scope and include every form the notice asks for. A missing form or signature can disqualify a bid.
Submit early. Portals slow down near a deadline, and late bids are normally rejected.

For facilities & janitorial: If the notice offers a site visit, take it: square footage, floor types and how often the space is cleaned drive the price.