[Lorena Ion]

Hi everyone, this is my first post although I've been reading a lot of the topics and found many great tips and ideas. I am glad that I have discovered such a great online community.

We have been invited to bid for a large office contract in Central London. Basically we are talking about two separate buidings with four floors each. Some of them have many small rooms with 2-3 desks, two or three rooms have 5-10 desks. Each floor has its own kitchenette and small toilets. The hallways are approx. 25m long (with carpets).

We have been asked to quote for daily cleaning (sometimes even on Saturdays), this should be covered in three hours in the morning. On top of that, we should provide all cleaning products and washroom supplies plus exterior window cleaning for at least three times a year.

It's a lot to be done and I presume that I will need one cleaner per floor, at least for the beginning. I saw on the forum some prices varying between £8 - £15. What do you think a reasonable rate would be for such a job (3hrs x 5 days at least per week)? Should I ask for a different rate on Saturdays? Any advice on a reasonable margin percentage, please? Last of all, is it better to quote per cleaning session, per month or per year in this situation?

I know that's a lot of questions but every little bit of information would help us a lot, knowing thay you guys have lots of experience.

Every idea is appreciated, many thanks!

Lorena 

[Pristine Clean]

Lorena,

I need a little more info to help.

Do you know the square metre size of the building. (floor area)
number of people in the building

If you email me, Ill help. You will have to take it as guidance only as my overheads cost will be completely different to yours.

Dave

[Adam P]

just to check. it's 3 hours to clean 4 floors in one building, and 4 more floors in another? if a business is renting an office over 8 floors in total i can't imagine this is going to be small offices on each floor. seems like a lot to do for the time.

do they have a schedule they already use or any information as to what they currently have?

[The Great One]

Hi

Don't forget to add other costs:

holiday pay
Employers liability Ins
Extra Accountant costs if you go VAT reg
Consumables if required
petrol
paperwork
etc

Martin